230 Subtropical Vegetable-Gardening 



Varieties of bush beans. 



W. W. Tracy, after a thorough study of all the varieties, 

 gives the following list of desirable kinds : 



Green Snaps : — Earliest : Warwick, Bountiful, Taylor's 

 Green Pod, Ne Plus Ultra, Grenell's Stringless Green Pod. 



Market : — Hudson Green Pod, Late Refugee, Black 

 Valentine, Extra Early, Refugee, Giant Stringless Green 

 Pod, Red Valentine. , 



Home : — Giant Stringless Green Pod, Red Valentine, 

 Late Refugee, Warren Bush. 



Yellow Snaps : — Earliest : Challenge Black Wax, 

 Valentine Wax, Golden Wax, Improved Golden Wax, 

 Currie's Rust-proof Wax. 



Market : — Hudson Wax, Kenney's Rustless Golden 

 Wax, Golden Wax, Davis Wax, Refugee Wax, Bismarck 

 Black Wax. 



Home : — Maule's nameless Wax of 1906, Pencil Pod 

 Black Wax, Kenney's Rustless Golden Wax, Refugee 

 Wax, Burpee's Kidney Wax. 



Kidney Green Shell : — Improved Goddard, Ruby 

 Horticultural Bush, Tennessee Green Pod. 



The green-podded varieties are more popular among 

 gardeners because of a general belief that they are hardier 

 than the yellow-podded ones. There is less danger of 

 getting poor varieties in beans than in many other vege- 

 tables. 



2. POLE BEANS 



The pole beans requires a richer soil than the bush 

 beans, and are rarely used for shipping purposes. These 



