PRICES OF BEANS (Except 
Packets) DO NOT INCLUDE 
POSTAGE 
BARTELDES SELECT 
Notice We are selling everything by the pound. A 
pound of beans is equal to a little more than a pint. 
In ordering beans, peas, and sweet corn, grass, and 
other field seeds by mail please add postage at regular 
parcel post rates. 
The Bean is one of the most satisfactory vegetables 
for the home garden. A small patch will supply a 
good many messes for the table, an almost constant 
supply can be had by making successive plantings of 
about ten days apart during the spring, and a fall 
crop can be had by planting about eight weeks before 
the first expected frost. They can be served in sev- 
eral different ways and are very easily canned for 
winter use. 
Culture. Bush Beans can be planted either in hills 
or drills but the latter method is the more common. 
The beans should be planted from one and a half to 
two inches deep and about four inches apart. The 
soil should be thoroughly pulverized so the beans will 
have no difficulty in pushing through. The rows can 
be from eighteen inches to three feet apart. 
Beans are often planted as a catch crop between 
squashes, cucumbers, etc. They protect the tender 
vines and are out of the way before the entire area 
is needed for the companion crop. Beans are also 
planted between the lettuce plants just before the 
latter reach marketable size, so that by the time 
the lettuce is removed the area will be occupied 
by the young beans. One pound to 60 feet of drill; 
1 to 1% bushels to the acre. 
EXTRA EARLY RED VALENTINE. An old fav- 
orite and has only recently been surpassed by the 
Stringless Green Pod. Very prolific and the pods 
are fine and round, and very tender while young. 
It is as early as the preceding one, but the pods 
are not quite as long nor as straight. Pkt., 5c: 
y z lb., 15c; lb., 25c. 
EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS. The pods are 
long, flat and of a bright green color. Plants form 
erect bushes. Pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD VALEN- 
TINE. The round, meaty pods resemble the Early 
Red Valentine, but this bean matures a week or 
ten. days later. The pods are quite stringless and 
brittle at all stages and this variety is to be recom- 
mended highly. Pkt.> 5c; lb., 15c; lb., 25c. 
Please add postage to one-half and one pound 
prices. See special list for prices in larger quan- 
tities. 
Dwarf Green Pod Beans 
BARTELDES* STRINGLESS GREEN POD. We 
offer this fine new stringless bean, which is not only 
of fine quality, but especially valuable, being a week 
or ten days earlier than other stringless varieties. 
The plant is small, bushy, very erect, compact, of 
well rounded form and prolific. Pods are about 4% 
inches long, straight, bright green, oval round through 
cross section and contain five to six seeds. The seeds 
are yellowish and of good size. Pkt., 5c; ^ M>., 15c; 
lb., 30c. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD. This is today the most 
popular bean of its class and is the staple variety 
for general purposes. The pods are long, round, 
thick, free from strings and very meaty. They are 
of dark green color, very attractive, and of excellent 
flavor. The plants are very vigorous and the pods 
are produced early and ill large quantities. Pkt., 5c; 
% lb., 15c; lb., 25c. 
This summer pick a mess of beans when the pods 
are about half grown. You will be delighted with the 
tenderness and flavor of these Baby Beans. 
Early Yellow Six Weeks. 
