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Lakeview Seed Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
BEANS. 
A dry, rather light soil is the best for beans, though they 
will do well on any good garden land For an early crop of gar- 
den beans, plant quite early in a light, dry soil, and in a warm 
sheltered place. But for the general crop, beans should not be 
planted until all danger of frost is past and the ground has be- 
<;ome warm. This is especially true of Lima Beans. Avoid 
planting leans in a cold, wet soil, and do not hoe them when 
wet with dew or rain. 
BUSH BEA^yTS. 
Long" Yellow Six Weeks. — One of the earliest of the 
■string beans ; hardy and prolific ; may be planted quite early, as 
it will stand a light frost. Large packet, 10 cents ; quart, 55 
■cents. 
Early Ked Valentine,— One of the earliest of the string 
beans ; very productive ; remains in a green state longer than 
most varieties ; much used for pickling. Large packet, 10 cents ; 
quart, 55 cents ; peck, not prepaid, $1.25. 
Refugee, or TLousand to One.— A very productive 
medium variety ; young pods very tender and fine flavor. Large 
■packet, 10 cents ; quart, 55 cents. 
Black Wax, or Butter. — An old standard variety ; quite 
<«arly and productive ; pods waxy, yellow and very tender. Large 
packet, ten cents ; quart, 60 cents. 
Golden Wax. — About a week earlier than the Black Wax ; 
pods large, brittle and entirely stringless ; very rich and tender. 
Xiarge packet, lO cents ; quart, 60 cents ; peck, not prepaid, $1.75. 
Ivory Pod Wax. — Highly prized both as a snap bean and 
a winter-shelled bean ; very productive ; pods long, stringless and 
•of transparent ivory white ; beans small white. Large packet, 
10 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 
POLE OR RUXNIXa BEANS. 
Of all the running beans the Lima is the best. It is rather 
late, but by using short poles — not over four feet, and pinching 
off the ends of the runners as often as they reach the top of the 
poles, they can be ripened in this latitude, 43 degrees, unless the 
season is very unfavorable. Plant as soon as the ground is dry 
and warm, generally about the middle of May ; but do not be in 
too much of a hurry, for they are quite liable to rot unless the 
ground is warm enough to sprout them quickly. 
The Larg-e Lima. — The best of all pole beans. Large 
.packet, 10 cents ; quart, 70 cents. 
Dreer's Improved Lima. — It is claimed for this new 
variety that it is earlier than common Luna, and is better adapted 
to northern latitudes. Large packet, 10 cents ; quart, 70 cents. 
Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. — A round, 
speckled bean, equally good as a snap or shelled bean ; used both 
in the green and dry state. Large packet, iO cents ; quart, 70 
cents. 
Dutcli Case Knife. — A white pole bean of fine quality. 
Can be used as a snap bean, but generally shelled. Large packet, 
10 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 
BEETS. 
Beets are grown in every garden, and used in all stages of 
their growth. The soil should be rich, mellow and deep. They 
are among the first vegetables to be sown in the spring. Sow the 
seed quite thickly in drills one foot apart and two inches deep. 
When the beets are beginning to form they can be thinned out 
and used as " beet greens." 
For the Mangel Wurzels you can hardly have the ground too 
rich. They make a heavier growth than the table beets, and the 
rows should be sown at least 18 inches apart. Where large quan- 
tities are grown it saves labor to sow the rows wide enough apart 
to use a horse and cultivator between them. Many growers pre- 
fer the Sugar Beet for stock. It is certainly a 'fine beet, and 
grows nearly as heavy crops as the Mangels. 
Beets are best kept through the winter by burying them in 
pits, which should be dug about a foot deep and three feet wide, 
