BEANS 
Bush Varieties 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD—An early, sturdy, pro- 
ductive bush variety. The plants are large and erect, the pods round, 
medium green, very meaty, perfectly stringless and fiberless and of 
excellent quality. Seeds are coffee brown, pods 6 to 7 inches long, 
edible in 52 days. Used extensively by gardeners, and for cut beans 
by canners. Packet, 5c; Family Garden Size, Packet, 15c; Lb., 25c. 
See page 3 for NEW STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEAN, “All 
American” Gold Medal winner in 1932, also ASGROW VALEN¬ 
TINE BEAN, Award of Merit winner in 1932. 
REFUGEE 1000 to 1—A popular late, green pod bush variety. Plants 
large, spreading with many semi-runners; hardy, very heavily produc- 
tive. Pods round, ^/i to 6 inches long, stringless while young and of 
good quality. Edible in 70 days. Seeds are violet-purple. 
Packet, 5c; Lb., 30c. 
LILLY S GOLDEN WAX 
OREGON GIANT or YOUNT—A re- 
markably prolific strong growing pole 
bean. Its production habit may be termed 
everbearing since it keeps on producing 
until killed by frost. The light green purple splashed pods are stringless, 
very fleshy, average more than a foot in length and an inch in diameter 
and are produced in clusters of 4 to 6. Seeds buff mottled purple with 
some variation. Pods edible in 68 days. Packet, 5c; Lb., 30c. 
SCARLET RUNNER—A pole bean of vigorous growth, with brilliant 
scarlet flowers. Used for decorative purposes as well as for snap and green 
shell beans. Pods 6 to 7 inches long, broad, oval and meaty. Seeds, purple 
mottled violet. Pods edible in 90 days. Packet, 5c; Lb., 45c. 
Lima 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA—Earlier and longer podded 
than the parent variety. Plant large, erect, vigorous, very productive. 
Pods 5 to 6 inches long with 4 to 5 seeds. Dry beans are large and plump, 
white with greenish tinge. Matures in 75 days. Packet, 5c; Lb., 35c. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL— 
Also called Speckled Cranberry, 
Wren’s Egg and Italian Bean. Used 
for snap beans, and also for green 
shell beans. Plant medium height, 
pods round, 5 to 5]/2 inches long, 
green while small, change to green- 
ish yellow and become splashed with 
carmine at maturity; slightly fibrous. 
Pods edible in 54 days, shell beans 
in 62 days. Seeds buff, mottled 
maroon. Packet, 5c; Lb., 30c. 
burpee’s stringless 
Has IMPROVED GOLDEN 
WAX — Used largely for home 
garden planting; plant small, erect 
and productive. Pods 4|/2to5 inches 
long, straight, thick-flat, creamy 
yellow in color, stringless and of 
good quality. Seeds white, mottled 
violet around the eyes. Edible in 49 
days. Remarkably free from rust. 
Packet, 5c; Family Size, 15c; 
Lb., 30c. 
Pole Varieties 
KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD 
HOMESTEAD—The best known and 
most popular pole bean. Good for home 
and market garden and for canning; 
strong climber, hardy, very prolific over 
a long season. Pods l/i to 8/2 inches 
long; practically round, curved, with un¬ 
dulating surface, meaty and very brittle. 
Slightly stringy but of good quality. 
Edible in 65 days. Seeds buff brown. 
Packet, 5c; Family Size, 15c; Lb. ,25c. 
burpee’s improved bush lima 
Postage Extra on Bulk Beans. See Novelty Pages for New Varieties. 
Vegetable greens must make a quick growth to be crisp and tender. The plant food required is best supplied with Morcrop. 
£ 9 } 
