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THE S:eED ANNUAI^ OF THE 



BEANS. 



POLE OR RUNNING. 

 Haricots A Rames (Fr.)! Staxgex Bohxex (Ger.)- Frijolo Vastago. (Spax.). Fag- 



lOLo Alto t Ital. ) 

 CULTURE. 

 Lima Beans should not he planted before the ground has become warm in spring. 

 Strong poles ought to be set iti the ground from four to six fee^ apart, and the ground 

 drawn around them before the seed is planted. It is always best to plant after a ram and 

 with the eye of the bean down. The other varieties can be planted flat, and not more 

 than three to four feet apart, and hilled after they are up. Do not cover the seeds more 

 than two inches; one inch is enough for the Southern Prolific and Crease Back. 



rich ground, and 



long: 



Large Lima. 



Carolina or Sewee. , 



Southern Willow-leaved Sewee or Butter 



Dutch Case Knife. 



I/arg"e I/ima. A well-known and ex- 

 cellent variety. It is the best shell bean 

 known. Should have 

 plent}' room to grow. 



Carolina or Sewee. A variety similar 

 to the Lima; the onh- difference is. the 

 seeds and pods are smaller. Ic is generally 

 cultivated, being more productive than the 

 Large Lima. 



Southern Willow-leaved Sewee or 

 Butter. This is a variety which is grown 

 by the market gardeners about New Or- 

 leans; the pods and beans are the same as 

 the Sewee or Carolina Bean; it is quite dis- 

 tinct in the leaves, being narrow like the 

 willow. It stands the heat better than any 

 other Butter Bean, and is very productive. 

 Originated here and in strictly a Southern 

 variety. 



Dutch. Case Knife. A very good pole 

 bean; it is early; pods broad and 

 somewhat turned toward the end. 



Crease Back. A variety of Pole Beans 

 which has been cultivated m the South for 

 a long time, but has never come into the 

 trade until about ten years ago. It is an 

 excellent bean, earlier than the ''Southern 

 Prolific." Seeds white; pods round, with a 

 crease in the back, from which the name. 

 It is a good grower, bears abundant!}', and, 

 if shipped, will keep better than most 

 other kinds. It sells better in the soring 

 than, an}* other for shipping purposes; and 

 when in season cannot be surpassed. For 

 early summer, the Southern Prolific is pre- 

 ferable, standing the heat better. Several 

 years ago we received half a bushel from 

 near Mobile, Ala., and all the beans of this 

 variety in the whole country can be traced 

 back to this half bushel. We supplied two 

 growers in Georgia where it was not known 

 that time. There is a light brown bean 

 streaked and mottled with dark brown and 

 black of the same name; but it is not equal 

 to the white variety. In some localities this 

 kind is called "Calico Crease Back." The 

 white seeded variety is also known in some 

 sections by the name of 'Fat Horse.'" This 

 is the original stock; the quality is so fine 

 that 'no improvement can be made on it. 



Southern Prolific. 



Crease Back. 



Lazy Wife's. 



GoldeJi Wax Flageolet. 



White Crease Back Pole Beans. 



Nowhere can Seed of equal hir/h quality he ohtained for less 

 money than at the Old JReliable Standi 521 to 525 



D u ma ine St7^eet, 



