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have every quality that could he desired 

 in a bean, plus appearance when served. 

 But that again may be only a matter of 

 personal appreciation, or prejudice. 



\iter carefully testing Dearly a score 

 of the best new and old varieties of green 

 and wax podded beans of both types, I 

 have selected the following: 



FIVE BEST GREEN PODDED BUSH BEANS 



i. Burpee's Stringless Green Pod. For 

 more than twenty years this has been the 

 favorite in American gardens. It is early 

 and bears freely, is stringless, round, about 

 | inch in diameter, averages 4! to 5 inches 

 long and is slightly curved. A handsome 

 sort, borne on a healthy plant which stands 

 dry weather well and rarely ever disap- 

 points. 



2. Bountiful. The only fiat podded 

 green sort I have retained in the assort- 

 ment I grow every season. For the second 

 time in two consecutive years, Bountiful 

 proved the earliest of all bush beans, pro- 

 ducing pods 5 days sooner than Stringless. 

 The second picking of 15 foot rows gave me 

 two quarts of Bountiful pods against one 

 of Stringless. Bountiful is as nearly string- 

 less as the breeder has been able to make 

 a flat green podded bean. Its pods con- 

 tain a little more fibre than a Stringless of 

 like age; but they average larger and are 

 entirely stringless until they become longer 

 than 5 inches. 



3. Giant Stringless Green Pod. Pods 

 closely resemble those of Burpee's String- 

 less. While they average nearly an inch 

 longer they are produced about four days 

 to a week later. A good, perfectly string- 

 less, round podded sort with many dependa- 

 ble qualities. 



4. Fordhook Favorite. The latest ad- 

 dition to the round green podded sorts and 

 one that is bound to make many friends. 

 In general appearance it resembles string- 

 less green podded, one of its parents, but the 

 dry beans are pure white — hence elegant 

 as a shell bean for winter use. Fordhook 

 Favorite is a few days later than Burpee's 

 Stringless, has slightly curved pods, averag- 

 ing 5 inches long. A prolific bearer, with 

 a long season. It is stringless until too 

 old to snap, free from fibre and of delicious 

 quality. 



5. Keeney's Stringless Refugee Green Pod. 

 The latest variety as to season in the 

 assortment and quite distinct in many 

 ways. Plants grow to much larger size 

 than those of above four sorts, are of spread- 

 ing growth and have a smaller foliage. 

 One of the best sorts for fall use if planted 

 July 1 st. Pods average \\ to 5 inches 

 long, are semi-round, stringless, and of a 

 distinct light green color — showing the 

 true Refugee blood. Of excellent quality, 

 brittle and tender. One of the most 

 prolific sorts ever produced. 



FIVE BEST WAX PODDED BUSH BEANS 



1. Hardy Wax, is in my estimation, the 

 best all round wax podded bush bean yet 

 evolved. Four to five inches in average 

 length, always stringless and tender, round 



as a pencil, slightly curved pods of beautiful 

 lemon-yellow color. It's a pleasure to 

 prepare Hardy Wax for the table — such 

 smooth, uniform, brittle pods. Good early 

 or late in the season. It's the earliest 

 sort I know, but does equally well planted 

 in summer for fall use. Plants are thrifty, 

 healthy, everbearing and hold their heavy 

 loads of pods well above the ground. 

 "Why can't we buy beans like these on 

 market," is invariably the question with 

 which friends confront us after tasting 

 them. Best solution — grow them yourself ! 



2. Pencil Pod Black Wax is the best 

 type of Black Wax Bean ever developed. 

 Pods grow to be 5 to 7 inches long, are 

 round, perfectly stringless, meaty, tender, 

 brittle; all good qualities desired in a bush 

 bean are found in this sort. About a 

 week later than Hardy Wax and perhaps 

 not as free a bearer. Requires better soil 

 than Hardy Wax to do its best. 



3. Stringless Refugee Wax is the wax- 

 podded brother to No. 5 among the green 

 pods. The characteristic growth of the 

 plant and its purple blossoms proclaim it 

 a true strain of Refugee. Pods do not 

 exceed \\ inches in length but are produced 

 by the handful. You are never done pick- 

 ing this sort. A fifteen foot row will yield 

 a quart every other day for weeks at a 

 stretch. Beans are semi-round, stringless, 

 meaty, free from fibre, and of top-notch 

 quality. "Klein aber fein" (small but fine) 

 is what the Germans would say about it. 



4. Sure Crop Stringless Wax is one of 

 the latest pets of this country's foremost 

 bean breeder — Mr. C. N. Keeney of New 

 York State. It well deserves its place 

 among the "five best," although there is 

 still room for improvement. Plants are 

 exceptionally hardy (sure crop in cold 



Wardwell's Old Kidney 

 Wax. now surpassed by 

 an improved form 



Stringless Refugee 

 Wax. a worthy brother 

 to Refugee Green Pod 



weather) , have thick leathery leaves (sure 

 crop against blight) and require less mois- 

 ture to do well than any other sort I tried 



Two newer beans worth notice. Fordhook Favorite on the left, a new green pod bean with solid meat 

 and small grains. On the right. Sure Crop Stringless Wax. a very hardy kind 



