

Baby 
Fordhook 
Bush LIMA BEANS 
Easier grown than pole limas as plants do not need support. There are varied sizes and shapes 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 lima (Henderson 
3ush). Some prefer one type for eating fresh, another as dry beans or freezing. We list the best varieties 
for the different purposes. For eating fresh, pick pods as soon as the beans have reached edible size. 

Burpee’s Fordhook 
65 Burpee’s Fordhook © — Most popular 
Named after Burpee’s Fordhook Farms. 
75 days. The leading variety of bush lima beans for home garden, freezing 
or commercial use. Pods are 4 to 414 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 chest- 
nuts, are familiar to everyone who uses lima beans. Plants are bushy, 
upright, 20 in. or more in height, with a spread of 2 ft. or more; very vigor- 
ous, with many pod-bearing lateral branches. Fine quality, large pods, and 
always salable, attractive appearance, made Fordhook the universally 
known large ‘‘potato” type bush lima bean for all purposes. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 1b. 40¢; lb. 75¢; 2 Ibs. $1.40; 5 Ibs. $3.25 
Burpee’s 
Improved Bush Lima 
Ever since introducing the first, dwarf, 
large-seeded Burpee’s Bush Lima, Burpee 
has introduced many others, including the 
world-famous Fordhook Bush and Burpee’s 
Best thick-seeded Pole Lima. 
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53 Fordhook No. 242 
75 days. Begins to bear about the same 
time as Burpee’s Fordhook. The plants set 
well under adverse conditions so that, in 
some sections, it is a heavier yielder. Pods 
grow 3 to 4in. long, with 3 or 4 thick, green 
beans; excellent fresh, canned or frozen. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 1b. 40¢; lb. 75¢; 
2 lbs. $1.40; 5 lbs. $3.25 
70 Triumph 
75 days. Heavier bearing baby lima of the 
Henderson type; beans are more tender and 
better in flavor. Pods are straight, 214 to 3 
in. long, with 3 or 4 small light green, oval 
beans. Plant is shorter, more compact and 
more robust than Henderson Bush. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 40¢; Ib. 75¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.40; 5 Ibs. $3.25 
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. 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 in the pod. 
Pkt. 15¢; 144 ]b. 40¢; Ib. 70¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.30; 5 lbs. $3.00 
67 Henderson Bush 
65 days. Old stand-by variety of baby 
lima. Pods are flat, straight to slightly 
curved, 234 in. long, 34 in. wide, with 3 or 
4 flattish, green, small beans turning 
creamy white when dry. Widely used. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 30¢; Ib. 55¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.00; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
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 freez- 
ing. Popular where a bush lima with a flatter bean than Fordhook is desired. Vigorous, 
prolific, erect growing plants with pods as large as those of many pole limas, 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% lb. 45¢; Ib. 80¢; 2 Ibs. $1.50; 5 Ibs. $3.50 
60 Burpee’s Bush Lima_ origina large seeded bush lima 
78 days. Immense yielder of pods 414 to 5 in. long, 1 to 114 in. wide with 3 or 4 large, . 
broad, flat beans of excellent quality. Suitable for freezing. Plants are highly productive. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 35¢; |b. 65¢; 2 Ibs. $1.20; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
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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, 4 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 in. apart for large- 
seeded varieties and 8 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 lb, 
100 ft.; the small-seeded kinds will, of course, go much farther, 

