To prevent or kill weevil in your dried Beans or Peas use Rajah; see page 173 



Inoculate THIS 

 Seed WITH . 



MuLFORD Culture 



Dwarf Shell or Field Beans "" "•""' 



and Baking 



Note: Most of these have a tendeucy to send out runners or trailers. 



Inoculate this ' 

 : Seed WITH ..-■ 



MuLFORi) Culture 



Culture.— Succeeds best In warm, sandy soil. Sow in drills 2 to 3 feet apart, placing the beans 2 to .8 Inches apart and cover the seeds with 2 

 Inches of soil. Can be sown an.v time from May until July 10, maturing the dry beans in about 50 to 6-5 days. A packet will sow about 1:5 feet 

 of row, a pound about 200 feet; 30 to 46 pounds per acre. The following varieties are extensively grown for winter shelled beans. 



BEAN 

 CULTURE 



A 



Practical 



Guide Book 



by 



Sevey. 



Illustrated, 



Cloth- bound, 



$1.00 



Postpaid 



6 Dwarf Horticultural 



Excellent Either as a Snap or Shell Bean 



Also called Cranberry and Italian bean. A vigorous grower with large 

 green pods, splashed with carmine. Pods ready for the table in about 

 35 days. Excellent .either as snaps in the green state, shelled green or 

 dry. They become fit for use as green shelled beans about 10 days 

 later, and in this condition the beans are very large, easily shelled and 

 about equal to the lima in quality. Seed pale buff mottled pink. 

 Packet, 10 cents; half ponud, 2.5 cents; pound, 40 cents, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, pound, 2.3 cents; 10 pounds or over at 

 H'Z cents per pound; 100 pounds, $20.00. 



21 Improved Navy or Boston Pea 



One of the heaviest yielding shell beans known 



This variety has become very popular and is now more extensively 

 grown than the larger sorts. It is without question one of tlie heaviest 

 yielding white beans known. The strong upright plant carries the pods 

 well above the ground, which keeps them from getting injured by wet 

 weather before harvesuug. Ripen its crop of dry, small, almost round, 

 solid white beans In about fJO days and all at once. 



Packet, 10 cents; half pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents, postpaid. 



Not prepaid, pound, 18 cents; 10 pounds or over at 



10 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $14.00. 



BEAR IN MIND 



When ordering large quantities of BEANS, SWEET CORN and PEAS 

 by PARCEL POST add postage to the prices quoted not prepaid and 

 remit with your order, as postage on parcel post packages must be 

 prepaid. See Parcel Post Rates, page 4. We make no charge for bags. 



22 Buriingame Medium ^^^/^T/ttrVsT* 



Earliest, hardiest, most productive and profitable field bean in Amer- 

 ica. It averages 40 bushels per acre. Ripens Its dry pearly white beans 

 in tiO days, and in a wet season remains sound and healthy where 

 other varieties rust and spot. Produces somewhat larger white beans 

 than the Improved Navy but not as large as White Marrowfat. 

 Packet, 10 cents; half pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents, postpaid. 

 Wot prepaid, pound, 20 cents; 10 ponnds or over at 

 17 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $15.00. 



24 White Marrowfat 



The Largest White Seeded Sort 



This remarkable shell bean, grown so generally in all sections, is 

 probably the most popular of all. Requiring only about 65 days to ma- 

 ture and ripen its large white beans. Plants are healthy and vigorous, 

 absolutely free from all disease, a sure cropper, and a prodigious ylelder. 

 The dry white beans cook tender. Excellent for soup or baking. 



Packet, 10 cents; hall pound. 20 cents; pound, 35 cents, postpaid. 



Not prepaid, pound, 20 cents; 10 pounds or over at 18 cents per pound; 



100 pounds, S16.00. 



