Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 18 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LIMA BEANS-Continued Length Width of pod of pod inches inches Days Giant Butter Speckled Tall and strong plants, later than Florida Butter Speckled but with larger pods and beans. Seed large oval, greenish white with reddish-brown mottling: 35 per oz. GIANT PODDED Plant 8-10 ft., dependably vigorous and productive. Large pods contain 4-5 oval-flat beans of excellent quality. Seed large, dull white: 20 per oz. 4 KING OF
Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 18 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LIMA BEANS-Continued Length Width of pod of pod inches inches Days Giant Butter Speckled Tall and strong plants, later than Florida Butter Speckled but with larger pods and beans. Seed large oval, greenish white with reddish-brown mottling: 35 per oz. GIANT PODDED Plant 8-10 ft., dependably vigorous and productive. Large pods contain 4-5 oval-flat beans of excellent quality. Seed large, dull white: 20 per oz. 4 KING OF THE GARDEN The most widely used pole lima; introduced by Frank S. Piatt in 1883. Plant tall, good climber, hardy and vigorous, heavily productive. Pods flat, smooth with 4-5 large, oval greenish white beans. Seed large, flat, white: 25 per oz. Large White Plant 8 ft., vigorous climber, prolific. Pods contain 3-4 seeds. Dry beans large, very flat, white: 25 per oz. Leviathan Larger and more attractive than Early Jersey or Seibert's Early. Plant 6 ft., vigorous, prolific. Pods broad and straight, containing 5-6 beans. Seed large, flat, dull white: 25 per oz. SIEVA (Carolina Small White) , Grown extensively in the South where it is known as Butter Bean. Plant 10 ft. tall, hardy, vigorous climber, bears over long season. Pods medium green, contain 3-4 beans of excel- lent quality. Seed white, flat, smooth: 75 per oz. Willow Leaf Very similar to Sieva but with narrow, willow-like leaves and thus more resistant to the conditions of hot and dry weather in those sections of the South where it is grown. Wood's Improved Similar to Sieva, but somewhat larger in pod and seed. Plant large, 9 ft. tall, vigorous, heavily productive. Pods slightly curved, contain 3-4 beans. Seed somewhat triangular, flat, dull white: 50 per oz. 4 iy4 90 7 IYa 88 5 iy4 88 5 iy4 79 3 77 3 yA 80 34 Vs 80 Florida Butter Speckled: Challenger: Giant Butter Speckled: King of the Garden
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