BEANS 
Dwarf or Bush 
Beans are among our most valuable farinaceous foods, and 
form a market staple everywhere. The seeds should not be 
planted before the ground becomes light and warm, in favor¬ 
able seasons usually about the first of May. Bush Limas should 
not be planted so early as other sorts, as Limas are particu¬ 
larly sensitive to cold and damp. The soil should be rich and 
mellow, and the seeds scattered about 3 inches apart in drills 
from 3 to 3^ feet apart, and covered about 2 inches deep. 
The plants will need frequent hoeing, but should never be 
cultivated when the leaves are wet with dew or rain, as this 
will cause them to rust. Sowings made at intervals of about 
two weeks until the middle of July will give a supply all season. 
One pound of seed will sow 100 feet of drill; 60 pounds, an acre 
Wax or Yellow-Podded Beans 
Brittle Wax. 52 days. Fleshy, round, solid pods, tender, 
brittle, entirely stringless, with a rich flavor. The seeds are 
white with a black eye. 
Currie’s Rustproof Wax. 52 days. Valuable from the fact 
that it seems to be “rustproof,” after having been tested 
with other Beans which rusted badly. 
Golden-Eye Wax. Extremely vigorous. Pods clear, creamy 
white, very long, flat, but fleshy, stringless and of good 
quality; very free from blight and a heavy cropper. Popular 
in this vicinity. 
Golden Wax. 50 days. A very popular variety. The vines 
are hardy, productive; pods long, straight, flattish, very 
fleshy and wax-like; of the best quality. Beans are small, 
oval, white, shaded purplish red. 
New Round-Pod Kidney Wax. 56 days. One of the best 
round-podded Wax Beans. 
Pencil-Pod Black Wax. 52 days. The earliest of the Wax 
Beans, having beautiful, long, round pods, entirely string¬ 
less. The seed is all black. 
Green-Podded Bush Beans 
Asgrow Valentine. 49 days. New. A stringless black Bean 
of easiest culture, quick growing, hardy, prolific and a good 
shipper. Unsurpassed for market. 
Black Valentine. 48 days. One of the best varieties to raise 
for early market, because of its hardiness, earliness, and 
good cropping quality. 
Boston Favorite or Goddard. Large, handsome pods, 
tender and fine for use as snaps; seeds very large and of 
delicious flavor, whether used green or dry. The bushes 
yield heavy crops. 
Bountiful. 49 days. The pods are long, flat, of good quality, 
and entirely stringless; early and prolific. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. 52 days. This is an ex¬ 
tremely early, hardy and productive variety bearing an 
abundance of handsome stringless green pods of fine quality. 
French Dwarf Horticultural. 70 days. This variety, for a 
Shell Bean, is very popular. It is a heavy cropper; pods long 
and almost entirely scarlet in color, well filled. Does not 
blight. 
Low’s Champion. 56 days. Very productive, with stringless, 
large, green, flat pods. Excellent as either a String or a 
Shell Bean. 
Stringless Green-Pod. 52 days. Improved type of String¬ 
less Green-Pod. Slimmer pods than Burpee’s Stringless. 
Fine for home-garden. 
Ruby Dwarf Horticultural. 60 days. Furnishes green- 
podded Beans of fine quality; the seeds are yellowish white, 
with red splashes; large, oval, plump, and are easily shelled. 
Tendergreen or New Stringless. 53 days. A new variety of 
remarkably fine quality. Early, hardy, and very prolific. 
Tender, stringless, light green, round pods about 7 inches 
long. 
INOCULATE THIS SEED 
WITH STIMUGERM 
See page 48 
Bountiful Beans 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I 
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