Vegetable Seeds 
Good vegetables can be grown only from good seeds, but 
the best seed in the world will not produce good vegetables 
unless they are properly cared for. It is most important to keep 
growing vegetables free from weeds and thoroughly cultivated 
at all times. Poor soil may be improved by fertilizers, planting 
mistakes may be corrected by experience, but nothing can repair 
lack of thorough and continuous cultivation. Vegetables should 
be grown quickly and be used while fresh. That is why home¬ 
grown vegetables are superior to those purchased in markets. 
BEANS 
Bohnen Haricots Habas o Frijoles Favas 
A packet of seed will plant two 15-foot rows, which is enough for a small 
family. Several sowings of Beans should be made during the season. 
Culture. Plant Bush Beans, when the ground is warm and the weather 
settled, in rows 2 feet apart and 4 inches apart in the row. Pole Beans may be 
planted in hills 3 feet apart each way, with 4 to 6 Beans in a hill. Cultivate 
shallowly but thoroughly, but not when the foliage is wet. Plant Bush Beans 
every other week from May 15 to July 15. 
WAX-PODDED BUSH BEANS 
Black Wax. An exceptionally productive variety. The rounded pods 
are pale yellow, brittle, and perfectly stringless. It grows to ma¬ 
turity within 9 weeks of planting and produces huge clusters of 
handsome pods. Plants bear longer than the average of this type. 
Brittle Wax. Early. Productive, vigorous bushes. The pale yellow 
pods are straight and clean, deeply saddle-backed, and about 6 
inches long. Entirely stringless, very tender and brittle. Delicious 
and profitable. 
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax. Produces handsome lemon-yellow pods 
in great quantities. They average 63^ inches long by x /i inch w'ide, 
thick and plump, flat in appearance, and perfectly stringless at all 
stages of development. It has proved to be the biggest yielder of all 
stringless varieties and is exceptionally resistant to blight and rust. 
Davis’ White Wax. A quick-growing, early variety bearing an abun¬ 
dance of straight, slim pods which are very handsome and attractive 
early in the season. It is a good Snap Bean when young and can be 
used to advantage as a Shell Bean when over-grown. 
Golden Eye Wax. This variety is valued chiefly for its hardiness. The 
flat pods average about 5 inches long and are excellent in quality, 
although not without a certain amount of stringiness. 
Hodson Wax. A late variety producing magnificent, greenish yellow 
pods of large size, flat, fleshy, and entirely stringless when young. 
The very vigorous plants are proof against rust and blight and bear 
an abundant crop over a long season. 
Round-Pod Kidney Wax 
Improved Golden Wax Beans 
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