146 CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES 



Dwarf Horticultural, or Cranberry, vigorous grower, large 

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



Burpee 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. 



Canadian Wonder, long, straight pods, not stringless, but ac- 

 ceptable; seed dark red. Especially hardy and adapted to winter 

 growth through light frosts. Good for early and late planting and 

 profitable ; maturing during long shipping season. 



Ventura Wonder Wax. A California variety; very stocky 

 growth and prolific ; pods long, flat, yellow ; beans white. 



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 ; 

 little later than Golden Wax. 



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 es- 

 teemed as a highly nutritious and palatable vegetable. The seeds 

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

 as Lima beans. As Lima beans are more delicate in flavor and 

 nearly always available in California markets there is less chance 

 for broad beans than elsewhere, and yet the fact that they are more 

 easily grown gives them claim to attention. The plants are pro- 

 ductive and will flourish in almost any locality. The seed should be 

 planted about three inches deep in double rows, eight inches be- 

 tween the rows forming the double line, four inches between the 

 plants in the rows, and three feet between the double rows. The 

 early formation of seed can be hastened by removing the terminal 

 bud of the plants when they have reached the height of between 

 four and five feet, and have produced enough flowers to insure a 



