GARDEN BEANS 



in bushel or half -bushel baskets of the Delaware type. These are 

 made of thin staves, with circular heads and covers, and are usually 

 reenforced with wooden or wire hoops. A ventilator cover is also 

 provided, which is held in place by wire fasteners. When beans 

 are packed in baskets of this kind great care should be exercised 

 to keep them from becoming moist, and their storage in cars or 

 rooms where they will become heated and take up moisture should 

 be avoided. After being assorted and packed in these baskets, the 



FIG. 52. Assorting and packing snap beans in South Carolina 



beans are transported, if only a short distance, by freight or express 

 without refrigeration ; but if shipped long distances, they are some- 

 times placed in refrigerator cars for shipment by freight. Beans 

 are not so susceptible to injury from heating as peas, but loss 

 sometimes occurs from this cause. In the market, beans are 

 usually sold by measure rather than by weight, although the only 

 satisfactory basis upon which to sell any garden vegetable is that 

 of weight. 



Yield of garden beans. Under favorable conditions the best 

 varieties of beans yield large quantities of pods. It is not unusual 



