8 Bitty Herter SEED CATALOG FoR 1953 
LIMA BEANS 
FORDHOOK 242—A medium early potato lima. Even under adverse 
weather conditions this bean can be denended upon to set freely. The 
pods are quite uniform and very nearly straight. You will like this 
Varicuy. «Pkt. 20) cts. Jo4lbeco ets al elbmGo Cts.) 2.lbsa 51-2040 slbs: 
$2.50. 
TRIUMPH—This new baby lima was an All America Selections winner. 
The pods are about 3 inches long. The beans are green in color and 
hold their color very well in both canning and freezing. The quality of 
this new bean is excellent. It was developed by the U.S.D.A. Pkt. 20 
cts.; 14 lb. 40 ets.; 1 lb. 70 cts.; 2 lbs. $1.35; 5 lbs. $2.80. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA—The most widely used baby lima. This 
is an early lima (65 days) with a small, bushy, and erect plant. The 
pods are about 3 inches long. The seed is creamy white. This variety 
is a good yielder with good qualitv. Pkt. 20 cts.; 4% Ib. 35 cts.; 1 Ib. 
G51cts. 121s 120 Ol Ds, o2.50. 
COWEY—We have at last managed to get a small supply of this beauti- 
ful and early bush lima. The bean is red in color and will germinate 
in colder soils than white varieties. Pkt. 25 cts.; 14 lb. 50 ets. 
SOY BEAN 
PANDO—This soy bean was brought to America from Korea by Prof. 
Meader. It is early, has high quality, large in size, and far superior 
to anv other edible sov bean we have ever tried. Pkt. 25 cts.; 1% lb. 
40 cts.; 1 lb. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.00. 
Our crop of Merrimack Sweetheart 
Watermelons was excellent 
this year. 
PEAS 
MAYFLOWER — 55 days, 15 inches. A UNH introduction. This pea 
was developed by Dr. Yeager as an extra high quality, disease resis- 
tant early pea. The pods are small but the variety is early and much 
better than ordinary varieties in quality. It is partially disease resis- 
tant and will grow in “nea sick” gardens. Pkt. 20 cts.; 14 Ib. 45 ets.: 
1 lb. 80 cts.; 2 lbs. $1.45. 
