GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 3i 
Early Golden Cluster 
Ww This is the earliest Wax Pole 
AX. Bean in cultivation; pods from 
5 to Sinches long, produced in clusters. 
The pods are golden vellow; for shipping 
they are rathertoo wide. It has not the 
same fine appearance as the Flageolet. 
For family use it cannot be too highly 
recommended on account of its produc- 
tiyeness and delicious flavor. 
. 4 rs 
Perfectly Round, Straight 
Imported White Crease 
Latest introduced < 
Back Pole. which from tests made = 
by the most critical market gardeners 
sorrounding New Orleaus, have been pro- 
nounced to be entirely satisfactory; same 
type as the old siyle Crease Back Pole 
Beans, except that this bean is perfectly 
round and straight. 
2 imilar 
Carolina or Sewee. }) "tne 
Lima; the only difference is the seeds 
and pods are smaller. It is generally 
cultivated. 
7 <a A very 
Dutch Case Kuife. %.aSo% 
Bean: it isearly: pods broad and long; 
somewhat turned towards the end. 
. ) . Is claimed to 
Seibert ) Tima. be the earliest 
Pole Lima Bean in cultivation. It is a 
large podded variety of first class quality. 
7 
4 . N > sa4ty 
Southern Prolific. Noyensty 
tinue longer to bear than this. It stands 
the keat of summer better than any 
other, and is planted to succeed the other 
kinds. It is a very strong grower; pods 
about seven inches long and flat; seeds 
are dark yellow or rather light brown. 
The standard variety forthe New Orleans ] 
market for late spring and summer. 
If planted in July and August it will con- 
tinue to bear until frost sets in. 
St. Louis Perfection : : 
White An early maturing, white ¥ 4%. Li 
* seeded pole bean, very de- Early Golden Cluster Wax Pole. 
sirable for snaps and certainly unsurpas- 
sed green shelled. Vine vigorous and very productive; 2 - ) 
pods round, very long, irregular in shape and quite Indian Chief or Pole Black Wax. 
stringless. The beans when shelled green are large, A black-seeded wax variety with thick, golden yel- 
very tender and white, a very desirable feature when low pods. Very hardy and prolific. One of the most 
comparison is made with the colored varietics of popular of the Pole Wax Beans. An old standard 
this bean. which has been planted fora quarter of a century. 
English Beans. 
For PRICE List SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Gourganne or Feve de Marais (Fr.), Puff Bohnen (Ger.), Haba Comun (Sp.) 
: Should be planted in drills | every 6 inches one bean, during November; if 
Broad Windsor. two anda half ieet apart, planted in the spring it will not produce much. 
Beets. 
FoR PRICE List SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Betrave (Fr.), Roth-Ruben (Ger.), Remolacha (Sp.), Barbabietola (Ital.) 
CULTUR The ground for Beets should be rich and well spaded or plowed, Sow in drills twelve 
* to eighteen inches apart, cover the seed about one inch deep. When about a month 
old, thin them out tofour orsix inches apart. In this latitude beets are sown from January till the end of 
April, and from the middle of July to the middle of November; in fact some market gardeners sow them 
every monthinthe year. In the summerand faillitis well to soak the seeds over night and rollin ashes 
before sowing. 
Try Steckler’s New Calico Bush Butter Beans. 
