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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



BEANS-DWARF or BUSH 



One Quart Will Plant loo Feet of Row. 



Beans thrive in most an^- soil and are quite 

 easy to grow in an}' carefulh' dug and raked 

 garden. To secure a continuous supply of tender 

 beans for 3^our table, make plantings of both 

 the green and yellow podded varieties at intervals 

 of 10 days up to the middle of July, using only 

 the early maturing, varieties on your last plant- 

 ings. The first sowing should not be made until 

 the ground is well warmed up, usualh- about the 

 middle of ]May. Plant the seeds 2 inches deep, 

 in rows 2 feet apart, dropping the seeds 4 inches 

 apart. Cultivate and hoe frequenth-, drawing the 

 soil up towards the plants; never cultivate when 

 the foliage is wet. as this has a tendency to spread 

 rust. Should the season be a dry one and the 

 plants need water, apply between the rows next 

 to the plants, as the roots are what need the 

 moisture. 



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Bountiful Bean 



BEANS GREEN— PODDED BUSH 



IF wanted by Parcel Post, add 8 cts. per pint; 

 10 cts. per quart. 



Burpee's Stringless Green Pod. A general 

 favorite for the home garden on account of its 

 earliness, freeness from strings and fine quality. 

 The plants are quite productive, bearing round 

 thick pods averaging 5 inches in length, are quite 

 tender and remain so for a long time. 

 Price 



Giant Stringless Green Pod. An excellent 

 heavy bearer and a good picker. Produces hand- 

 some, round, stringless, dark green pods about 6 

 inches long. Mature's shortly after the first early 

 varieties. 



Price 



Black Valentine. Black seeded variety, largely 

 grown on account of its hardiness and prolific 

 yielding qualities. Bears long, semi-round, straight 

 dark green pods. An excellent shipper. 

 Price 



Bountiful. Remarkably prolific and continu- 

 ous bearer. On account of its earliness and fine 

 quality is largely grown for the home garden and 

 market purposes. Stands up well under unfavor- 

 able weather conditions and produces for a long 

 bearing season a heavy crop of long, flat, Jight 

 green pods that are tender, stringless and of fine 

 flavor. 



Price 



Full Measure. For an all around fine bean this 

 variety is recommended. Stringless. brittle, meaty 

 pods of excellent quality. 



Price 



Refugees or 1000 to i. Late maturing variety 

 and a heavy bearer of light green round pods about 

 ^ inches long. Xot entirely free of strings. 



