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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. All-America Silver 
Medal. Plant similar to Henderson’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. 
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. 
*Clark’s Bush: 65 days. An attractive new As- 
grow variety, similar to Henderson’s Bush, but 
with the notable difference that the beans are all 
of pleasing green color and free from whites. 
*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. 
*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. 
Jackson Wonder (or Calico): 65 days. An old 
Southern favorite. Flat pods have 3 to 4 seeds 
of mottled buff. 
Pole Varieties 
Giant Speckled Butter: 78 days. Stands up well 
to summer weather. Beans buff, spotted brown- 
ish red. Pods in clusters, 4 or 5 seeds per pod. 
* 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. 
Aoda: 110 days. A prolific sort suited to the 
South, as it requires a long season. Beans of 
medium size and good texture. 
Bansei: 90 days. Plants erect and of medium 
height, very prolific, well adapted for short sea- 
son areas. Beans medium small, elliptical, of 
mild and pleasing flavor. 
Edsoy: 90 days. Vigorous plants with resistance 
to heat and drought, yielding under Southern 
conditions a good crop of oval, medium sized 
beans. 
Giant Green: 77 days. Plants short and erect; 
beans green, large, plump, oval; for use green. 
Adapted to the North. 
Hokkaido: 98 days. Plant erect and of medium 
height. Pods large, gray. Beans large, almost 
spherical, of nut-like flavor. A good midseason 
variety, for use green or dry. 

Edible Soy Beans—high in food value and 
vitamins 
