358 VEGETABLE FORCING 
Both wax-podded and green-podded varieties are grown 
under glass. English varieties are most generally 
recommended. 
Of the American bush beans, Black Valentine seems 
to be well adapted to forcing. An Indiana grower has 
obtained good results with the Long Yellow Six 
Weeks, which, with bottom heat, produced pods of 
edible size in six weeks. A Tennessee grower is en- 
thusiastic concerning a pole variety of local origin, sup- 
posed to be a cross between Kentucky Wonder and the 
Brown. 
Fig. 126.—Pole beans growing in an English house. 
Of the dwarf English varieties, Sutton’s Forcing, 
Osborn’s Forcing, Ne Plus Ultra and Canadian Wonder 
are most popular. English climbing or pole varicties 
(Fig. 126) recommended are Princess of Wales, Veitchi 
Climbing French, King’s Earliest of All and Wonder of 
France. 
Bush beans are generally planted 12 to 15 inches 
apart in rows about 18 inches apart, two or three beans 
at a place. If preferred, the beans may be planted in 
