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88 days. Pods are about 5 in. long, 1% in. wide and contain 4 and often 5 
large, flat beans which are easily shelled, of handsome appearance and excel- 
lent quality. They are borne most profusely until frost has killed the vines. 
__ One of the leading pole limas for freezing, home and market. Plants are tall. 
Pkt. 15¢; 121b.40¢; Ib. 75¢; 2 lbs. $1.40; 5 lbs. $3.25 
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Pole Lima Beans mature somewhat later than bush limas and must 
be given support on which the vines may climb. The yield per sq. ft. of 
garden space is larger than that for bush limas. Many persons prefer 
the flavor of pole lima beans to the bush varieties, some like the 
thick-seeded or potato’ type (Burpee’s Best), others the medium- 
thick (Burpee’s Big 6), while others prefer the flat-seeded (Burpee’s 
Giant Podded), some choose the large seeded, others the small; all are 
good —it’s a matter of individual choice and for what purpose intended 
—to be eaten green, dried, canned or quickly frozen, 
100 Burpee’s Big 6 O_.-. 
88 days. Longest podded pole lima, 6 to 7 in. long, 114 in. 
wide with usually 6 large, medium-thick, tender beans of 
the choicest quality and flavor. Beans have a good green 
color which is.retained to a great extent when cooked. 
Plants are tall growing, excellent climbers, vigorous, de- 
pendable and heavy croppers. This wonderful new pole 
lima bean was developed by Burpee and we recommend it 
most highly for home garden, market, canning and freez- 
ing. On our Fordhookand Floradale Farms testing grounds, 
pods of Burpee’s Big 6 average 1 in. longer than Giant 
Podded with 5 or 6 beans per pod of Big 6 compared to 4 
or 5 of Giant Podded or King of the Garden. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 lb. 60¢; Ib. $1.00; 2 Ibs. $1.85 
106 Burpee’s Giant Podded 
90 days. The largest beans of all pole limas. Pods are 5% to 6 in. long, 
174 in. wide, with 4 or 5 extra large, oval-flat, green beans of the most 
delicious flavor; excellent for freezing. Vines are vigorous growing; 
attain a height of 10 ft. and freely produce their pods in clusters of 
4 to 8 from the bottom to the top of the poles. Pickings may be made 
continuously from midsummer until vines are killed by frost. We can 
recommend it highly for home gardens; also readily salable on local 
markets and roadside stands because of the size of pods and beans. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 45¢; Ib. 80¢; 2 Ibs. $1.50; 5 Ibs. $3.50 
103 Carolina or Sieva—« Butter Bean” 
78 days. Pods grow 3 to 3% in. long, ana contain 3 or 4 small, flat, 
smooth beans of splendid quality. Quick to bear, so are especially 
valuable in sections with short summers, where large-seeded varieties 
are too late to produce well, and in localities with hot, dry summers 
where pods often fail to set. Also grown extensively in the South. 
Pkt. 10¢; % Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 2 Ibs. $1.10; 5 Ibs. $2.50 
102 Florida Speckled Butter 
78 days. Vigorous plants; pods medium dark green, 3 to 3% in. 
long, each with 3 and occasionally 4 small, flat, white beans with 
approximately one-third of the surface marked deep purple. If 
picked when young, the markings on the seed will not yet have 
Burpee’s Best been developed. Prolific over a long bearing season. Stands up 
Pole La B well under hot and dry weather conditions; popular in the South. 
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105 Bu rpee’s Best © — Thick seeded or ‘‘potato”’ type 
92 days. A pole bean with all the good characteristics of Fordhook Bush—thick seed, rich 
tenderness, larger pods with three or four times as many on each of the vigorous plants 
which are strong growing climbers attaining 10 to 12 ft. under average conditions. They 
produce pods in clusters of 4 to 8 along their entire height. Pods are straight, 4 to 434 in. 
long, 114 in. broad, and % to 34 in. through, well filled with 4 or 5 big, plump, ‘“‘potato”’ 
type beans that are exceptionally tender and have the distinctive, pleasing nutty flavor 
of the bush Fordhook. More easily shelled than other limas of the ‘‘potato”’ type. Burpee’s 
Best is excellent for freezing and has remarkable long-distance shipping qualities. 
\ Pkt. 15¢; 14, 1b. 45¢; Ib. 80¢; 2 lbs. $1.50; 5 Ibs. $3.50 
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Burpee’s Big 6 
The longest podded 
Pole Lima Bean. 
Averages more beans 
per pod; productive, 
heavy yielding, good 
quality, excellent 
flavor 


_ How to Grow Pole Lima Beans 
Pole Lima Beans are easily grown in any rich, well-drained garden 
soil. Should be given support, the most frequently used being rough 
poles, spaced 3 to 4 ft. apart each way. Sow seeds when soil has be- 
come warm; put 6 to 8 seeds (preferably with the eyes down) around 
each pole, cover with 2 in. of fine soil, and firm to assist germination. 
When plants are well started, thin so that 3 or 4 of the strongest 
remain to a pole. A pkt. will plant 10 poles; 1 Ib. for 50 poles. Small 
plantings may be made along a fence or trellis, putting several beans 
1 ft. apart, later thinning to one strong plant; such plantings would 
require 1 Ib. of seed to about 50 ft. of row; a pkt. will plant about 10 ft. 




Ever since introducing the first, dwarf, large-seeded 
Burpee’s Bush Lima, Burpee has introduced many 
others, including the world-famous Fordhook Bush, 
Burpee s Best thick seeded Pole Lima and now Burpee’s 
Big 6, new pole lima for 1950. All are wonderful. 
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