THE C. S. BRENT SEED CO. Inc 
Dwarf Beans 
Also called String, Bush, 
Bunch, arid Snap Beans. 
CULTURE.— No crop responds more readily than Beans to good soil and cultivation. If too rank manure 
Is used, however, they show a tendency to run too much to vine. Beans are very sensitive to cold and wet, 
and really should not be planted in this section until early in April, though frequently they are put in in 
March. The fall crop is put in in August. Plant in rows 2% feet apart, covering one to two inches deep, 
and allowing 3 to 4 Inches apart in the row for green varieties, 4 to 6 inches for wax. For a succession, for 
private gardens, plant at Intervals of two weeks, excepting during June and July, as they generally do not 
do well during these very hot months. Give frequent, shallow cultivation up to the time of blossoming, not, 
however, when the ground is wet, or dew on the vines, as it is liable to cause rust. 
Two pounds are sufficient for 100 feet of drill, 60 to 90 pounds to acre. 
INSECT REMEDIES. — For the Bean Leaf Beetle which eats holes in the leaves, or the Blister Beetle, 
spray with arsenate of lead, 2 lbs. to 60 gallons of water. 
For the Bean Aphis or Idee, spray with diluted Kerosene Emulsion or Tobacco extract. 
For Fungus diseases and rust, spray with Bordeaux Mixture. 
Red Valentine 
EXTRA EARLY REI) VALENTINE— A standard 
green-podded variety and more extensively grown 
than any other garden sort. Vines medium to large, 
erect, with dark green leaves; pods about 4 inches 
long, are very fleshy, crisp and tender. It is resistant 
to disease and will thrive well on any .kind of soil. 
A first-class market variety and one of the best and 
most popular of all the green-podded sorts. For 
prices see colored pages. 
BLACK VALENTINE. — A recently introduced vari- 
ety which has become quite popular, and grown with 
great profit in the South. The plant is extremely 
hardy and early. The pods are borne profusely and 
are very large and extremely handsome in appear- 
ance. The color is a rich dark green, and the pod, 
while of excellent table qualities, is sufficient fine 
grained and firm as to make it a splendid and prof- 
itable sort to ship to distant markets. For prices see 
colored pages. 
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Green Podded Varieties 
BURFEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD.- This new 
bean produces a vine similar to Red Valentine, but de- 
velops pods to an edible condition In 42 days, about 
four days earlier than Valentine. The pods are green, 
not quite so round as Valentine and less curved. 
The pods are stringless, absolutely so, this quality at 
once placing the variety at the top of the list among 
table beans, while the early maturing Is of great 
merit. This stringless quality is of particular value, 
the pods breaking as short and free as pipe stems. 
For prices see colored pages. 
GIANT STRINGLESS.— A very hardy, stocky vine, 
pods long, round and green in color, of exceptionally 
fine quality and stringless throughout fits entire 
growth. About a week earlier than Rod Valentine 
and much more prolific. For prices see colored pages. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD. — One of the most pop- 
ular varieties through Kentucky and the south. Hardy 
and prolific. Pods large, fiat, irregular in shape and 
bright green. Seeds medium size, oval, fiat, yellowish 
brown in color. For prices see colored pages. 
BOUNTIFUL. — An Improved Long Yellow Six 
Weeks, in that it is earlier, more prolific, very much 
larger and more tender. Pods are flat, absolutely 
stringless, rich green, very large and handsome. 
Desirable for both early and late planting. For prices 
see colored pages. 
EARLY SIX WEEKS.— A long, fiat-podded, very 
productive variety, withstanding a greater degree of 
frost and cold weather than any other, and on that 
account is preferred for first planting; also excellent 
for pickling, for which purpose it should be planted 
about the last of August. For prices see colored pages. 
REFUGEE. — Late, or 1.000 to 1. Vine large, 
spreading, exceeedingly hardy, very late, and for this 
reason used for late planting and for pickles. The 
pods are long, cylindrical, green and of good quality. 
For prices see colored pages. 
Varieties for Shelling 
The largest return will result from planting in drills 
from two to three feet apart and leaving the plants 
two to six inches apart in the row. Up to the time of 
flowering they should have frequent shallow cultiva- 
tion, but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation 
after the plants come into bloom Is likely to cause 
the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. The 
cultivation of beans should always be very shallow. 
LARGE WTIITE MARROW. — The standard large 
white bean commonly sold in market. Beans are good 
green or dry; of vigorous growth and productive. 
For prices see colored pages. 
WHITE NAVY. — Valuable chiefly as a field bean 
and considered by many the best baking variety. For 
prices see colored pages. 
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