BEANS, Green Podded—Continued 
Topcrop 49 days 
(U. S. No. 1) 
All-Ameria Selection—1950 
Plant—18-21 inches, bush type, upright, 
vigorous, slightly spreading. 
Pods —6 x % inches, round, slightly 
creaseback, straight, smooth, meaty. 
Shade lighter green than Full Measure. 
Pods slightly more curved than those 
of Rival and set high on plant. 
Seed—Oblong, brown with buff mottling. 
Introduced by Dr. Wm. Zaumeyer of the 
U. S. Dept. of Agric. It is a selection 
from a cross between Refugee U. S. No. 
5 and Full Measure. Resistant to com- 
mon bean mosaic. Very productive and 
somewhat earlier than Rival. Concen- 
trated pod set. A good canning and 
freezing variety. 
Wade’s Bush 58 days 
All-America Selection—1952 
Plant—18-21 inches tall, erect, vigor- 
ous dark green foliage, resistant to 
common bean mosaic and mildew. 
Pods—5%-6 x % inches, round, slightly 
curved, dark green and fine quality. 
Pods held well off the ground, scattered. 
Seed—Dark reddish-brown. 
Developed by USDA at Charleston, S. C. 
Used for canning, freezing and market. 
Popular in the Southeast as a long 
distance shipping variety. Very fine 
home garden variety, as it sets pods 
over a long period. 
BEANS, Bush Lima 
Burpee’s Improved Bush 75 days 
Plant—18-20 inches tall, erect and spread- 
ing with medium green foliage, vigor- 
ous and productive. 
Pods—5 x 1% inches, flat, curved and med- 
ium green with 4 to 5 large seeds per 
pod. 
Seed—Large thick-flat and white with a 
greenish cast. 
Larger podded and more productive than 
Burpee’s Bush Lima. Seed pale green 
and meaty at cooking stage. 
Dwarf Large White Lima 77 days 
(Burpee’s) 
Plant—18-20 inches tall, erect and semi- 
spreading with dark green foliage. 
Pods—4% x 1 inches, very flat and curved 
with 3 to 4 large flat seeds per pod. 
Seed—Broad, flat, large and dull white. 
The standard large seeded home and 
market garden variety. The beans are 
pale green in edible stage. 
Early Market Bush 
All-America Selection—1945 
Plant—16-20 inches tall, vigorous, upright 
and spreading with medium gray-green 
foliage. 
69 days 
Pods—4% x 1 inches, curved and medium 
green with 3 to 4 seeds per pod. Simi- 
lar to Dwarf Large White Lima. 
Seed—Creamy-white with a greenish cast. 
Developed by the U. 8S. Dept of Agric., 
it is earlier and more productive than 
Dwarf Large White Lima. The edible 
beans are pale silver-green in color. An 
early Lima suitable for home and mar- 
ket garden use. 
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Fordhook Bush Lima 75 days 
Plant—16-19 inches, upright, compact, 
bushy, medium green. 
Pods—4x1% _ inches, thick, plump, 
straight, medium green. Contains 3 to 
4 seeds. 
Seed—Thick, plump, cream colored, pale 
green in edible stage. 
Standard market garden, shipping and 
freezing variety. 
Fordhook 242 73 days 
All-America Selection—1945 
Plant—16-19 inches, similar to regular 
Fordhook. 
Pods—3% x 1 inches, similar to regular 
Fordhook except shorter and uniformly 
curved. 
Seed—Identical to regular Fordhook. 
Developed by U. S. Dept of Agric. High 
yielding and more tolerant to heat than 
Fordhook. Easier to shell than regular 
Fordhook. 
Henderson Bush Lima 65 days 
Plant—16 inches, glossy green foliage, 
no runners, productive, very hardy. 
Pods —3 x % inches, medium green, 
slightly curved to straight, 3 to 4 small 
seeds per pod. 
Seed—Small, white, flat. 
Dependable and very uniform in growth 
it is used for table, canning and freez- 
ing. White cotyledons in edible stage. 
Jackson Wonder 65 days 
(Speckled Bush Lima) 
Plant—13-17 inches tall, upright and 
spreading with glossy dark green fol- 
lage, hardy, vigorous, productive. 
Pods—3 x % inches, flat to thick-flat and 
ade green with 3 to 4 small seeds per 
pod. 
Seed—Medium small, thick-flat, broad- 
oval and buff, mottled with purplish 
black. 
Similar to Henderson but more heat and 
drouth resistant. Very popular in the 
South for home and market gardeners. 
