BEANS—Continued 
Dwarf or Bush Lima 
Burpee’s Improved Bush 75 days 
Plant—18 to 20 inches tall, erect and 
spreading with medium green foliage. 
Pods—5 inches long x 1% inches wide, 
flat, curved and medium green with 4 
to 5 large seeds per pod. 
Seed—thick-flat and white with a green- 
ish cast. 
Larger podded and more productive than 
Burpee’s Bush Lima. Pale green and 
meaty at cooking stage. 

enderson's Bush Lima 

Dwarf Large White Lima 
(Burpee’s) 
Plant—18 to 20 inches tall, erect and 
semi-spreading with dark green foliage. 
Pods—4% inches long x 1 inch wide, 
very flat and curved with 3 to 4 large 
seeds per pod. 
Seed—broad, flat, large and dull white. 
The standard large seeded home and 
market garden variety. The beans are 
pale green in edible stage. 
Early Market Bush 69 days 
Plant—16 to 20 inches tall, upright and 
spreading with very prolific medium 
gray-green foliage. 
Pods—4% inches long x 1 inch wide, 
curved and medium green with 3 to 
4 seeds per pod. 
Seed—creamy-white with a greenish cast. 
Developed by the U. S. Dept. of Agric., 
it is earlier and more productive than 
Dwarf Large White Lima. The edible 
beans are pale silver-green in color. An 
early Lima suitable for home and mar- 
ket garden use. 
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Fordhook Bush 75 days 
Plant—16 to 20 inches tall, upright, com- 
pact and bushy with medium green 
foliage. 
Pods—4 inches long x 1% inches wide, 
thick, plump, straight and medium 
green with 3 to 4 seeds per pod. 
Seed—oval, thick, plump and cream- 
colored. 
Standard market garden, shipping and 
Freezing variety. Pale green in edible 
stage. 
Fordhook 242 73 days 
Plant—16 to 19 inches tall, similar to 
regular Fordhook. 
Pods—3*4 inches long x 1 inch wide, 
similar to regular Fordhook except 
shorter and more uniformly curved. 
Seed—same as Fordhook. 
Developed by U. S. Dept. of Agric. High 
yielding and more tolerant of heat than 
Fordhook. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima 65 days 
Plant—16 inches tall, glossy green foliage 
free from runners, productive and very 
hardy. 
Pods—3 inches long x % inch wide, 
slightly curved to straight, medium 
green and averages 3 seeds per pod. 
Seed—small, flat and white. 
Dependable and very uniform in growth 
it is used for table, canning and freez- 
ing. White cotyledons in edible stage. 
Jackson Wonder 
(Speckled Bush Lima) 65 days 
Plant—13 to 17 inches tall, upright and 
spreading with glossy dark green 
foliage. 
Pods—3 inches long x %4 inch wide, flat 
to thick-flat and dark green with 3 to 
4 small seeds per pod. 
Seed—medium small, thick-flat, broad- 
oval and buff, mottled with purplish 
black. 
Similar to Henderson but more heat and 
drought resistant. Very popular in the 
South for home and market gardeners. 
Peerless (USDA 243) 70 days 
Plant—16 inches tall, similar to Early 
Market in growth. 
Pods—3% inches long x 1 inch wide, 
slightly curved, more plump with a 
rougher skin than Early Market and 
having 38 to 4 seeds per pod. 
Seed—light cream with greenish tint, 
about 24 as big as Fordhook, round, 
thick and a definite green in edible 
stage. 
Introduced by the U. S. D. A. for home 
garden ard quick-freeze. A good yielder 
and quite tolerant of heat. Quality 
similar to Fordhook. 

