74 Teuok Growing in the South. 



for shipping. These are usually ready to ship in 60 to 70 

 days after planting. The wax podded, and green, are 

 both planted but the wax are unsalable in the South. 

 Some Northern markets prefer them, Chicago and Boston 

 particularly. Where they are in demand they usually 

 sell for about as much as the green beans. The wax per- 

 haps produce thirty per cent, more per acre than the 

 green, and costs less for picking, as the pods are longer. 

 Of the green podded varieties Red Valentine, Black Val- 

 entine, Extra Early Eefuge, are the best varieties. Of 

 the wax podded varieties, Curries Rust Proof wax, Davis 

 and Wardells are the leading varieties. The former be- 

 ing preferred in many localities on account of its immun- 

 ity from rust or speck. All of the wax podded varieties 

 are more subject to diseases than the green. If the price 

 is high, it will pay the grower, after the beans have been 

 picked to have them spread out in a cool place and as- 

 sorted before packing, throwing out all that are too old, or 

 too young, or ill shaped, or broken. Then fill the hamper, 

 packing down well several times with the hands. Then 

 heap them up before fastening on the top. If the weather 

 is cool and no danger of heating, it would be found profit- 

 able to lay the outer beans straight at right angles with 

 the cracks, as they show off well and bring a better price. 

 The bushel hamper is the package generally used for 

 beans. Where the ground is given up entirely to this 

 crop they should be sown in drills three feet apart without 

 water and two and one-half with water ; three pecks to one 

 acre is required for seeding. Two or three plowings will 

 suffice, but care should be taken not to plow while the 

 plants are wet with dew or rain. The same precaution 



