Pod Pod Season 
Length Width (days) 
FORDHOOK BUSH 4 1 75 
Large seeded potato lima type. Famed for its 
size and appealing flavor. Adapted for market 
gardeners and shipping. 
VINE: 16 to 20 inches tall, vigorous, heavily 
productive, erect, dark green. 
PODS: Straight, broad-plump, 3-4 seed per pod. 
SEED: Large plump oval, white tinged with 
green. 
FORDHOOK BABY 
FORDHOOK NO. 242 4 1 72 
Very similar to Fordhook Bush except that it is 
about 4 days earlier. 
GREEN SEEDED HENDERSON 234 3/4 67 
VINE: Same as Henderson. 
PODS: Same as Henderson. 
SEED: Same appearance as Henderson except 
that the cotyledons are green and at proc- 
essing stage the beans are green. 
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA 234 34 6 
Most widely used lima bean for home and mar- 
ket garden. 
VINE: 16 inches, vigorous, productive, erect, 
dark green, bushy. 
PODS: Dark green, broad-flat, slightly curved, 
3-4 seed per pod. 
SEED: Small, flat, oval, creamy white. 
IMPROVED BUSH 
See Burpee’s Bush, Improved. 
JACKSON WONDER 3 Wy 66 
Adapted to the South. 
VINE: 16 to 20 inches, spreading without run- 
ners, very glossy dark green, drought re- 
sistant, productive. 
PODS: Dark green, broad-flat, somewhat 
curved, 3-4 seeds per pod. 
SEED: Small, flat, light, buff mottled with pur- 
plish black. 
THOROGREEN 
See Green Seeded Henderson. 
WOOD’S PROLIFIC 3% 3 69 
Similar to Henderson’s Bush in type, but with 
larger plant, pods, seed, and has a_ longer 
season. 
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