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WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 
Pole, or Running Beans 
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Burger’s Green Pod, or White Kentucky Wonder.Befriend 
A very early, white-seeded variety of German origin. Pods 6 to 7 inches 
long, flattened and nearly straight; very tender, fleshy and stringless; 
of high quality; color medium green. Foliage distinctly dark green, 
much crumped. 
Golden Cluster Wax.Beget 
An excellent pole wax-podded sort; early, vigorous, hardy and productive. 
Pod 6 V 2 to 7 inches long, extremely straight, broad and flat; very fleshy, 
stringy though fine grained, attractive and good quality; color light 
waxy-yellow. Beans white, oval-shaped. 
Horticultural Pole, or Cranberry (October Bean) .Begird 
An old, well known, standard sort. Mid-season in maturity, hardy and 
productive. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, straight, flat, stringless and of good 
quality; color dark green, splashed with bright red. 
Ideal Market or Black Creaseback Pole.Begnaw 
Earliest and most prolific of the green-podded pole beans, being a full 
week earlier than Kentucky Wonder. Pods 5 inches long, round, slightly 
curved, stringless when young and borne in clusters of six; very tender, 
pulpy and excellent quality; seeds black. 
Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead.Begone 
The most popular, green-podded climbing, or corn hill bean; early and 
productive. Pods 8 to 9 inches long, nearly round, very slender, de¬ 
cidedly curved, slightly stringy, tender and good quality. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax.Begoot 
One of the earliest of the pole wax sorts. Pods flat, 7 to 8 inches long, 
thick, decidedly creasebacked, very fleshy, brittle but stringy, attractive 
and fair quality; color light yellow. 
King Horticultural (Worcester or Hampden Pole) .Begrime 
Both beans and pods are larger than in other types of Pole Horticultural; 
late vigorous and productive. Pods 6 to 7 inches long, flat and string¬ 
less; very showy; color light green, splashed with bright carmine. 
Lazy Wife...Begrudge 
A late, productive standard sort. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, broad, straight 
and flat, stringless, very fleshy, brittle, fine grained, attractive and ex¬ 
cellent quality. Color medium green; dry beans round and white. 
Missouri Wonder (Noxall) ..Begring 
An exceedingly productive, long bearing, late variety; pods 5 inches long, 
uniform, flat, curved, fairly tough, stringy and fibrous; medium green in 
color. 
McCaslan Pole .Begster 
A very early, prolific white-seeded pole bean; one of the most popular 
Southern varieties. Pods deep green, meaty, stringless and of excellent 
quality. 
Red Speckled Cut-short, or Corn-Hill.Beguile 
A well known hardy, late and productive sort. Pods 3V 2 to 4 inches long. 
Stout, straight and flat, stringy, fine grained and fair quality; color 
light green. 
Scarlet Runner .Behalf 
On the order of the Limas; grown mostly in America for its ornamental, 
bright scarlet flowers. Pods 6 inches long; seed reddish-brown, mottled 
black. 
Striped Creaseback, or Scotia (Nancy Davis) .Behead 
A very hardy and productive cornfield bean. Pods 6 V 2 to 7 inches long, 
round, straight and creaseback; slightly stringy, very fleshy, fine grained, 
attractive and good quality; pods light green. 
Tennessee Wonder (Egg Harbor) . Beheel 
Somewhat similar in habit to Kentucky Wonder but with immensely 
larger, straighter, smoother and more creasebacked pods. Pods 8 to 9 
inches long, green, tinged purple; slightly stringy; not productive. More 
suitable as a shell rather than snap bean. 
White Creaseback (Pat Horse) .Behest 
Very hardy, very early and moderately productive. Pods 5 to 6 inches 
long, uniform, nearly round and slender; slightly stringy, very fleshy, 
brittle and fine grained; fair quality; color light green. Beans small, 
oblong and white in color. 
White Dutch Case Knife.Behind 
Green snap pods, 8 to 10 inches in length, very broad, straight and flat, 
stripgy, brittle and of fair quality; mid-season; best as a shell bean. 
Beans 8 in number, very flat and ivory-white. 
