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several varieties of pole string beans have been 

 brought out that bear larger crops than the bush 

 varieties. In the small garden, space is always a 

 consideration. By growing pole beans which are 

 prolific and which keep on bearing pods for some 

 time, the gardener will get far better returns for the 

 work done and space used, than from the bush varie- 

 ties. 



Kentucky Wonder Wax. — A few years ago a 

 new green pole bean appeared which attracted much 

 attention and spread rapidly throughout the coun- 

 try — the Kentucky Wonder. It was good as a 

 string bean and also as a shell bean. This remark- 

 able bean has now been developed into a wax bean — 

 the Kentucky Wonder Wax bean. It begins to 

 bear almost as soon as the bush beans, and delicious 

 beans have been picked in November from vines 

 which began bearing in July. The pods are pale 

 yellow, very thick and fleshy, and have a delicious, 

 buttery flavor, which make them truly " butter 

 beans." 



The pods, of course, get stringy if left on the vines 

 long, but there is no need to eat the large, stringy 

 ones, as the vine is constantly producing new pods. 

 If the beans grow faster than you wish to eat or can 

 them, several poles may be left, to use as shell beans. 

 Eight poles are enough for the' average family. 



There are other good pole beans, such as the 

 Golden Cluster, a very early wax bean of good qual- 



