F. LaGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO. CALIFORNIA 
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BEANS, GREEN AND WAX PODDED 
(Pole or Running) 
These beans require a 
pole or trellis on which 
to climb. Although pole 
beans require considerable 
care and labor when prop¬ 
erly grown they have a 
longer bearing period than 
the dwarf sorts and are 
more productive. Pole 
beans are rank growers 
and consequently gross 
feeders and the soil 
should be well fertilized 
for good results. It is not 
advisable to attempt to 
grow these beans on poor, 
thin soil. Plant the pole 
varieties in hills eighteen 
to twenty - four inches 
apart in the row, and the 
rows thirty to thirty-six 
inches apart, planting five 
to eight beans to each hill, 
covering one and one-half 
to two inches deep. When 
well started thin to four 
plants, leaving the health¬ 
iest ones. 
BEANS—KENTUCKY WONDER 
KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOME¬ 
STEAD —The most popular of all pole varieties. 
Vines vigorous and productive. Pods are generally 
borne in clusters of two or four. The pods are 
medium light green, very long, often reaching a 
length of nine or ten inches, curved, nearly round 
and crisp when young, becoming very irregular and 
spongy as the beans ripen. One of the very best 
pole snap beans for the home garden or market. 
Season, seventy-eight days from planting to table. 
Seed: brown, kidney-shape. Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 20c; 
lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.15; 10 lbs. $2.05. 
BURGER’S GREEN POD, STRINGLESS or 
WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY WONDER — 
Planted in some sections by market gardeners, can- 
ners and shippers. Very productive. Pods six and 
three-quarters inches long, round, dark green and 
of fine quality. The pods are firm, and for this 
reason are preferred by shippers and canners. Sea¬ 
son, ten days earlier than Kentucky Wonder. Seed: 
white, kidnev-shape. Pkt. 10c; x / 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 
lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.15; 10 lbs. $2.05. 
SPECKLED CRANBERRY or ITALIAN POLE 
—Also known as Tall or London Horticultural. 
A fine all purpose late variety much used for snaps, 
green-shelled and dry. Pods are about five inches 
long and one-half inch broad, green at first, be¬ 
coming, as they mature, yellowish green striped or 
splashed with red. The beans are large, ovate, flesh 
colored, splashed and spotted with wine-red and 
of the highest quality, either green or dry. Planted 
on a large scale in California for commercial 
purposes. Pkt. 10c; x / 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 5 lbs. $1.25. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX— Very similar to 
the green podded Kentucky Wonder, except the 
pods are a little broader. Pods are very long, hand¬ 
some light yellow, often eight to ten inches in 
length. They are very fleshy and stringless as 
snaps and are of excellent quality. Season, seventy- 
six days from planting to table. Seed: medium 
sized, oval, flattened, very irregular, usually some¬ 
what shriveled, dark brown. 
Pkt. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 5 ibs. $1.50 
MILANESE, or Milan— Pods are green, five to 
six inches long, one-half to three-quarters of an 
inch broad, very thick and meaty, with absolutely 
no strings almost up to the time of full maturity. 
Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $3.50. 
WHITE CREASEBACK or BLUE LAKE—A 
favorite variety on the San Francisco market. Pods 
five and one-half to six inches long, borne in clus¬ 
ters, green, very cylindrical or completely rounded 
and distinctly crease-backed, strings unless gathered 
quite young. Season, seventy days from planting 
to maturity. Seed: small, white. 
Pkt. 10c; / 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.25 
SCARLET RUNNER— Largely grown as an or¬ 
namental, for its attractive flower clusters. The 
shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same 
purpose as shelled Limas in sections too cold to 
produce Limas. The pods are also good for cook¬ 
ing when young. Seed: large and broad, being scar¬ 
let, blotched with black. 
Pkt. 10c; V 2 lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 5 lbs. $1.50 
ROYAL ITALIAN POLE— Pods are about five 
aches long and one-half inch wide, green, and 
tringless almost up to time of maturity, very meaty 
nd fine quality. Very productive, starting to bear 
arlier than the Speckled Cranberry. Seed: round, 
ii-colored (red and white). Pkt 10c; x / 2 lb. 20c; lb. 
5c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.10. 
