


BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Bush Lima Beans succeed well in almost any good garden soil but do best 
in a 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. They are more easily 
raised than the pole limas but do not yield as much on the same amount of 
space. 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, 
i 65 Burpee’s Fordhook Bush Limao 
Introduced by Burpee; 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 hold their green color until quite old; 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. Fine 
quality, always salable, attractive appearance, and large pods allow us to say that in 
bush lima beans, Fordhook is the best for home garden or commercial use. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1/2 lb. 30¢; lb. 50¢; 2 Ibs. 95¢; 5 Ibs. $2.25. 
63 Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima O : 
’ 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. Distinct enough from Fordhook in shape and flavor, it supplements rather than competes 
with that excellent variety. Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 30¢; Ib. 50¢; 2 Ibs. 95¢; 5 Ibs. $2.25, 
60 Burpee’s Bush Lima 
78 days. The original dwarf, large-seeded bush 
lima. First introduced exclusively by Burpee in 
1890. It is an immense yielder. The pods and 
beans, however, are not so large, nor are the bushes 
so prolific, as those of the Burpee Improved 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 
114 in. wide and contain 3 or 4 large beans of the 
68 Wood’s Prolific 
Bush Lima i 
68 days. Improved Henderson Bush or Baby 
Lima. Being early maturing, it is especially de- 
sirable in northern states where growing seasons 
are short. Pods are small, 3 to 3% in. long, 76 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 


Burpee’s 
Fordhook 
Bush Lima 
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 from a given number of pods exceeds that of other baby lima 
varieties, Pkt. 15¢; 12 lb. 30¢; lb. 50¢; 2 lbs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
71 Thorogreen Bush Lima 
68 days. The plants are dwarf, dark green, erect, bushy, and set a 
prolific crop of flat pods containing 3 or 4 flattish, oval shaped 
beans. At maturity the seeds retain a pale green color, and in the 
edible stage the excellent quality is enhanced by the deeper green 
color. Highly recommended for canning. Pkt. 15¢; 1% lb. 30¢. 

14 W. Atlee Burpee Co., Seed Growers to Gardeners Everywhere 
highest quality. Pkt. 10¢; 1% Ib. 25¢; Ib. 45¢; frost. 
2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
61 Baby Fordhook Bush Lima 
70 days. A thick-seeded, small lima bean of far better quality than the flat type. It was 
designed especially for canning and freezing; home gardeners, too, will appreciate its 
surprisingly heavy crop of pods. Plant is truly bush, about 14 in. tall. 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. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 30¢; Ib. 50¢; 2 lbs. 90¢; 5 Ibs. $2.10. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 Ib. 25¢; Ib. 45¢; 
2 lbs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
64 Cangreen Bush Lima 
Honorable Mention, All-America Selections 
72 days. Plant breeders have been working to 
obtain a lima bean of the Henderson Bush 
type with green seed. Several varieties are 
now offered, Cangreen being one of them; it 
cooks and cans green which is a distinct ad- 
vantage for canning and freezing and pre- 
ferred by many whose preference is for the 
baby butter-lima beans for eating fresh or 
as dry beans. Plants are dwarf, bearing 
continuously throughout the season 
flat pods with 3 or 4 green beans of 
good quality. Seed crop is short. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 Ib. 30¢. 
Cangreen 
Bush Lima 


















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