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6; BURPEE’S FORDHOCK BUSH LIMA BEAN o 
Introduced by Burpee and named for Burpee’s Fordhook Farms 
75 days. Burpee’s Fordhook is known and grown wherever beans are planted. It is the 
leading variety of bush lima beans, and in the important commercial bean growing sections 
it is usually the only variety grown; this surely shows its desirability. 
The plant is bushy, upright, with large leaves of heavy texture, 20 in. or more in height, 
with a spread of 2 ft. or more, very vigorous, with many pod-bearing lateral branches. 
Pods are borne close to the plant and often on the ends of the branches. They are 4 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to 1% in. wide, and 34 in. thick, dark green, straight to slightly curved, crowded 
with 3 or 4 large, thick beans of a delicious flavor, not unlike chestnuts. Seeds are green, 
holding this color until quite old, becoming cream colored when ripe. 
The dry, mealy quality of Fordhook is familiar to every one who uses lima beans. The 
beans are large, and there is, therefore, less waste in shelling than with other varieties. 
Its bearing season is long and a planting may be picked for a month or more, 
For home garden or commercial use we recommend this great bean highly. Fine quality, 
always salable, attractive appearance, and large pods allow us to say that in lima beans, 
Fordhook is the best: (For a pole lima bean with all the good characteristics of Fordhook, 
plant Burpee’s Best, offered on page 15.) 
We grow our Fordhooks ourselves in California, selecting them continuously and 
checking over stocks by trials at Fordhook Farms. As the originator of this fine bean, 
we invite your order for the finest seed obtainable. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1% Ib. 25¢; Ib. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
63 Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima © 
75 days. The best of the flat-seeded; bush limas, and a decided improvement over Burpee’s Bush. 
The pods are larger, the individual beans, either green or dry, are nearly twice as thick, and the plants 
are more productive, large and vigorous, meeting in a three-foot row under average conditions. They 
are of true bush habit, but when well grown will send out lateral, pod-bearing branches which rarely 
exceed 18 in. in length and do not require support. Pods are 4% to 5% in. long, and 1 to 1% in. broad, 
slightly curved and moderately thick, containing 4 or 5 very large beans of attractive appearance and 
fine quality. Burpee’s Improved is popular where a lima with a somewhat flatter seed than Fordhook 
is demanded. It is easy to shell. Distinct enough from Fordhook in shape and flavor, it supplements 
rather than competes with that excellent variety. Try both kinds in your garden this season. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 25¢; lb. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 












66 Burpee’s Philadelphia Bush Lima 
68 days. Pods grow 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, straight to slightly curved, flat, each contains 3 or 4 
flat, medium-sized beans which are green when immature, turning white. Plants are vigorous, 
very productive, bearing the bulk of their pods in the center of the plant; sets well under 
conditions where some large-seeded limas fail. Being early, it is especially valuable in 
the North. In favor where beans are wanted that are intermediate in size between the 



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60 Burpee’s Bush Lima 
78 days. The original dwarf, large-seeded bush 
lima. First introduced exclusively by Burpee 
in 1890. It isan immense yielder. The pods and 
beans, however, are not so large, nor are the 
bushes so prolific, as those of the Burpee Im- 
proved Bush Lima. The bushes, 18 to 24 in. 
tall, are of stout, erect growth, yet branching so 
vigorously that each develops into a neatly 
rounded plant about 2 ft. in diameter. Pods 
grow 4% to 5 in. long, 1 to 1% in. wide and 
contain 3 or 4 large beans of the highest quality 
and as large as those of pole limas. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 25¢; Ib. 40¢; 
2 Ibs. 75¢; 5 Ibs. $1.75. 
68 Wood’s Prolific 
Bush Lima 
68 days. Improved Henderson Bush or Baby 
Lima. Being early maturing, it is especially 
desirable in northern states where growing 
seasons are short. Pods are small, 3 to 3% in. 
long, 7% to 1 in. wide, each containing 3 or 4 
flat beans of delicious, sweet, buttery lima 
flavor. Plants are truly prolific, and while they 
begin to bear very early, they will continue to 
produce until killed by frost. Use either fresh 
or dried for winter use. Desirable for small early 
butter beans in the home garden. Pkt. 10¢; 
14 Ib. 25¢; Ib. 40¢; 2 Ibs. 75¢; 5 Ibs. $1.75. 

14 W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. 

large- and small-seeded varieties. i 
freezing. Surpasses the small butter beans in quality and productiveness. 

















Suitable for the home garden, market, canning and 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 25¢; Ib. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
69 Burpee’s Super Green Bush Lima 
74 days. A baby bush lima with beans that retain their green color 
until they are fully matured. Pods are dark green, thick walled, 3 in. 
long, and contain three, sometimes four, green beans. The yield of 
beans from a given number of pods exceeds that of other baby lima 
bean varieties. Plants grow about 18 in. tall and the same distance 
across, with many bearing branches so that it is a good producer. 
It should be valuable for freezing and canning. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 40¢; Ib. 75¢; 2 Ibs. $1.35; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
61 Baby Fordhook Bush Lima 
70 days. A thick-seeded, small lima bean of far better qual- 
ity than the flat type. It was designed especially for can- 
ning and freezing; home gardeners, too, will appreciate 
its surprisingly heavy crop of pods under almost any 
conditions. Plant is truly bush, about 14 in. tall, with 
shiny, dark green leaves, heavily productive, bearing 
pods quite close to the stem. Pods are 234 in. long and 
34 in. wide, thick, slightly curved, containing 3 or 4 
beans, close but not crowded in the pod. Seed is 
thick, green, turning cream when dry. Baby 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; Fordhook 
2 Ibs. $1.10; 5 lbs. $2.60. 
Bush Lima 
Hou toe Grou Bush Limas 
_ Lima Beans succeed well in almost any good garden soil but do best ina 
rich, well-drained, sandy loam. As seed is sensitive to cold and wet ground, 
it must not be planted until the soil has become quite warm and fairly dry. 
Plant the seeds edgewise, eye down, 5 in. apart in rows 2% to 3 ft. apart, 
and cover with 2 in. of fine soil. When the plants are well started, thin to 
stand 12 to 15 in. apart for large-seeded varieties and 9 to 12 in. for small- 
seeded varieties. Give frequent and shallow cultivation until blossoms 
appear, but do not cultivate or handle plants when they are wet. Pick 
the pods as soon as the beans have reached edible size. A pkt. of large 
seeded varieties will sow 15 ft. of row; one Ib. 100 ft.; the small-seeded 
kinds will, of course, go much farther. 

