W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
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Bea»8. Pole or Konniko— One pound to 75 hills. 
These are generallv more tender than dwarf kinds, and should not he planted till the (tround becomes warm. 
Set poles about four feet apart, and pinch off the tops when they grow higher than the poles. They succeed best in 
sandy loam mixed with well rotted compost to each hill. 
Yello'w Flageolet Wax. — ^The pods of this excel- 
lent variety are of very large size; sometimes 10 to Isi 
iiielies in length, entirely stringless, very fleshy and of the 
finest quality, being exceedingly tender and succulent. 
It is equally good as a Shell Bean. 
King of the Garden Lima.— When green, much 
larger m pod and bean than the ordinary Large Lima; 
vigorous, productive, handsome, popular, excellent; two 
vines will be sufficient for each pole. 
Large Lima are the most buttery and delicious of all, 
and are a universal favorite, green or dry. (Fig. 10 ) 
Giant Wax (Ked Seed) make pods 6 to 9 inches long, 
thick and fleshy, of yellow waxy color, and is very pro- 
ductive and tender. (Fig. 12.) 
Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry is an old 
favorite and is equally good as a snap or as a shell bean, 
either green or dry. (Fig. 5.) 
White Dutch Runners are very ornamental, large 
white seed, and beautiful clusters of white flowers, and is 
a good shell bean. 
Scarlet Runners are a great favorite, producing clus- 
ters of beautiful scarlet flowers, which are very ornamen- 
tal. This is very fine for use as a green shell beau. 
Fig. 14. ® 
Dutch Case-Knife. A very productive variety, and 
one of the earliest; sometimes used as “snaps,” but gen- 
erally shelled. I^ext to the Lima the best market sort. 
Southern Prolific. Iiesirable for snap beans, mature 
in seventy days. Bears its pods iu clusters. Popular in 
the South. 
Asparagus, or Yard Long. Pod sometimes grows 
from t wo to three feet long; very curious, succulent and 
tender. 
Dwarf Lima }-See Specialties. 
Beets. 
The soil best suited for Beet culture is that which is rather light and well enriched. Sow in drills one foot 
apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked; continue for a succession as late as the middle of July; 
wheu the plants are large enough thin out to stand 6 inches apart in the rows. The Sugar and Mangel Wurzel varieties 
are grown for feeding stock, and should be sown from April to June in drills 2 feet apart, and afterwards thinned out to 
•tand 1 foot apart in the rows; keep well cultivated. One ounce will sow a drill fifty feet In length; five or six pounds 
arc required for an acre. 
Eclipse. 
Eclipse. A very early, smooth, 
globe-suaped beet with small top and 
thin root; its skin an intense deep red, 
its flesh of very fine texture, earliness 
and quality it is excelled by none. 
Many of our Market Gardeners prefer it 
to the Egyptian. 
Early Blood Turnip. An old 
standard variety of fine form and flavor. 
Next to Eclipse in earliness. 
Dewing’s Improved Blood Turnip. Roots deep 
blood-red, of fine form and flavor. Very early. An ex- 
cellent market variety. 
Long Dark Blood. Long, smooth, growing to good 
size; half out of the ground; color dark blood-red; top 
small, dark red, and of upright growth; keeps well. It 
is apt to be tough when sown too early. 
Long Blood. 
Early Blood Turnip. 
Dewirg’s 
Improved Blood 
Turnip. 
Egyptian Blood Turnip 
Bassano 
Henderson’s Pineapple 
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