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SELECT SEEDS FOR THE PARTICULAR GARDENER 
FIELD BEANS AND SHELLING VARIETIES 
The field hean variety have in recent years "become very popular, and 
as a result hundreds of acres are annually planted, proving a wonderful 
profit-making crop for the farmer and market gardener. 
WHITE NAVY —Used largely as a field hean and extensively used for 
cooking and baking. The plants are dwarf in habit but very productive. 
Beans are white, of excellent quality. 
WHITE KIDNEY —A fine shell bean used similar to White Navy, but 
seed is much larger and is cooled together with sweet corn, making “Suc¬ 
cotash.” A fine winter bean. 
RED KIDNEY —A fine shelling bean of good quality. Similar to White 
Kidney but red in color. Used for cooking with sweet corn, making “Suc¬ 
cotash.” A very good winter bean. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL—An early shell bean of very fine quality. 
Hardy and productive. Pods about 5 inches in length, broad, thick and 
splashed with red. Can also be used early as a snap bean. 
White Navy 
GREEN PODDED BUSH BEANS 
BURPEE’S STRING-BESS GREEN POD —Perhaps the most popular 
green bean in this section. Fine either for home use or market. Grows well 
and its long, slender pods are attractive to buyers, while its eating quali¬ 
ties are unsurpassed. Develops in 42 days to snap bean stage. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD —A fine main crop variety, matures 
a little later than other Stringless Green Pods. Pods are nearly straight, 
round and meaty; good for canning and home use. 
BOUNTIFUL —-A fine quality bean. Considered the best of the flat-podded 
varieties. Nearly stringless, tender, very early- and a heavy yielder. 
BLACK VALENTINE —An excellent variety, dependable at all times. 
Pods round, fleshy, straight and fine quality. Suitable for both late and 
early planting as it is very hardy. 
REFUGEE or 1,000 to 1 —Used for late plantings. Vines are large, hardy 
and very productive. Pods are 5 to 6 inches long, round, slightly curved, 
nearly stringless; of light green color. Fine for canning and pickling. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD —Excellent dwarf snap bean. Prolific, foli¬ 
age dark green; pods long, flat, irregular, bright green fine quality. 
POLE BEANS 
White Creaseback 
Kentucky 
Wonder 
DUTCH CASE KNIFE —An old well-known variety, of good quality, either 
green or dry. Flat, long pods. Beans are white, brittle and very flat. Will 
give a good crop without poles when planted with corn. 
WHITE CREASEBACK —A fine', early green-podded Pole Bean of rapid 
growth and very productive. The pods grow in clusters and are from 5 to 6 
inches in length, perfectly round and deeply creased. They are very fleshy, 
stringless and of the best quality. 
GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX —A climbing variety of strong, dense, and 
heavy growth; very pro¬ 
ductive. Pods are 6 to 7 
inches long, produced in 
clusters, and are straight, 
flat, fine grained, fleshy 
and of tender quality. 
Pods are light golden in 
color. Beans oval and 
white. 
LAZY WIFE— An ex 
cellent variety for home 
use. Can be used for 
cooking green or shelled 
for winter. Pods are 
broad, thick and string¬ 
less. 
KENTUCKY WON¬ 
DER —Pods are green, 
about ten inches long 
and nearly round, fleshy, 
stringless and one of 
fine flavor. Early and very pro¬ 
lific. Seed is long, oval, of yel¬ 
lowish color. 
KENTUCKY WONDER 
WAX —Well-known favorite of 
wax pod bean. Pods are about 
10 inches long, thick, slightly 
creaseback, very fleshy, stringy 
but brittle. Of attractive light 
yellow color and fine quality. 
Wax Podded Continued 
WARD WELL’S KID 
NEY WAX —A_ well- 
known variety of un¬ 
questioned quality, plant¬ 
ed by market gardeners 
as a main crop bean. Ma_ 
tures in about 50 days 
from planting. A heavy 
yielder with qualities of 
Jong, nearly straight 
broad, flat and thick pods 
of golden yellow color. A 
fine bean for the home 
garden. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN 
WAX — Vines medium 
sized, vigorous, hardy; 
pods broad, flat and of 
a golden yellow color. 
This variety is an im¬ 
provement over the old 
Golden Wax. The plants 
are very resistant to 
rust. 
CURRIE’S RUST¬ 
PROOF WAX — This 
bean grows very free 
from rust. Large flat 
pods, nearly stringless 
and very tender. Matures 
in about 50 days from 
time of planting. We 
recommend this variety, 
PENCIL-POD BLACK WAX —Entirely stringless, brittle, mild in flavor 
and very desirable; medium early variety. The plants when in bearing 
are filled with long, handsome, golden pods. 
HODSON WAX— Large, flat, somewhat curved, fine, wax-colored pods. 
Fine for shipping, holding its shape and color well. 
SURE CROP WAX —Vigorous growing, very productive and hardy. 
Pods are rich yellow, about six inches long, nearly round and stringless 
at practically all stages of growth, remaining a long time in snap condition. 
