Dwarf Beans 
Also called String, Bush, 
Bunch and 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, tho frequently 
they are put in in March. The Fall crop is put in in August. Plant in rows 2 to 2 y 2 feet apart, cov- 
ering 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, except dur- 
nc a P c ? Ju . ly ’ as ^ey 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. 
One quart is sufficient for 100 feet drill, 1 to 1% bushels to acre. 
INSECT REMEDIES. — For the Bean Leaf Beetle which eats holes in the 
Beetle, spray with arsenate of lead, 2 lbs. to 50 gallons of water. 
leaves, or the Blister 
For the Bean Aphis or Lice, spray with dilu ted Kerosene Emulsion or Tobacco extract, 
for Fungus diseases and rust, spray with Bordeaux Mixture. 
Green Podded Varieties 
Black Valentine Beans. 
EEIUGEE. — Bate, or 1000 to 1. Vine large, 
spreading, exceedingly hardy, very late, and for 
this reason used for late planting and for pickles. 
The pods are long cylindrical, green and of good 
quality. Pk., $2.50; Ira., $9.50. 
GIANT STRING! LESS. — A very hardy, stocky 
vine, pods long, round and green in color, of ex- 
ceptionally fine quality and siringless throughout 
its entire growth. About a week ear- 
lier than Red Valentine and much 
more prolific. Pk., $2.50; Ira., $9.50. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD. — This 
dwarf snap bean, although new to the 
Seed trade, has for several years been 
grown in the South, and wherever 
known is freely spoken of in terms 
of highest praise. Vine prolific, foli- 
age dark green with leaves large and 
crumpled. Pods long flat, irregular 
in shape, bright green and of most 
excellent quality. Seed medium size, oval, fiat, 
yellowish brown in color. Pk., $3.00; Ira., $11.50. 
HOPKINS EARLIEST RED VALEN- 
TINE. — One of the earliest and most 
prolific round green podded Beans. Comes 
into bearing earlier than the old stock 
of Valentines, is a wonderful producer 
and a perfect shipper. It will remain in 
a perfect condition for nearly two weeks 
after picking. Pk., $3.00; bus., $11.00. 
EXTRA EARLY RED VALENTINE. — 
A standard green-podded variety and 
more extensively grown than any other 
tarden sort. Vines medium to large, 
■rect, with dark green leaves; pods about 
1% inches long, are very fleshy, crisp 
md tender. It is resistant to disease 
ind will thrive well on any kind of soil. 
V first-class market variety and one of 
the best and most popular of all the 
green podded sorts. Pk. $2.50; bu. $9.50. 
BLACK VALENTINE. — A recently in- 
troduced variety which has become quite 
popular and grown with great profit in 
the South. The plant is extremely hardy 
and early. The pods are borne profuse- 
ly and are very large and extremely 
handsome in appearance. The color is a 
rich dark green, and the pod, while of 
excellent table qualities, is sufficiently 
fine grained and firm as to make it a 
splendid and profitable sort to ship to 
distant markets. Pk., $3.00; bu., $11.00. 
EARLY YELLOW LONG SIX WEEKS. 
A long, flat-podded, very productive va- 
riety, 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. Pk. $2.50; bu. $9.50. 
BOUNTIFUL. — An improved Long Yellow Six 
Weeks, in that it is earlier, very much larger and 
more tender. It is very hardy, extremely early, 
very prolific, and beans continuously for several 
weeks. Pods are flat, absolutely stringless, rich 
green, very large and handsome. The seeds are 
yellow, long, resembling Six Weeks. For very 
early or very late planting is very desirable for 
home garden and market. Pk., $2.50; bu., $9.50. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD This 
new bean produces a vine similar to Red Valen- 
tine, but develops pods to an edible condition in 
42 days, about four days earlier than Valentine. 
The pods are green, not quite so round as Valen- 
tino and less curved. The pods are stringless, ab- 
solutely so, this quality at once placing the varie- 
ty at the top of the list among table beans, while 
the early maturing is of great merit. This string- 
less quality is of particular value, the pods break- 
ing as short and free as pipe stems. Pk., $3.00; 
bu., $11.50. 
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 fre- 
quent shallow cultivation, but any mutilation of 
the roots by cultivation after the plants come into 
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