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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



PRODUCTIVE POLE BEANS 



One quart will plant 150 to 200 hills 



(If wanted by parcel post add 8 cts. per pint; 10 cts. per quart.) 



Pole Beans are more prolific and have a longer bearing season than the 

 bush varieties; they are, however, more susceptible to cold and wet, 

 and so should not be sown until about two weeks after it is safe to sow 

 bush beans. About the end of May set out stout poles 8 to 10 feet long, 



in hills 3 feet apart each way. Place 6 

 or 8 beans in each hill and cover them 

 2 inches deep. Later thin out to 3 or 4 

 plants in a hill. Pick the pods when 

 young, as they are then at their best. 

 Pole Beans may also be grown on 

 string or wire trellises. 



Old Homestead or Kentucky 

 Wonder. A popular variety, con- 

 sidered one of the best of the pole beans. 

 Light green pods of good size, tender 

 and stringless, hang in clusters from the 

 top to the bottom of the vine. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. 

 $1.00, peck $3.00. 



Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. An 

 early, yellow-podded sort of exceptional 

 quality. It bears attractive long, flat 

 pods from the middle of July until 

 frost. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 

 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.25, peck $3.75. 



Kentucky Wonder Wax. Similar 

 to Old Homestead except in color, 

 equally as early and productive. Bears 

 long, thick, golden-yellow pods. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 65 cts., 2 qts. 

 $1.25, peck $3.75. 



Horticultural, or Speckled Cran- 

 berry. Short, light green pods, 

 streaked with red. Excellent, both as 

 a snap and shell bean. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., 2 qts. $1.00, 

 peck $3.00. 



Burger's Stringless Green Pod. 

 Sometimes called White Seeded Ken- 

 tucky Wonder. Vines not so long as 

 other pole varieties; medium-sized 

 round pods, stringless and of fine 

 flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 

 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.10, peck $3.25. 



Lazy Wife. A prolific late matur- 

 ing sort, bearing green pods of medium 

 size, stringless, thick and meaty. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 

 2 qts. $1.10, peck $3.25. 



Scarlet Runner. Used for both 

 ornamental and cooking purposes. 

 Clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers; 

 large beans of fine flavor, cooked like 

 Limas. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 

 65 cts., 2 qts. $1.25, peck $3.75. 

 Yields narrow pods 20 to 30 inches 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



Old Homestead of Kentucky 

 Wonder Pole Bean 



Yard Long or Asparagus. 



long, with an asparagus flavor. 



