BUSH 
MEANS 
WAX-PODDED 
CULTURE: Same as for green 
bush beans on page 37. 
55 
SURE CROP 
WAX 
Bean, 
Sure 
Crop 
Wax 
The beautiful amber pods 
average 6 to 6)^ inches long. 
They are straight and brittle, 
stnngless and of excellent 
flavor. The plants are large and 
robust and produce excellent 
crops. This variety is an estab- 
lished favorite in all sections of 
the country where beans are 
grown. 52 days. 
Pkt. 15c; V 2 lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 
5 lbs. $3.25; 15 lbs. $7.75 
36 *BRITTLE WAX 
A particularly good variety for 
canning and freezing. The 
large plants produce medium 
yellow pods nearly 6 inches 
long, full of flavor, round, 
tender and brittle, without 
strings or liber. 50 days. 
Pkt. 20c; V 2 lb. 45c; lb. 80c; 
5 lbs. $3.75 
46 GOLDEN WAX 
A very early variety for the 
home garden. The yellow, 
5-inch pods are thick, oval, 
fleshy, brittle and stringless. 
48 days. 
Pkt. 20c; Vilb. 45c; lb. 80c: 
5 lbs. $3.75 
44 GOLDEN AGE WAX 
Besides being absolutely stringless, it is re- 
markable for its rust-resisting and disease- 
resisting qualities. The plants are vigorous 
in growth and bear heavy crops of trans- 
parent, tender, golden, waxy pods, delightful 
to the eye, and ready to pick in 50 days. 
Pkt. 20c; V 2 lb. 45c; lb. 85c; 5 lbs. $4; 
15 lbs. $9.50 
56 
UNRIVALED WAX 
The color develops very early in the growth 
of the pods, which remain tender for a long 
period. The flavor is excellent, and both 
plant and pod are free from rust and blight. 
48 days. 
Pkt. 15c; '/ 2 lb. 40c; ib. 75c; 5 lbs. $3.50; 
15 lbs. $9 
BUSH LIMA BEANS POLE LIMA BEANS 
CULTURE: Plant about the middle to latter part 
of May around New York. The rows should be 
2 y 2 feet apart, the seed sown edgewise in the drills 
six inches apart and covered 1 inch. They com- 
mence bearing in from twelve to fifteen weeks, 
according to the earliness of the variety. Do not 
brush against bean foliage when wet. 1 lb. to 
100 ft. of drill. 
69 
EARLY GIANT 
True Bush, Enormous Pods and Beans 
The healthy, sturdy, upright plants, require 
neither poles nor stakes and bear from July 
until frost almost unbelievable quantities of 
5 to 6-inch pods, each containing usually 4 
large, thick beans, averaging as large as 
those of the large pole Limas. Whether used 
green or cured, they are of superb quality — 
tender, rich and buttery, the true Lima 
flavor. 72 days. 
Pkt. 15c; y 2 lb. 45c; lb. 85c; 5 lbs. $4; 
15 lbs. $9.25 
72 
★FORDHOOK 
The bush, which grows stiffly erect about 16 
to 20 inches high, holds the broad, plump 
pods well above the ground so that they do 
not become beaten or discolored by wind or 
rain. The pods usually contain from 3 to 5 
large plump beans of excellent quality. 75 
days. 
Pkt. 15c; y 2 lb. 45c; lb. 80c; 5 lbs. $3.75; 
15 lbs. $9 
73 FORDHOOK U.S. NO. 242 
® Heavier yields, both early and late, dis- 
tinguish this variety from the standard 
Fordhook. It sets basal pods from the first 
blossoms even in hot, dry weather. The pods 
are very uniform and hold their size on the 
late sets. Each contains 3 to 4 plump beans 
of the finest quality. 72 days. 
Pkt. 15c; y 2 lb. 45c; lb. 80c; 5 lbs. $3.75; 
15 lbs. $9 
75 HENDERSON 
The Original "Baby" Lima Bean 
It produces a continuous crop from the 
time it comes into bearing (it is fit for the 
table in the latitude of New York the middle 
of July) until frost, and, being enormously 
productive, a very small patch will keep a 
family supplied with this splendid vegetable 
through the season. The plant forms a com- 
pact bush about 18 inches high. 65 days. 
Pkt. 15c; y 2 lb. 35c; lb. 65c; 5 lbs. $3; 
15 lbs. $7.25 
CULTURE: Grown in hills 3 feet apart in rows 4 
feet apart, but being very tender, the seeds should 
not be planted until the ground has warmed — the 
latter part of May around New York. 
83 * EMPIRE STATE 
(In color, page 45) 
In place of the customary 4 to 5 beans to the 
pod, as found in other varieties, Empire 
State has mostly 6. Furthermore, it has 
greater productivity in pods per plant, so 
that a season's yield is truly enormous. 
The pods of Empire State are of giant size, 
averaging 7 inches. They are borne in great 
clusters from the top to the bottom of the 
plant. 
The beans are uniformly large and fleshy 
with a perfection of flavor, luscious and rich. 
They are ideal for freezing. 82 days. 
Pkt. 35c; V 2 lb. $1; lb. $1.75 
85 
LEVIATHAN 
It is fully a week earlier than any other pole 
variety, therefore can be grown successfully 
where other sorts would be caught by frosts 
of early autumn. It is a prodigious cropper, 
producing its pods in large clusters, well filled 
with large, fleshy Beans, pale green in color, 
of a rich buttery flavor. 80 days. 
Pkt. 15c; V 2 lb. 45c; lb. 80c; 5 lbs. $3.75 
POLE BEANS 
96 OLD HOMESTEAD 
or KENTUCKY WONDER 
The pods hang in great clusters from the top 
to the bottom of the vine and can be gathered 
by the handful. They are very large, 6 to 8 
inches in length, stringless, plump, meltingly 
tender and of superb flavor. 65 days. 
Pkt. 15c; y 2 lb. 35c; lb. 70c; 5 lbs. $3.25 
93 
GIANT WAX 
Since its introduction in 1932, Giant Wax has 
won many admirers. It is a show bean par 
excellence, as it develops beautiful, un- 
blemished, flat pods 8 to 10 inches long and 
clear amber-yellow in color. 65 days. 
Pkt. 25c; 5 pkts. $1 
98 SCARLET RUNNER 
A 10-foot ornamental vine for shade, with 
dazzling scarlet flowers. Pick pods when half 
grown for use as "snap". 90 days. 
Pkt. 20c; y 2 lb. 45c; lb. 85c 
