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rather flat, and the quality is good if the beans are 

 picked while young. The pods soon become coarse 

 and stringy if left on the vines, while those of the 

 Giant Stringless keep their excellent table quality 

 much longer. 



Bush Wax Beans. — Of late years, there have 

 been developed many excellent bush beans of the 

 yellow, or wax, variety, such as the Golden Wax, 

 .and WardweWs Kidney Wax. If you wish to try 

 some of the bush wax variety, a safe way is to ask 

 your seedsman for the best wax bush bean to grow 

 in your locality. Beans vary somewhat as to hardi- 

 ness and quality, according to climate and condi- 

 tions, and you may depend upon any reputable 

 seed house for advice regarding this type of bean. 



Culture of Bush Beans. — Beans are easily in- 

 jured by frost and should not be planted until the 

 cold nights are past and the ground is warm and 

 mellow. Market gardeners who raise them in 

 large quantities each year often plant them soon 

 after the peas. Then they plant others in the same 

 row, about a week later. "If the first ones grow 

 well, they simply pull the second lot out as they 

 sprout ; but if the first seeding is hurt by wet or 

 cold, they have the second planting to depend upon. 

 See that the ground is not too wet. Rake the earth 

 until it is soft. Measure the space intended for beans 

 and lay out a line with the cord. Then open a 

 furrow two inches deep along this line, and sow 



