BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA BEANS 
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 
Burpee’s 
Fordhook, the lead- 
ing thick or “‘ potato”’ 
bush lima bean for 
nearly 40 years 
69 Burpee’s Super Green Bush Lima 
A baby bush lima with beans that retain their green color until 
they are fully matured. Pods are 3 in. long, and contain three, some- 
times four, green beans; desirable for freezing. The yield from a given 
number of pods exceeds that of other baby lima varieties. 
ly Ib. 30¢; lb. 50¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
74 days. 
Pkt. 15¢; 
71 Thorogreen Bush Lima 
The plants are dwarf, dark green, erect, bushy, and set a 
prolific crop of flat pods containing 3 or 4 flattish, oval shaped beans 
68 days. 


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, freezing or commercial use. 
Pkt. 10¢; 2 lb. 30¢; Ib. 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 fine quality; good for freezing. 
Distinct enough from Fordhook in shape and flavor, it supplements rather than competes with it. 
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 and branch most vigorously. Pods 
grow 41% to 5 in. long, 1 to 11% in. wide and con- 
tain 3 or 4 large beans of the highest quality. 
Suitable for freezing. Pkt. 10¢; 1% lb. 25¢; 
lb. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
68 Wood’s Prolific = 
Bush Lima 
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, % to 
1 in. wide, each containing 3 or 4 flat beans of 
delicious, sweet, buttery lima flavor; desirable for 
freezing. Plants are truly prolific, and while they 
begin to bear very early, they will continue to pro- 
duce until killed by frost. Pkt. 10¢; 1% lb. 25¢; 
lb. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
61 Baby Fordhook Bush Lima — smaii, thick deans 
70 days. A thick-seeded or ‘‘potato’’, 
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 pads Seed is green turning cream when dry. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 Ib. 30¢; Ib. 50¢; 2 Ibs. 90¢; 5 Ibs. $2.10. 
of a dark green color which is held for a long time. At maturity the 3 or 4 
seeds retain a pale green color. Valuable for canning and freezing. 
Pkt. 15¢; 
How te Grow Bush Lima Reans 
Bush Lima Beans succeed well in almost any good garden soil but do best in a rich, well- 
As seed is sensitive to cold and wet ground, 
until the soil has become quite warm and fairly dry. Plant the seeds edgewise, eye down, 5 in. 
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- 
drained, sandy loam. 
apart in rows 2% 

Vy Ib. 30¢; Ib. 50¢; 2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
it must not be planted 
64 Cangreen Bush Lima 
72 days. “All-America Winner. 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 advantage for canning 
and freezing and preferred 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 
green beans of good quality. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 30¢; Ib. 50¢; 













2 Ibs. 85¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
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 lb. 
100 it.; the small-seeded kinds will, of course, go much farther. 
Cangreen 
8 W. Atlee Burpee Co., Seed Growers to Gardeners Everywhere Bush Lima 

