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POLE LIMA 
Phaseolus lunatus 
90 HM CHALLENGER 
Fordhook Pole 
Burpee’s Best 
A pole variety of Fordhook type. Requires a long season. 
VINE—9 to 12 feet tall, a good climber. Hardy and productive. 
PODS—4% to 5% inches long, straight, broad and plump. Medium green color. 4 to 6 
thick beans per pod. 
SEED—White, tinged with green. Thick, broad oval. 400 per pound. 
90 HM CHRISTMAS LIMA 
Large Speckled 
Introduced by Corneli Seed Company, as a long season pole lima producing extremely 
large beans in the green shell stage. The distinctively attractive seeds are of Christmas 
colors. Now widely used in the South and many other areas including the Pacific 
Northwest, where it has succeeded under conditions that have caused other limas to 
fail. 
VINE —7 to 9 feet tall. Abundant leaves that are narrow and of dull medium green 
color. 
PODS—5 to 5% inches long, large flat, slightly curved. 8 beans per pod. 
SEED—Creamy green fleld with slightly raised areas of dark vivid red. Flat. 450 per 
pound. 
78 HM FLORIDA BUTTER 
Commonly grown in the South, where it adapts itself to adverse seasonal conditions 
very readily. Used both in green shell and dry stage. 
VINE —6 to 8 feet tall, with glossy, dark green leaves. Yields over a long period of 
time. 
PODS—3 to 3% inches long, flat and slender. Medium green color. 3 seeds per pod. 
SEED—Buft field with brownish spots and purplish eye ring. 930 per pound. 
88 HM KING OF THE GARDEN 
A very popular large seeded pole lima. Produces well and has good climbing ability. 
VINE —7 to 9 feet tall, excellent climber. Medium green foliage. Yields over a long 
season. 
PODS—5% to 6% inches long. Flat and slightly curved. Light green color. 4 to 5 
large beans per pod. 
SEED—AII white. Thick flat. 400 per pound. 
er H SIEVA 
Small White Lima 
Carolina 
A small-seeded pole bean comparable in many ways to Henderson’s Bush Lima. Most 
popular pole lima in the South. Earliest of the pole limas and continues bearing until 
frost. 
VINE—9 to 10 feet tall, excellent climber, glossy dark green leaves, very heavy 
yielder. 
PODS—=3 inches long, broad, flat, medium green. 3 to 4 seeds per pod. 
SEED—White, small, flat, like Henderson. 1,200 per pound. 
