Wen oh Yallaut adel Brats Becad 
Bean. This is our favorite 
wax bean and is by far the most popular round podded wax variety for 
both home gardens and market. The pods are meaty and have a deli- 
cious flavor. They grow 6 to 7 inches long, straight and round as a 
pencil; always stringless, tender, very brittle and of fine quality. The 
plants are vigorous and bear profusely over a long period. Black seed. 

82 SURE CROP WAX. The Best Fiat-Podded Wax. For an 
abundance of the finest flat wax beans, 
grow Sure Crop. The pods are long, deep yellow, entirely stringless, of 
fine quality, and usually are free from rust. This is a very popular and 
desirable market variety and also excellent for home gardens wherever 
a flat yellow bean is wanted. Black Seed. 
Pkt. 10c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 85c; 714 Lbs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Lb. 30c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 90c; 7% Lbs. $2.85; 15 Lbs. $5.40. 
68 ROUND-POD KIDNEY WAX or “Brittle Wax.’’ Attractive, 
straight round pods 5-6 inches long, stringless and exceptionally tender 
and fine flavored. An excellent variety for the home garden because of 
its superior quality. It is adapted for canning and freezing and is one of 
the most widely grown yellow bush beans. We recommend it highly. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 85c; 714 Lbs. $2.85; 15 Lbs. $5.40. 
Bush Lima Beans 
A pound of seed will plant about 150 feet of row, a packet 20 feet. 
Sow about 60 lbs. per acre. 
88 UNRIVALLED WAX. Very early, with long oval clear yellow pods. 
Stringless when young and very vigorous and prolific. This is a very 
profitable kind for market because of the attractive appearance of the 
pods but it is not considered the best quality for home use.. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Lb. 25c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 85c; 744 Lhs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
Bush Limas are earlier and somewhat more easily raised than the pole 
varieties but do not yield as much. These beans seem to bear better on 
heavy soil than on sand and the land should not be too rich. Do not plant 
these beans until the soil is fairly warm as the seed is apt to rot. Treating 
the seed with Spergon (see page 78) will protect it from soil born diseases 
and will give better stands and increased yields. Plant in rows 3 feet 
apart and drop two or three seeds ina place 8 to 12 inches apart. When the 
young plants put out the first true leaves, thin to one plant to a place. 
Warning: In order to get the best yields give the plants plenty of room 
in the row. (8 to 12 inches per plant.) 
33 HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA or 
Baby Limas. Very early and prolific. 
The pods are small and the beans are 
the popular “baby lima” size. The vines 
grow upright and bear heavy crops of 
pods under almost any conditions. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Lb. 25e; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 85c; 
7% Lbs. $2.55; 15 Lbs. $4.80. 
11 BABY FORDHOOK. (New.) Small Plump Beans of High Quality. If you want small seeded or “Baby” 
limas, grow this new thick seeded type. It has the same small pods and heavy yields as Henderson’s, yet it 
carries plump delicious little beans like Fordhook in shape and of far better quality than the flat type. The pods 
are 214 to 3 in. long and are closely filled with two or three beans per pod. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 Lb. 30c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 90c; 7144 Lbs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
23 EARLY MARKET. (New.) The earliest large podded bush lima, ripening a week before Fordhook. Tre- 
mendous yielder and of highest quality. See photo and description on page 2. 
Pkt. 15c; 14 Lb. 30c; Lb. 55c; 2 Lbs. $1.00; 744 Lbs. $3.15; 15 Lbs. $6.00. 
25 FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. The Most Popular Dwarf Lima Bean. A few rows of these beans will 
give an ample supply for the average family. This is universally recog- 
nized as the standard variety both for home garden and market, particularly where a thick or “potato” lima is 
wanted. The pods are of good size and filled with three to four plump thick beans. The beans are light green in color 
and of superior quality. The vines grow upright and are extremely vigorous and productive. It is important to plant 
only first class seed. We have it. ; 
Pkt. 10c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 95c; 74 Lbs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
26 FORDHOOK U. S. 242. (New.) All American Bronze Medal Winner for 1945. This new heavy- 
yielding strain is a real improvement over the famous Fordhook Bush Lima. 
Years of careful breeding by the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture at Beltsville, Md. have produced a strain that will con- 
sistently out yield Fordhook under average conditions and will produce much better crops in hot dry weather. 
The plants are somewhat larger and more vigorous, and they produce a better set of pods on the early pickings. 
The pods are uniform, nearly straight, and well filled with three or four plump thick beans of the finest type. The dry 
seeds average slightly smaller and the pods are a trifle narrower but otherwise they are identical to the best Fordhook. 
In addition they hold their fine uniform size and shape throughout the entire season. 
Pkt. 15c; 4 Lb. 35c; Lb. 60c; 2 Lbs. $1.10; 744 Lbs. $3.15; 15 Lbs. $6.00. 
20 BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. These beans are larger than Fordhook but have somewhat flatter seed. 
Pods are large and contain 4 to 5 beans of attractive appearance and fine quality. They are ready a few days later 
than Fordhook and are highly recommended where a larger, flatter bean is wanted. 
Pkt. 10c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 90c; 7144 Lbs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
Pole Lima Beans 
Pole Lima Beans are of better quality than the bush kinds and are ideal for home gardens as they yield more in small 
space. They require some support for the vines and many people find that rough poles 7 or more feet long answer very 
well. These are sunk 11% to 2 feet in the ground and are spaced 3 to 4 feet apart each way. Plant 5 or 6 seeds around 
each pole and later thin to three of the strongest plants. A pound of seed will plant about 100 hills. 
35 IDEAL. THE BEST MAMMOTH PODDED POLE BEAN. This variety is so superior that we do not sell 
any other kind of pole lima. The pods are immense, often 7 inches long containing usually 6 large flat 
beans of the very finest quality. On our own farm we always plant an extra lot of these for our own use. The vines 
are very vigorous, and prolific, and the beans are ready only about one week later than the bush limas. With pole 
limas it is possible to grow an abundance of fine limas in a comparatively small space, so that you get plenty of these 
delicious tender beans right up until frost. 
Pkt. 10c; 144 Lb. 30c; Lb, 50c; 2 Lbs. 90c; 7% Lbs. $2.70; 15 Lbs. $5.10. 
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Ideal Lima 
