
LIMA BEANS, Fordhook Bush 

Use Spergon for treating Lima Bean seed. 
Protects seed against decay and stimulates growth 

BROCCOLI, Calabrese, Early Green Sprouting 


Bush Lima Beans 
CuLtuRE. When warm weather is certain, plant the seed 
114 inches deep, with the eye down. Thin the young plants 
to 6 inches apart. 1 lb. plants 100 ft. of row; 60 lbs. an acre. 
PEERLESS (U. S. No. 243). 71 days. A Bush Lima 
developed primarily for the canning aid freezirg 
trade. The bush is distinctly different from other 
Lima types (with the exception of Fordhook 242) 
in that the main stem is very short, supporting many 
erect branches. Pods are set at base of branches in 
a cluster, being difficult to pick by hand, but ideally 
suited to vining. Pods are shorter than 242, curved, 
containing 2 or 3 Beans. Beans at table maturity 
are excellent green, with flavor and quality un- 
excelled, prolific, particularly in the eastern part 
of the United States. Has excellent ability to set 
under adverse weather conditions. 
FORDHOOK NO. 242. 72 days. A new strain 
similar to Fordhook Bush Lima. Plants large, wide 
spreading, prolific, with more foliage than Fordhook. 
This variety has as its chief superiority the ability 
to make a crop under conditions where the other 
thick-seeded Limas fail. Fordhook No. 242 con- 
sistently outyields regular Fordhook. 
FORDHOOK BUSH. 75 days. Plant large, up- 
right, prolific. The large, thick pods are produced 
in clusters of from 5 to 8 and contain 3 to 5 thick, 
meaty, plump green Beans of excellent flavor. Seeds 
white tinged with green. Good for freezing. 
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA. 65 days. Sometimes 
called Baby Lima and known in the South as a 
Butter Bean. Market growers and canners cvery- 
where like it because of its earliness and heavy 
yield. Pods are flat, straight to slightly curved, 
234 inches long, 34 inch wide, with 3 or 4 flattish 
green Beans turning white at maturity. 
BURPEE IMPROVED BUSH. 75 days. The best 
of the flat-seeded Bush Limas. Plants are large, 
erect, vigorous and very productive. Pods are 414% 
to 51% inches long and 1 to 1 inches broad, slightly 
curved, containing 4 or 5 very large Beans of fine 
quality. Good for freezing. 
Broccoli 
CULTURE. Sow the seed outdoors early in the spring and 
transplant the seedlings 2 feet apart each way when 
they are 3 or 4 inches tall. Cultivate like cabbage. 1 
oz. produces about 2000 plants; 6 ozs. plants an acre. 
CALABRESE, Early Green Sprouting. 70 days. 
Vigorous early type forming large compact central 
heads and very few laterals. First heads ready for 
market in about 70 days from planting under favor- 
able conditions when the seed is planted in the open. 
Transplanting usually delays maturity about one 
week. 
DE-CICCO. 60 days. An extremely early strain 
producing medium heads ready for market ten days 
to two weeks ahead of Early Green Sprouting. Also 
furnishes a high percentage of side shoots or sprouts 
excellent for bunching or freezing. Plants medium 
tall, light green in color, and very productive. Our 
stock of this strain has been carefully selected for 
uniformity. 

All Broccoli Seed has been field tested one year 
before being offered for sale 
TRI-STATE SEED COMPANY 
PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. 
