8 Bitty Herter SEED CATALOG FoR 1954 
HIGHMOOR YELLOW EYE—The old fashioned yellow eye was a 
semi-runner variety that made quite a tangle of vines. The new High- 
moor Yellow Eye comes to us from the Maine Experiment Station 
as a high yielding, disease resistant, dwarf bean variety superior to 
the old fashioned type. Pkt. 25 cts.; 1% lb. 40 cts.; 1 lb. 75 cts. 
NUTE HORTICULTURE—This beautiful giant horticulture bean was 
called to our attention by Ray Nute of Farmington, New Hampshire. 
It is early and productive and has the largest beans of any of the heir- 
looms offered in this catalog. An excellent green and dry shell bean. 
Pkt 25) ets.> 46" 1b 40 cts 1b /5ets:-22, bse 1230 702 bem a2. OU; 
BUMBLE BEE—Grown for both green and dry shell. The beans are 
large, white with a big red eye, really beautiful in the green shell stage. 
It is of excellent quality as a baking bean. Pkt. 20 cts.; 14 Ib. 35 cts.; 
1 lb. 65 cts.; 2 lbs. $1.25. 
VERMONT GOLDEN PEA—Many of our customers prefer the Golden 
Pea bean for baking purposes to all others. The older strains were 
low vielding, but the Vermont strain has been bred for high quality, 
high yield, and disease resistance. If you like the Golden Pea, this is 
the best strain. Pkt. 25 cts.; % lb. 40 cts.; 1 lb. 75 cts. 
FRENCH HORTICULTURE—There has been so much eall for this 
bean that we are offering it for the first time. It is the standard com- 
mercial shell bean and is the leading variety in the Boston area. Our 
strain is the one that has shown up best in the tests at our Horticul- 
tural Farm. Pkt. 20 cts.; 44 lb. 40 cts.; 1 Ib. 75 cts. 
LIMA BEANS 
FORDHOOK 242—A medium early potato lima. Even under adverse 
weather conditions this bean can be depended upon to set freely. The 
pods are quite uniform and very nearly straight. You will like this 
variety. Pkt. 20 cts:; 46 Ib: 35 cts:;" 1.1b. 65 cts’; 2 Ibs’ $1.20; 5 Ibs. 
$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 Ib. 40 cts.; 1 lb. 70 cts.; 2 lbs. $1.35; 5 Ibs. $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 quality. Pkt. 20 cts.; 14 Ib. 35 ets.; 1 Ib. 
65 cts.; 2 lbs; $1.25; 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
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.; 1% Ib. 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 any other edible soy bean we have ever tried. Pkt. 25 ets.; 14 Ib. 
40 cts.: 1 lb. 75 cts.; 5. lbs. $3.00. 
