Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 18 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LIMA BEANS (continued) Length width inches inches Days HENDERSON'S BUSH 23 34 65 Sometimes called Baby Lima, and known in the South as a Butter Bean. The Asgrow strain has been bred for increased yield and concentration in season. Plant small, dark green, erect, bushy, very early. Pods flat, containing 3-4 flattish, small oval beans. Seeds creamy white: 70 per oz. JACKSON WONDER 3 34 65 Of Georgia origin and well adapt
Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 18 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LIMA BEANS (continued) Length width inches inches Days HENDERSON'S BUSH 23 34 65 Sometimes called Baby Lima, and known in the South as a Butter Bean. The Asgrow strain has been bred for increased yield and concentration in season. Plant small, dark green, erect, bushy, very early. Pods flat, containing 3-4 flattish, small oval beans. Seeds creamy white: 70 per oz. JACKSON WONDER 3 34 65 Of Georgia origin and well adapted to the South. Plant small to medium, spreading, glossy, dark green, drought resistant, thrifty and productive; resembles Henderson's Bush. Pods flat, contain 3-4 strongly flavored beans. Seeds small, flat, light, buff mottled with purplish black: 75 per oz. Peerless 3 1 71 A dwarf Fordhook type introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, developed from a cross of Fordhook x Sieva. Plant somewhat larger than Henderson's Bush, with distinctive gray-green foliage; pods similar to Fordhook. Seeds, both im- mature and dry, somewhat smaller than Fordhook: 40 per oz. Triumph 2/2 7/8 70 Developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture from a cross between Fordhook and Sieva; awarded the All-America Silver Medal for 1949. Plants somewhat more compact than Henderson's Bush, with dull dark green leaves; productive, with concentrated basal set. Pods straight, blunt and tightly filled, mostly with three beans of Baby Lima type but plumper. Seeds white, heavily dimpled and wrinkled: 65 per oz. ' W
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