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VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



Garden 

 Beans 



Bush 



Pole 



f Kidney 

 [Lima 



I Wax 



\ Green-Pod 



fWax 



1 Green-Pod 



Kidney 

 Lima 

 . Runner (Scarlet Runner) 



By the term snap bean is meant beans which may be eaten with 

 the pod and they may be either bush or pole in habit of growth. 

 This class of beans is also often called " string " beans, though a 

 good string bean is stringless. Green shell beans are those which 

 are shelled and used before they are fully ripe, in distinction from 

 dry shell beans, which are allowed to ripen and dry before they are 

 cooked. 



There are many good varieties of beans. The following are 

 some of the leading varieties : 



Dwarf Wax-Podded: Burpee's Kidney, Wardwell Kidney, Im- 

 proved Golden Wax, Brittle Wax. 



Dwarf Green-Podded: Burpee's Stringless, Red Valentine, 

 Refugee, Bountiful. 



Green Shell: Goddard, Dwarf Horticultural. 



Dry Shell or Field: Navy, Marrowfat, Red Kidney. 



Wax-Podded Pole: Golden Carmine, Golden Cluster. 



Green-Podded Pole: Creaseback, Kentucky Wonder, Lazy Wife. 



Pole Lima: Leviathan, King of the Garden, Dreer's Improved. 



Btish Lima: Henderson, Fordhook. 



1. What varieties of beans will you plant and why have you 

 selected them? 



W-VG : 230-232. S-B : 117. 



2. How may beans be classified? 



W-VG : 226-230. L:205. 



C : 123-125. S-B : 3. 



