Beans 



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As with the field sorts, sonic kinds arc hotter adapted to certain 

 soil conditions than others. The yellow pod varieties are popular 

 in the north, while in the south the green pods are more in de- 

 mand. Perhaps they are better adapted to conditions there. The 

 Early Valentine is a green pod sort and a good yielder. The 

 Golden Wax or butter bean is a general favorite for the home 

 garden. The pods are yellow, well filled and are a stringless snap. 

 The dried bean is about the size of a field medium, with a white 

 back, while the eye side of the bean is a speckled purple and 

 white. 



Fig. 465. — A Field of Beans Curing in the Cock. The Waste Land 

 Has Since Been Drained and the Water Piped to Farm Buildings. 

 That Part of the Field Now Raises the Heaviest Bean Crop 



Then there is another bean that was kept in stock at our 

 local stores last season and was quite generally planted. It is 

 called the Hodson Wax Pod, a speckled red and white bean about 

 five-eighths of an inch in length. It is a later bean than the 

 Golden Wax or butter bean and has proved to be a very strong 

 grower and a heavy yielder. I had four varieties in my garden 

 the past season (1914) and this was one of the best of the four. 

 If thev would vield in the field as they did in a neichbor's ffar- 



