SEED GROWERS 7 
BEANS — BUSH LIMA VARIETIES — Continued 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH 75 Days 
Similar to Burpee’s Bush Lima, but slightly earlier and longer podded. 
Plant large, erect, vigorous, very productive; pods contain four to five 
seeds. Dry beans, large, plump, flat-oval, surface somewhat wrinkled, color 
white with greenish tinge. 
FORDHOOK BUSH 75 Days 
Vines strong, erect and true bush lima growth. Foliage heavy and very 
dark green in color. The stalks that produce the blossom are thrown out 
from the lateral and main stalks. Pods are large, thick, containing three to 
five beans. The most popular market gardeners’ lima bean. 
FORDHOOK No. 242 75 Days 
Plants similar to Fordhook but with greater spreading habit and some- 
what earlier. Pods 3%, to 4 inches with 3 to 4 beans per pod. Yields well 
under adverse conditions. 
CANGREEN — GREEN SEEDED HENDERSON 68 Days 
Pods and bush are identical with Henderson Bush Lima. Seed has the 
same appearance as Henderson, but fleshy part of seed or cotyledons are 
green instead of yellow as in all other limas in dry seed stages. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH OR DWARF SIEVA 66 Days 
Our stock is the true Henderson’s Bush Lima and not the common Baby 
Lima. Plants bushy, very productive. Pods flat, 3 inches long, containing 
three to four seeds. Green shelled beans small, flat and of excellent 
quality. 
JACKSON WONDER OR CALICO 66 Days 
Vine dark, 12 inch, thick bush with heavy leaf growth. Pods dark, %4x3 
inches, flat, medium thin. In every way is like the Henderson’s Bush ex- 
cept in color of seed. Seed light buff, purple speckled. Heavy yielder. 
PEERLESS (U. S. 243) 70 Days 
Plants 16 inches, gray-green foliage. Pods similar to Fordhook, seeds about 
half way in shape and size between Fordhook and Henderson Bush Lima. 
CAROLINA SMALL WHITE OR DWARF SIEVA 76 Days 
Vines vigorous, with many short branches so that they are sometimes 
grown without poles; very early and productive, bearing short pods, which 
are thin and curved. Seed white, flat. 
CARPINTERIA POLE 88 Days 
Vines vigorous, producing an abundance of large, medium green pods 
5 to 6 inches long, containing 4 beans of large size. 
