
Bush LIMA BEANS 
Easier grown than pole limas and the yield per sq. ft. of garden space is about the same for each or in 
some localities and seasons may be in favor of the pole varieties. Varied size and shape of beans to meet 
your preference, whether it be the large thick (Burpee’s Fordhook) or small thick “potato” type 
(Baby Fordhook), the large flat (Burpee’s Improved) or the small flat baby butter limas (Thorogreen). 
Some prefer one type for eating fresh, another as dry beans or quick freezing. We list the best varieties 
for the different purposes. For eating fresh, pick pods as soon as the beans have reached edible size. 
65 Burpee’s Fordhook © — Most popular bush lima 
75 days. The leading variety of bush lima beans for home garden, freezing or com- 
mercial use. Pods 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 whose dry, mealy 
quality and delicious flavor, not. unlike chestnuts, are familiar to everyone who uses 
lima beans. Seeds hold their green color until quite old; cream colored when ripe. 
Plants are 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. Bearing season is long and a planting may be picked for a month or more. 
Fine quality, large pods, and always salable, attractive appearance, made Fordhook 
the universally known large ‘‘potato”’ type bush lima bean for all purposes. Introduced 
by Burpee and named for Burpee’s famous Fordhook Farms. Buy from the originator. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 35¢; Ib. 65¢; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
61 Baby Fordhook 
70 days. Thick-seeded or ‘‘potato’’ type small 
lima. bean considered by many to be of better 
quality than the flat type. It was designed espe- 
cially 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. Seed is green turning cream when dry. , 
Pkt. 15¢; %44lb.40¢; Ib. 70¢; 
63 Burpee’s Improved 
Bush Lima@ 
75 days. Pods are produced in clusters of 5 or 6; 
they grow 4% to 5% in. long, 1 to 1% in. broad, 
slightly curved and moderately thick, containing 
4 or 5 very large, flat-oval beans of the highest 
quality. Easy to shell. Good for home or market 
garden as well as for freezing. Popular where a 
. bush lima with a flatter bean than Fordhook is 
desired. Vigorous, prolific plants with pods as 


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Fordhook 
Bush Lima Bean: 
71 Thorogreen: 
68 days. The dwarf, bushy plants set a prolific crop 
of flat pods containing 3 or 4 flattish, oval shaped, 
dark green beans. At maturity the seeds retain a 
pale green color. Valuable for canning and freezing. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 ib. 35¢; Ib. 65¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.15; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
67 Henderson Bush 
65 days. An old stand-by variety of baby lima. Pods 
are flat, straight to slightly curved, 234 in. long, 
3% in. wide, with 3 or 4 flattish, green beans turning 
white when dry. Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.05; . 5 Ibs. $2.50 
68 Wood's Prolific 
68 days. 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 sweet, buttery lima flavor; desirable 
for freezing. Pkt. 15¢; 14 1b.35¢; Ib. 65¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.15; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
How to Grow 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. 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. 

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51 Early Market 
72 days. The earliest large-podded bush lima. 
Pods 4 to 5 in. long, with 3 or 4 large, flat green - 
beans of excellent quality, either fresh, canned or 
frozen. It is very prolific, desirable in the home 
garden and especially valuable to market garden- 
ers where an early, large-podded bush lima is de- 
sired. Developed by Dr. Roy Magruder and Dr. 
Robert Wester, U.S.D.A. All-America Winner. 
Pkt. 15¢; %Ib.35¢; Ib. 65¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.25; 5 Ibs. $3.00 
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2 Ibs. $1.20; 5 Ibs. $2.85 
53 Fordhook 242 
75. days. A selection’ developed by Dr. Roy A. 
Magruder and Dr. Robert E. Wester, U.S.D.A., 
which begins to bear about the same time as Bur- 
pee’s Fordhook, and because of its high resistance 
to drought, the plants set well under adverse condi- 
tions so that, in some sections, it isa heavier yielder. 
Pods grow 3 to 4 in. long, with 3 or 4 thick, green 
beans, the eating quality of which is excellent either 
fresh, canned or frozen. All-America Winner. 
Pkt. 15¢; Ib. 40¢; Ib. 75¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.30; 5 Ibs. $3.15 
52 Peerless—wew for 1948 
69 days. Pods 3% in. long, averaging 3 green beans 
each, about two-thirds the size of Fordhook but of 
the same shape and relative thickness. Yields well 
under a wide range of conditions. Especially valu- 
able for canning and freezing, because the beans 
retain their attractive green color. Developed by 
Dr. Magruder and Dr. Wester, U.S.D.A. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 60¢;_ Ib. $1.05; 
2 Ibs. $2.00; 5 Ibs. $4.50 
large as those of many pole limas. 
Pkt. 15¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.25; 5 lbs. $3.00 
1, lb. 40¢;__ Ib. 70¢; 
60 Burpee’s Bush Lima 
é The original large seeded bush lima 
78 days. An immense yielder. Pods grow 4% to 5 
in. long, 1 to 144 in. wide and contain 3 or 4 large, 
broad, flat beans’of excellent quality. Suitable for 
freezing. Plants robust, very productive. 
Pkt. 10¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.05; 5 Ibs. $2.50 
1, lb. 35¢;_ Ib. 60¢; 
If you. do not know 
which varieties to 
grow, select those 
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