
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 — 
a 
(Baby Fordhook), the large flat (Burpee’s Improved) or the small flat baby butter lima (Thorogreen). 
Some prefer one type for eating fresh, another as dry beans or quick freezing. We list the best varieties 
for the different purposes. For eating fresh, pick pods as soon as the beans have reached edible size. 
65 Bu rpee’s Fordhook © — Most popular bush lima 
75 days. The leading variety of bush lima beans for home garden, freezing or com- | 
mercial use. Pods are 4 to 4% 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 chestnuts, are familiar to everyone who uses 
lima beans. Seeds hold their green color until quite old; cream colored when ripe. 
Plants are bushy, upright, with large leaves of heavy texture, 20 in. or more in 
height, with a spread of 2 ft. or more, very vigorous, with many pod-bearing lateral 
branches, so that from a planting, picking may be done for a month or more. 






each containing 3 or 4 flat beans of 
buttery flavor; desirable for freezing. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1% lb. 35¢; Ib. 65¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.75 
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beans and should be used in the same way, either cooked fresh or as a winter shell bean. 
hotels and restaurants. Dry seed is large, circular, flat, reddish brown with black eye. 
Try a planting this year. One pkt. is enough for 15 ft. of row; 1 lb. 75 ft. of row. : 
Pkt. 15¢; ¥% Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
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Flavor is somewhat like that of the pea. Becoming very popular, especially in large city | 
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Fine quality, large pods, and always salable, attractive appearance, made Fordhook . 
the universally known large ‘‘potato”’ type bush lima bean for all purposes. Introduced — 
by Burpee and named for Burpee’s famous Fordhook Farms. Buy from the originator. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% Ib. 40¢; Ib. 75¢; 2 Ibs. $1.40; 5 Ibs. $3.25 
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61 Baby Fordhook 63 Burpee’s Improved 
70 days. Thick-seeded or ‘‘potato’’ type small Bush Lima © ay th 
lima bean considered by many to be of better E 3 
quality than the flat type. It Was designed espe- 75 days. Pods are produced in clusters of SPOriisa 
cially for canning and freezing; home gardeners, they grow 4% to 5% in. long, 1 to 14 in. broad, 
too, will appreciate its surprisingly heavy crop of slightly curved and moderately thick, containing 
pods. Plant is truly bush, about 14 in. tall. Pods 4 or 5 very large, flat-oval beans of the highest 
are 234 in. long and 34 in. wide, thick, slightly quality. Easy to shell. Good for home or market 
curved, containing 3 or 4 beans, close but not garden as well as for freezing. Popular where a Za 
crowded. Seed is green turning cream when dry. bush lima with a flatter bean than Fordhook is 
Pkt. 15¢; 1%41b.40¢; Ib. 70¢; desired. Vigorous, prolific, erect growing plants 
2 Ibs. $1.30; 5 Ibs. $3.00 with pods as large as those of many pole limas. 
Pkt. bi 1% lb. 45¢ Y cuen 
2 Ibs. $1.50; 5 Ibs. $3. 
51 Early Market | 
72 days. The earliest large-podded bush lima. y = ; 
Pods 4 to 5 in. long, with 3 or 4 large, flat pe 60 Burpee S Bush Li ma 
beans of excellent quality, either fresh, canned or ae. i 
frozen. It is very prolific, desirable in the home The original large seeded bush lima 
garden and especially valuable to market garden- 78 days. An immense yielder. Pods 4% to 5 in. 
ers where an early, large-podded bush lima is de- long, 1 to 144 in. wide and contain 3 or 4 large, 
Burpee s sired. Developed by Dr. Roy Magruder and Dr. broad, flat beans of excellent quality. Suitable for 
Fordhook Robert Wester, U.S.D.A. All-America Winner. freezing. Plants robust and highly productive. 
Bush Lima Bean Pkt. 15¢; 1b. 35¢; Ib. 65¢; Pkt. 10¢; 1% 1b. 35¢;_ Ib. 65¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.20; 5 Ibs. $2.75 2 Ibs. $1.20; 5 Ibs, $2.75 
Ss 
53 Fordhook 242 70 Triumph — Thrifty and productive ‘Baby Lima” 
davs. Begins to b bout th 75 days. A heavier bearing baby lima of the Henderson type; beans are more tender and better 
ete Sap Fordhook. The Sarita in flavor. Pods are straight, 214 to 3 in. long, with 3 or 4 small light green, oval beans. Plant 
set well under adverse conditions due is shorter, more compact and more robust than Henderson, which probably accounts for its — 
to resistance to high temperature con- prolific bearing. Good for all purposes, especially canning and freezing. All-America Winner. 
ditions, so that, in some sections, it is a Pkt. 15¢; 14 1b. 40¢; Ib. 75¢; 2 Ibs. $1.40; 5 Ibs. $3.25 
feavist Mee Pods grow 3 to 4 in. 
ong, with 3 or 4 thick, green beans, : 
the eating quality of which is excellent 67 Henderson Bush — sail seeded; early maturing 
hehe “ta tte get hit fis Forhome 65 days. An old stand-by variety of baby lima. Pods are flat, straight to slightly curved, 234 , 
36 ee ies a ee Mode ie 754, in. long, 34 in. wide, with 3 or 4 flattish, green, small beans turning creamy white when dry. 
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2 Ibs. $1.40; 5 Ibs. $3.25 Pkt. 10¢; 14 lb. 30¢; Ib. 55¢; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
52 Peerless . 
Pre Pat ee ee How to Grow Bush Lima Beans 
rs. Pods 3% in. long, r ; ; ; . : 
3 Boati beans Bache Twain bore tarts Bush Lima Beans succeed well in almost any good garden soil but do best in a rich, well- 
the size of Fordhook.but of the same drained, sandy loam. As seed is sensitive to cold and wet ground, it must not be planted until 
shape and relative thickness. Yields the soil has become quite warm and fairly dry. Plant the seeds edgewise, eye down, 4 in. apart 
well under a wide range of conditions. in rows 234 to 3 ft. apart, and cover with 2 in, of fine soil. When the plants are well started, 
Valuable for canning and freezing. thin to stand 12 in. apart for large-seeded varieties and 8 to 12 in. for small-seeded varieties. ; 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 60¢; Ib. $1.10; Give frequent and shallow cultivation until blossoms appear, but do not cultivate or handle 
2 Ibs. $2.00; 5 lbs. $4.75 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. 
71 Thorogreen | 
68 days. The dwarf, bushy plants set a CHER 
prolific crop of flat pods containing 3 or GIANT BUTTE R or FAVA BEAN : 
4 flattish, oval shaped, green beans. : 
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Mate |e SW rag g  So: Mammoth pods with 5 to 7 lima-like beans : 
gs 85 days. Giant Butter or Fava are the well-known Broad Beans, KE 
68 Wood’s Prolific 24 Long Pod much hardier than other beans and should be planted as early in ae 
; : the spring as the ground can be worked; they will not thrive in summer heat. Plants are ~ 
68 days. Especially desirable where large and erect, true bush form, and heavy yielders. Pods are glossy green, 7 in. long, and - 
era oce., es OSOnE’ ate short. Pods are contain 5 to 7 large, oblong-shaped, flat, light green beans, which are valuable foruseas | 
small, 3 to 3% in. long, 7 to 1 in. wide, green shell beans. The pods are not edible; the large beans somewhat resemble lima * 
