Plant them: they'll grow 
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LIMA BEANS 
While the culture of Lima beans is in general the same as that of green and wax podded beans, 
they require a rich soil and must not be planted until soil is thoroughly warmed. 
Bush Varieties 
♦Baby Potato: 72 days. A very attractive new 
Asgrow variety which received the All-America 
Silver Medal for 1940. Plant similar to Hender¬ 
son’s Bush but more prolific; seeds small but 
plump, bright green when fresh and of Fordhook 
flavor. 
Burpee's: 77 days. A large-seeded variety with 
3 to 4 broad, flat beans to the pod. 
♦Fordhook: 75 days. A potato lima. The plants 
are vigorous, bearing clusters of pods, each with 
3 to 5 large, thick, oval beans of rich flavor and 
high food value. 
Giant Speckled Butter: 78 days. Stands up well 
to summer weather. Beans are buff, spotted 
brownish red. Pods borne in clusters, 3 seeds 
per pod. 
♦Henderson's Bush: 65 days. A Baby Lima, 
known in the South as Butter Bean. Pods con¬ 
tain 3 to 4 small beans, pale green when young, 
of good flavor. The Asgrow strain has been de¬ 
veloped for increased yield and concentration. 
Improved Burpee: A few days earlier than Bur¬ 
pee’s, larger and more prolific. Clusters of 5 or 
6 pods, averaging 4 flat-oval beans each. 
Jackson Wonder (or Calico): 65 days. An old 
Southern favorite highly valued for its drought- 
resistant qualities. Flat pods have 3 to 4 seeds 
of mottled buff. 
Pole Varieties 
♦King of the Garden: 88 days. A general fa¬ 
vorite for its hardiness and vigor. Produces a 
heavy yield of pods containing 4 or 5 large, oval, 
greenish white beans. 
♦Sieva: 77 days. Also known as Small White, 
in reference to the size of the beans but the 
plants are tall and prolific. Pods have 3 to 4 
beans of excellent table quality. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS 
Culture similar to Bush Lima Beans 
While still a novelty to American growers, edible 
or garden soybeans are rapidly finding favor 
because of their comparative resistance to 
drought, disease and insects. In addition they 
are of high food value, rich in vitamins but of 
low starch content. They are grown and used 
similarly to Bush Lima Beans. At the green¬ 
eating stage all the varieties have green seeds 
more or less oval in shape though varying in 
size. The particulars given below refer to the 
dry stage, except for the days which are for the 
green stage. 
Bansei. 90 days. Plants erect and of medium 
height, very prolific, well adapted for short sea¬ 
son areas. Beans glossy yellow, elliptical, of 
mild and pleasing flavor. 
Emperor. 108 days. Plants vigorous, branchy 
and sprawling. Pods large, gray. Beans large, 
oval, yellow. 
Giant Green. 77 days. Plants short and erect; 
beans green, large, plump, oval; for use shelled 
green. 
Higan. 112 days. For areas of longer season. 
Pods medium; beans yellowish with brown eye, 
of medium size. 
Hokkaido. 98 days. Plant erect and of medium 
height. Pods large, gray. Beans large, almost 
spherical, yellowish, of nut-like flavor. A good 
midseason variety, green or dry. 
Imperial. 107 days. A prolific late type. Plant 
tall and fairly erect. Pods large. Beans glossy 
yellow, almost spherical, of pleasing flavor. 
Jogun. 95 days. Plant erect, of medium height. 
Pods large, gray. Beans almost spherical, yel¬ 
low, of nutty flavor. 
Toku. 85 days. Plant short and erect, with small 
pods. Beans small, thick-oval, yellow, of some¬ 
what sweet flavor. Dry beans when soaked and 
baked are not unlike Boston beans. 
Willomi. 95 days. Plant fairly erect, of medium 
height. Beans large, nearly spherical, yellow. 
Of fine quality. 
