168 CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES 



should be made at short intervals, for succession and irrigation 

 must usually be resorted to quite early in the summer, except on 

 moist land or on the immediate coast. 



Bush beans are usually divided into two groups : those with 

 green pods and those with waxen, or light yellow pods. The fol- 

 lowing are favorites in this state: 



Early Mohawk, hardy and early for early crop, large flattish 

 pods. 



Dwarf Horticultural, vigorous grower, large leaves ; pods 

 medium, curved ; beans pale pink, marked with red. 



Burpee's Stringless, green pod, early, straight, roundish pod, 

 brittle and stringless. 



Extra Early Valentine, said to be fit to gather in thirty-five to 

 forty days from planting, green pod, medium sized, fleshy, keeps 

 green longer than most kinds a favorite in the Sacramento valley. 



Extra Early Refugee, popular with early vegetable shippers, 

 round pods, bright green, very productive, largely grown in Vaca- 

 ville and other early regions. 



Long Yellow Six Weeks, pods long, early, very productive, 

 excellent quality; popular in Southern California. 



Golden Wax, early, strong grower, long pods, very brittle and 

 stringless, popular in the Sacramento valley, coast valleys and 

 southern California, where it is commended as most likely to come 

 through from late planting. The Ventura Golden Wax has the 

 reputation of being the hardiest of its class against frost. 



Davis White Wax, broad pods, clear light yellow, productive, 

 tender and delicate flavor. 



Wardell's Kidney Wax, long, flat and showy tender pods, 

 strong grower, prolific. Beans shapely, pure white with purple 

 eye; early. 



Prolific Black Wax, long and large pods, golden color, very 

 productive, bearing early and through a long season. 



Burpee's Bush Lima, reported by California growers as the 

 best of the dwarf Limas. 



Broad Beans. These beans are related to the so-called horse 

 bean, but by breeding have lost much of the strong flavor of the 

 horse bean, and have so increased in size of the seed that they are 

 several times larger than the horse bean. In Europe they are 

 esteemed as a highly nutritious and palatable vegetable. The seeds 

 only are eaten and are prepared for table in much the same manner 



