BEAN BEET. 19 



in California as high as 40 bushels of bush sorts have 

 been known. 



Growers' prices for beans fluctuate with the season. 

 During the past few years, owing to unfavorable previous 

 seasons, prices asked by growers before undertaking a 

 crop, have ruled higher than for a long time, ranging 

 from $1.50 to $2.50 per bushel for the green-pod 

 bush varieties; $2.00 to $2.75 for wax-pod; $1.75 to 

 $2.50 (in California) for Lima and other pole varieties. 

 The cheaper prices have been for staple varieties, such 

 as Red Valentine, Mohawk, Refugee, Yellow Six 

 Weeks, Black Wax, Golden Wax, Lima, Kentucky 

 Wonder, White Dutch, Crease Back, etc. The newer 

 the variety, the higher the price; though, as a rule, a 

 grower does not charge much or any difference for 

 growing a new variety unless it happens to be the first 

 season for it, and conditions warrant a higher charge. 

 It is the seed-dealer proper who usually secures the 

 high prices we see asked from the consumer for seed of 

 a new variety. 



BEET. 



The soil in which beet succeeds best is a deep, light, 

 well-enriched, sandy loam. Two seasons from sowing 

 are necessary for the production of marketable beet 

 seed. First, are grown the roots which are wintered 

 over in pits or silos or in cellars; these, being planted 

 out the next spring, yield the seed. Beet seed should 

 not be gathered from plants which run to flower the 

 first season. 



Sowing for a commercial seed crop is made in the 

 usual manner as for garden culture, but should be made 

 somewhat later than when the roots are intended for 

 table use. The growing crop of roots should be rogued 



