DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS 
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like Henderson but pods are like Fordhook with | 
beans about 2/3 as large as Fordhook. Bush is 
about 16 inches tall, prolific, dark green. Pods are. 
3 to 3% inches long by 1 inch wide, plump, medium | 
green, contain 3 to 4 seeds per pod. Dry seeds are) 
white thick-flat, medium size. 70 days. | 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
CULTURE: Pole limas require the same warm,/ 
fairly dry growing season that bush limas need.! 
They must be spaced out in hills about 3 feet each: 
way and trained up on poles or strings as they) 
grow. 
SMALL SEED VARIETIES: 
Florida Speckled Butter — A popular green and 
dry shell lima in southern gardens . Stands hot 
weather well, and the quality is good. Vines are. 
often 8 feet long or more, dark green, bear over | 
a long growing season. Pods are about 314 inches 
long by % inch wide, flat, medium green, smooth, | 
contain 3 to 4 seeds per pod. Dry seed is small,) 
flat, buff speckled with reddish brown. 85 days. 
Small White Sieva — A climbing butter-bean that, 
is well liked by gardeners because of its fine eating 
quality, earliness, and long-bearing season. Vines. 
are 9 to 10 feet long, climbing, dark green, heavy-. 
yielding. Pods are 3 inches long, flat, eE inches: 
wide, smooth, medium green. Dry seed is i 
flat, white. 85 days. 
LARGE SEEDED VARIETIES: 
i 
Challenger — Sometimes called Fordhook Pole be-. 
cause it resembles Fordhook Bush Lima in pod and. 
bean seed. Vines are 10 to 12 feet long, very pro-| 
ductive, climbing, medium green. Pods are about. 
4% inches long by 1 inch wide, plump, straight, | 
medium green, contain 4 to 5 seeds per pod. At. 
picking stage, seed is bright green, plump and thick.) 
In dry stage seed is white, oval, thick. 95 days. 
Giant Speckled Butter — Some gardeners call this 
and cooking qualities are fine. Vines are heavy,) 
vigorous, dark green, 10 feet long. Pods are about’ 
5 inches long, slightly curved, broad and a] 
medium green, smooth. Seed is very large, pale’ 
green in eating stage. In dry state, seed is cream 
with red splashes, large and flat. 95 days. 
King of the Garden — Also called Large White Pole! 
Lima. This is a very widely used home garden and) 
freezing variety. Vine is about 9 feet long, well-_| 
foliated, dark green, high-yielding. Pods are about 
6 inches long by 1% inches wide, broad, flat, and) 
smooth, light green, with 4 to 5 seeds per pod. Dry 
seed is thick flat, very large, white. 90 days. { 
PEAS 
CULTURE: Peas may be sown in the early spring 
and in the fall. They require cool, growing weather 
but tend to rot if the soil is cold and wet during 
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