50th 
Year 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
1884 
1934 
Kentucky Wonder 
Pole Beans 
CULTURE—The pole beans climbs, 
sometimes needing a little training over any 
support given it. A good practice is to set 
firmly in the ground every three or four feet 
each way, poles that are, when set, about 
six feet high. Some time after bunch beans 
are planted, six or eight pole beans are 
planted one inch deep near the base of each 
stake and later thinned to three or four 
plants to the pole. One-half bushel of pole 
beans generously plants an acre and one 
pint plants one hundred sills. 
The pole bean bears over a longer period 
considered of a superior quality, but it re¬ 
quires more labor, longer time to mature, 
and is more sensitive to adverse climatic and 
soil conditions. Note that the vine turns 
only one way around its support. 
When too old for use as a green snap 
bean, use any bean shelled or still later, 
when it is hard and dry, it remains equally 
serviceable. 
KENTUCKY WONDER (Old Homestead) 
—Pods green, very long, very prolific. 
KY. WONDER WAX— Very early pods, 
8 to 9 inches long; color, light yellow. 
DUTCH CASE KNIFE— Pods long, green 
and fiat; can be either snapped or shelled. 
SCARLET RUNNER —A popular English 
pole bean; very ornamental. 
WHITE CREASEBACK — Long, round, 
stringless pod; fleshy and tender. 
WHITE KENTUCKY WONDER —Very 
fleshy and tender; stringless; of high quality. 
GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX— Early, pro¬ 
ductive golden wax pods six to eight inches 
long. 
LAZY WIFE —Great favorite; pod from 
four to six inches long, stringless, rich, but¬ 
tery flavor; beans are white and make a fine 
shell bean; pods remain tender long. 
HORTICULTURAL O R SPECKLED 
CRANBERRY —Showy, excellent either as 
a snap or shell bean. 
SPECKLED CUT-SHORT OR CORN 
HILL —Used for planting among corn; one 
of the best. 
MISSOURI WONDER —Late, very pro¬ 
ductive; disease resisting. 
Prices: lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c. 
DwarF Lima Beans 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA—A bush form 
of the large Pole Lima, the beans being large 
and fiat like those of that variety. It is 
very j)roductive and its dwarf character 
is well established. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA —Produc¬ 
tive; a very early bean. Sometimes called 
baby Lima. Beans small but excellent flavor. 
Prices: lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c. 
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