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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
LIMA BEANS, DWARF 
^Burpee's Improved Bush 
75 days. Plant large, heavily productive. Pods large, 4%—434 in. 
long, 134 in. wide, 34 in. thick; usually contain 4 large, thick 
beans. Dry beans large, flat, greenish-white. 
Dwarf Large White Lima (Burpee’s) 
75 to 78 days. Standard large seeded bush lima. Plant large, 
heavily productive. Pods 434 in. long, 134 in. wide, 34 in. thick. 
Contain 3 to 4 large, thick beans of splendid quality. Dry beans 
large, flat; white. Similar to, but often a trifle later than Burpee’s 
Improved Bush Lima and pods a little shorter. 
★ FORDHOOK BUSH LI MA (Potato Lima) 
75 days. Plant large, erect, heavily productive. Pods 334—4 in. 
long; stout, 134 in. wide, 34 in. thick; contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green 
shell beans large, very plump, of the highest quality. Dry beans 
large and very plump, white. 
★ HENDERSON’S BUSH (Baby Lima) 
65 days. Very popular for canning. Plant medium large, heavily 
productive. Pods small; 234 to 3 in. long, J4 in. wide, 34 in. thick, 
contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green shell beans small, flat, of splendid 
quality. Dry beans, white. This is the bush form of Small 
White Lima (Carolina or Sieva). 
JACKSON WONDER BUSH 
66 days. Popular in the South. Pods medium size, holding 4 or 5 
moderately thick, fairly large beans of good quality. Dry seed 
triangular in shape, mottled and speckled with brownish-red 
markings. 
POLE OR RUNNING VARIETIES 
Blue Lake (Same as White Creaseback) 
★ BURGER’S GREEN POD STRINGLESS 
(Kentucky Wonder White Seeded.) 63 days. Home garden or 
early market. Pods dark green, 6—7 in. long, slender; roundish; 
stringless, fleshy, brittle. Dry beans white; suitable for baking. 
★ Early Blue Lake (Early White Creaseback) 
55 days. Vines shorter and more slender than the Blue Lake 
strain, a week earlier, and a little rounder in cross section. More 
desirable than Blue Lake in short season districts or for early 
market, but where season is long enough, the latter is more 
productive. 
Improved London Horticultural 
Snaps, 65 days; green shell beans, 74 days. Splendid for home 
and market garden. Good climber, thrifty, heavily productive. 
Pods green, becoming splashed with carmine at green shell 
stage; 7 in. long, % in. wide, thick, straight, stringless. Seeds 
large, pinkish-buff splashed with red. This is 4 to 6 days earlier 
than London Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry and pods are 
an inch longer. 
Improved Missouri Wonder 
66 days. Unsurpassed in quality for use as green shelled beans. 
Vines exceptionally vigorous and productive. Seeds medium 
size, flattened kidney shape. 
★ KENTUCKY WONDER (Old Homestead) 
65 days. Unexcelled for home and market garden. Excellent 
climber, thrifty, heavily productive. Pods medium green; 9 to 
10 in. long, nearly round and 34 in. in diameter; slightly stringy, 
very fleshy, brittle, tender. Seeds dun-colored. 
★ Kentucky Wonder, Rust Resistant Brown Seeded 192-1 
65 days. Plants and pods almost identical in appearance with 
regular Kentucky Wonder. Leaves slightly darker and narrower 
and a little more finely crumpled. The same excellent quality as 
Kentucky Wonder and decidedly more rust resistant. 
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