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Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole Beans 



Pole or Running Beans 



Culture —These are vigorous growers and consequently require lots of fertility to produce 

 a heavy crop. Do not attempt growing pole beans on poor, thin soil unless the hills are 

 enriched with liberal quantities of well-rotted manure or complemented with a complete 

 fertilizer. One pound of seed will be enough to plant 100 poles or hills. Sow the seed after all 

 danger of frost is past and keep the crop well cultivated. 



Green-Pod Varieties 



128 Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. Combines size and quality in an 

 extraordinary degree. The pods generally are borne in clusters of 2 or 4, each pod 

 measuring 7 or 8 inches long. They are deeply saddle-backed, very fleshy, and develop 

 a slight string. Kentucky Wonder matures the bulk of its crop in from 80 to 100 days. 

 Where poles are not available, wire or heavy string supports should be provided 

 since the vines are rank growers, bearing exceptionally heavy crops. Pkt. 10c; 

 \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.55, prepaid. 



129 Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or shelled. Pods about 

 6 inches long. Thick, meaty, and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10c; £ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 

 5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 



132 White Creaseback or Best of All. Early, productive, and fine quality. Pods 

 abovit 5 inches long, produced in clusters. Should be gathered while young. Pkt. 10c; 

 \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 60c; 5 lbs. $1.45, prepaid. 



127 Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for shell beans primarily, for 

 unless used while quite young the pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, 

 but become streaked with red when mature. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 

 5 lbs. $1.55, prepaid. 



131 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental for its attractive flower clusters. 

 The young shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as shelled 

 Limas. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.85, prepaid. 



Wax-Pod Pole or Running Beans 



137 Kentucky Wonder Wax. A yellow-pod "Kentucky Wonder" bearing a large crop of 

 rich golden yellow beans from the time the plants are half grown until they are killed by frost 

 in the fall. The pods are flat, 7 to 8 inches long, and very fleshy. Attractive, brittle, and tasty, 

 but have slight strings. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 



136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Handsome waxy yellow pods 6 inches long and f inch 

 broad, borne in clusters of 4 to 6, hanging on the plants literally by the handfuls. Early, 

 vigorous, hardy, and attractive. Fleshy, fine grained, though showing slight strings. Pods 

 not gathered while young will give beautiful white beans for dry shell purposes. Pkt. 10c; 

 § lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 



Pole Lima Beans 



Culture — Pole Limas are even more tender than the Bush type and should not be planted until 

 toward end of May or when all danger of frost is passed. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each way and 

 plant 6 to 8 beans, eye downward, around each pole. When plants are up, thin out to 3 plants to a pole. 

 Pinch off the ends when plants overrun the top of the poles. It is well to use a shovelful of rich, light, 

 well-rotted compost to each bill. One pound of seed will plant 75 to 100 hills. 



115 Carpinteria Lima. Vines are vigorous and make strong growth, producing large quantities 

 of pods, usually containing four large beans each, which are thicker than the ordinary Limns 

 and retain their pale green color even when in the dry state. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 

 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 



117 Dreer's Improved Pole. In some sections this variety is called Challenger or Potato Lima. 

 Plants strong, medium late, and very productive. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick, light, green 

 beans. Shells out more Deans from a given number of pods than any other Pole Lima. Pkt. 10c; 

 \ lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c; 5 lbs. $1.95, prepaid. 



121 King of the Garden. An old favorite variety of vigorous growth bearing large dark green 

 pods with four or five large white beans of good quality. An improved Large White Lima. 

 Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 



122 Leviathan Early. The earliest large-podded Pole variety in cultivation and an enormous 

 cropper. The shelled beans are of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 

 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 



125 Small or Sieva. Poles literally loaded with well filled pods. Small white beans, like the 

 Henderson Bush variety and of fine flavor. This is a fine bean for home canning. Pkt. 10c; 

 \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 



Dreer's Improved 

 Pole Lima Bean 



Grow plenty of Pole Limas to supply you all summer long 



