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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



DWARF or BUSH 

 BEANS 



Grow Bush Beans in your garden and get 

 more meals per square foot. They are easy to 

 grow, thrive in almost any soil, and produce big 

 crops in little space. The seed should not be 

 sown until all danger from frost is past. Sow 

 in rows i >^ to 2 feet apart, dropping the seeds 

 4 inches apart, and covering 2 inches deep. 

 Cultivate frequently but do not work around the 

 plants while they are wet, lest they "rust." 

 Pick the pods before they are fully developed and 

 the plants will produce several good-pickings. 

 For a continuous supply, make successive 

 sowings every two weeks up to mid-July. Plenty 

 of pulverized sheep manure and watering in the 

 dry spells will greatly increase the yield. Apply 

 water to the soil between the rows, not to the 

 foliage. 



One quart of Beans will plant ICO feet of row 



Prices, except as noted, pKt. 10 cts. ; pt. 35 cts.; 

 qt. 60 cts.; 2 qts. $1.10; pk. $3.75. If wanted by parcel 

 post, add 8 cts. per pt.; 10 cts. per qt. 



Green-podded Bush Beans 



Green-podded Beans are preferred in local 

 markets, although, except for color, there is 

 really very little difference between them and the 

 yellow-podded sorts. 



Burpee's Stringless Green-Pod. One of the 



first to bear; hardy, productive, and always 

 perfectly stringless. Pods round and thick, 

 averaging 5 inches In length. A favorite for 

 the home garden. 



BOUNTIFUL. A remarkably prolific and 

 continuous bearer; reliable even under un- 

 favorable conditions and largely grown for 

 first crop in both home and market gardens. 

 Long, flat but thick, light green pods. Our 

 strain is absolutely stringless. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 pt. 35 cts.; qt. 65 cts.; 2 qts. $1.20; pk. I4. 



FULL MEASURE. Another extra-early sort 

 that will produce amazing crops on good soil. 

 Very long, round, dark green, stringless pods 

 of fine quality. 



Black Valentine. Early, prolific, remarkably 

 hardy, and a good shipper but of only medium 

 quality. Pods long, thick, straight and dark 

 green. 



Giant Stringless Green-Pod. A fine second- 

 early to follow any of the above varieties. 

 Very productive; handsome, round, dark 

 green pods, averaging 6 inches in length, 

 stringless and of fine quality. 



Refugee, or 1,000-to-l. A late variety. Large 

 plants bearing heavy crops of round, light 

 green, 5-inch pods. Fine for canning. 



Keeney's Stringless Green Refugee. An 

 improved strain of i,ooo-to-i; pods stringless 

 at all stages. An excellent late-crop variety. 



Forcing Bean, Masterpiece. The best Bean 

 for forcing either in frames or greenhouse. 

 Pods 7 inches long, straight, flat, and of very 

 attractive appearance. Not recommended for 

 outdoor use. Pkt. 20 cts.; pt. 75 cts.; qt. I1.50. 



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Wardwell's Kidney Wax Beans 



Yellow-podded Bush Beans 



Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Early, productive, 

 and always reliable, this is one of the most 

 popular Wax Beans for both market and home 

 use. Bears a profusion of attractive golden 

 yellow pods, 6 inches long, flat but thick, 

 meaty and absolutely stringless at all stages. 



WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX. An old 

 favorite, especially for market. Early; pods 

 6 inches long, broad and flat, pale yellow. Of 

 superb quality but becomes stringy when full 

 grown. A good winter Shell Bean. 



Davis White Kidney Wax. Early, hardy, and 

 a fine market and shipping Bean. Pods long, 

 flat, and waxy white in color. Seeds white and 

 kidney shaped, excellent for baking. 



KEENEY'S RUSTLESS GOLDEN WAX. 

 Hardy and less subject to rust than other Wax 

 Beans. A good producer of medium-sized, 

 oval, flat, stringless pods. 



Round-Pod Brittle Wax. The acme of quality 

 in Wax Beans. Early and very productive on 

 good soils, bearing long, round, golden yellow 

 pods, brittle and stringless at all stages. Fine 

 for the home garden. 



Pencil-Pod Black Wax. A prolific bearer of 

 long, slender, round, light yellow pods. Me- 

 dium in season; and of excellent quality. 



INOCULATE BEANS WITH FARMOGERM 

 For best results. Bean Seed should be inocu- 

 lated with Farmogerm (page 23). It not only in- 

 creases the present crop but greatly improves the 

 soil for succeeding crops. Full directions are on the 

 package. Garden size for Beans, 50 cts. 



