BUSH LIMA 
BEAN, 
Fordhook No. 242 
FORDHOOK NO. 242. 72 days. A new strain 
similar to Fordhook Bush Lima. Plants large, wide 
spreading, prolific, with more foliage than Fordhook. 
This variety has as its chief superiority the ability 
to make a crop under conditions where the other 
thick-seeded Limas fail. Fordhook No. 242 con- 
sistently outyields regular Fordhook. 
POLE LIMA BEAN, Giant Podded 
Tri-State’s Bush Lima Beans 
Cu.rure. When warm weather is certain, plant the seed 1 % inches deep, with 
the eye down. Thin the young plants to 6 inches apart. 1 lb. plants 100 ft. of 
row; 60 lbs. an acre. 
TRIUMPH. 75 days. A heavier-bearing Baby Lima 
of the Henderson Bush type; Beans are more tender 
and of better flavor. Pods are straight, 24% to 3 
inches long, and contain 3 or 4 light green, small 
oval Beans. Plant is lower and more robust than 
Henderson Bush. 
FORDHOOK BUSH. 75 days. Plant large, up- 
right, prolific. The large, thick pods are produced 
in clusters of from 5 to 8 and contain 3 to 5 thick, 
meaty, plump green Beans of excellent flavor. Seeds 
white tinged with green. Good for freezing. 
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA. 65 days. Sometimes 
called Baby Lima and known in the South as a 
Butter Bean. Market growers and canners every- 
where like it because of its earliness and heavy 
yield. Pods are flat, straight to slightly curved, 
234 inches long, 34 inch wide, with 3 or 4 flattish 
green Beans turning white at maturity. 
IMPROVED BUSH. 75 days. The best of the flat- 
seeded Bush Limas. Plants are large, erect, vigorous 
and very productive. Pods are 4% to 5) inches 
long and 1 to 1% inches broad, slightly curved, con- 
taining 4 or 5 very large Beans of fine quality. Good 
for freezing. 
Tri-State’s Pole Lima Beans 
KING OF THE GARDEN. 88 days. The most 
popular and widely used Pole Lima. Vines vigorous, 
heavily productive and good climbers. Pods broad, 
straight, containing 4 to 5 Beans. Seeds white, large, 
thick and flat. Good for freezing. 
CAROLINA or SIEVA. 78 days. Very popular in 
the South where it is known as Butter Bean or 
small white Lima. The vines produce a fine crop of 
small attractive pods 3% inches long, each with 3 or 
4 small flat green Beans of splendid quality. Plant 
grows over 10 feet tall. Seeds white, flat. 
Shell 
FRENCH HORTICULTURAL SPECIAL. 68 days. 
Our stock is a very fancy strain of New England 
shell Bean. Bushy plant with short runners. Pods 
average 8 inches in length and 5% inch in width, with 
a heavy splashing of deep carmine. Seeds pinkish 
buff, mottled and streaked with oxblood-red. 
GIANT PODDED. 90 days. The largest podded of 
all the Pole Limas. Pods are 51% to 6 inches long, 
11% inches wide, with 4 or 5 extra-large, oval, flat, 
green Beans of the most delicious flavor; excellent 
for freezing. Vines grow to a height of 10 feet and 
produce their pods in clusters of 4 to 8 until killed 
by frost. Because the plant is such a heavy yielder, 
it requires the support of strong poles or posts. 
Use Spergon for treating Lima Bean seed. 
Protects seed against decay and stimulates growth 
Beans 
MAMMOTH FAVA LONG POD (Aqua _ Dulca). 
75 days. Sometimes called Horse Bean. Pods 9 to 
10 inches long, flat, glossy green, containing 5 or 6 
seeds. Used as a shell Bean. Seeds large, circular, 
flat, pale reddish brown with black eye. Much 
hardier than most Beans. Large, erect, bushy plant. 
6 TRI-STATE SEED COMPANY, Ince. 
PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. 
