BUSH LIMAS 
BURPEE’S BUSH ee ee 8 76-80 days 
Pods: 442-5 x 1-114", very flat, curved at tip to slightly curved, dark dull 
green, large seeded. 
Bush: 14-20", erect but semi-sprawling with occasional short runners, 
vigorous, heavily productive, light to medium green foliage. 
Seed: Large, flat, pale green in edible stage; large, broad, oval, rather 
triangular, flat, dull chalky white in seed stage. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH... . .. . «sss 76 days 
Pods: 442-542 x 1-14%", flat, medium green, curved, large seeded. 
Bush: 16-20", erect, spreading, very vigorous and productive, glossy dark 
green foliage. 
Seed: Large, flat, pale green in edible stage; large, oval, flat, green tinted 
white in dry stage. 

*KCANGREEN = ‘accanenicacsysetectionsy ~=Hon. Mention 1943 . . 65-70 days 
Pods: Same shape and size as HENDERSON’S but darker with bronze green 
color when ripe. 
Bush: Practically identical with HENDERSON but yield more concentrated. 
Seed: Same size but slightly thicker or plumper than HENDERSON, light 
green integument with flesh or cotyledons of deeper green. 


*EARLY MARKET (U.S. 142)  ‘acaneicawysnectony ~= Bronze Medal 1945 
Pods: 44%2-5'% x 1-1¥%”, medium thick, dark green, curved with yg 
mae eis", spreading, vigorous, dark green, heavy yielder of early 
Sees flat, green in edible stage; broad, flat, greenish cream in dry 
stage. 
xFORDHOOK ..._—s_.. rae i ae O-days 
Pods: 4-414 x 1-1%”, thick, plump, medium green, straight. 
Bush: 16-19”, erect, compact, bushy, dark green, heavily productive on 
fertile soils, but sensitive to changes in fertility or climate. 
Seed: Large, plump, rounded oval, pale green in edible stage; medium 
size, round to rounded oval, thick, creamy with green tint in dry stage. 
*FORDHOOK 242 Bronze Medal 1945. . 75 days 
Pods: 312-4 x 1-1%", slightly curved, plump, similar to FORDHOOK BUSH. 
Holds size on late sets. 
Bush: 16-20", erect, compact, slightly spreading, highly productive under 
most conditions. 
Seed: Slightly smaller than FORDHOOK and has appearance of being thicker 
than FORDHOOK. 
Developed by Dr. Roy Magruder and Dr. R. E. Wester of U.S.D.A. 
at Beltsville, Md., as a highly productive Fordhook type for adverse 
conditions. 
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