Dreer's garden book for 1945 . dreersgardenbook1945henr Year: 1945 Bush Lima Beans Treat Lima Bean seeds with Spergon and Nitragin Culture—Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well-enriched land, with the rows lyi feet apart, placing the beans sLs inches apart in the row, eye down. In light soO, cover about one inch deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer appUed at the rate of 20 pounds to every hundred feet of row, when the plants begin to bloom, will materially
Dreer's garden book for 1945 . dreersgardenbook1945henr Year: 1945 Bush Lima Beans Treat Lima Bean seeds with Spergon and Nitragin Culture—Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well-enriched land, with the rows lyi feet apart, placing the beans sLs inches apart in the row, eye down. In light soO, cover about one inch deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer appUed at the rate of 20 pounds to every hundred feet of row, when the plants begin to bloom, will materially increase the yields. Ilill plants slightly earlier in the season to hold the pods off the ground. 1 Pkt. for 25 ft. of row; one pound will plant 150 feet of row. 103 Burpee Improved Bush Lima. 75 days. Productive and of choice quahty. The thick Beans are packed close together, 4 or S to a pod. Thev have a good flavor. Pkt. 10c; Vz lb. 2Sc'; lb. 43c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $, prepaid. 109 Henderson's Bush Lima. 65 days. The popular Baby Lima Bean—a bush form of the Small or Sieva Pole Lima. It is grown extensively by those who prefer small sized beans. Very productive bushes, 20 inches tall, bearing a heavy crop of pods 3 inches long, each containing 3 or 4 small white beans. Pkt. 10c; Yz lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $, prepaid. 113 Baby Fordhook Lima 70 days. A development by Dr. Roy Magru- der of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Very desirable for the home garden, canning, and freezing, with short pods of medium green color packed with three or four small thick beans of appetizing light green color. The bushes grow 14 to 16 in. tall, branch freely, and bear a truly enormous crop of pods. Pkt. 10c; Vo lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $, prepaid. 107 Fordhook Bush Lima 75 days. This variety is well known wherever Lima Beans are grown as it com- bines productiveness with choice quality. The plants make a vigorous, upright growth so that the pods are held we
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