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SUPERIOR BEANS GROWN AT OUR WESTERN STATIONS 
BUSH BEANS 
The Garden Bean was probably first cultivated in Western Asia and was known in Rome 
about 2000 years ago 
Average Height of Vine, 16 inches. 2 Lbs. Will Plant 100 Yds.; 80 Lbs. per Acre 
Seed breaks ground in 6 days. One inch high in 9 days 
under most favorable circumstances in greenhouse 
Plant when the apple tree is in bloom, and repeat as frequently as necessary until within fifty days of 
the average date of frost. In field culture sow in drills at two and a half to three feet apart. In garden 
culture, when the cultivation is done by hand, the rows may be twenty-four inches apart. The seed should 
be sown in such quantity as under ordinary circumstances to warrant one Bean vine to every two or three 
inches. If closer than this, their production will be impaired. Yield about 125 to 150 bushels of green pods 
for market per acre. 
Why Plant Varieties with Strings? We Suggest Planting Only Stringless Types. 
Beans are one of the most desirable vegetables that can be cultivated in the family garden. In our 
opinion there are entirely too many varieties of Bush or Snap Beans on the market and without regard 
to stock on hand, or to price, etc., we recommend for the family garden the following as the best varieties: 
Landreths’ Stringless Green Pod, Giant Stringless and Tendergreen for the best long, meaty, 
round stringless green pod bean; Bountiful for the best flavored, meaty, long, stringless green flat pod; 
Landreths’ Extra Early Stringless Red Valentine in place of the old style; Pencil Pod Wax for the 
best round, long, meaty,,stringless, wax bean; Wardwells Kidney 
Wax, Sure Crop or Landreths’ Top Notch Golden Wax for the 
best, long, meaty, flat pod, stringless, wax bean. 
GREEN PODS 
Bountiful 
Ask for special prices on large quantities 
Yi lb. 
1 lb. 
5 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
Black Valentine Stringless. 
.15 
.25 
1.05 
1.95 
Black Valentine. 
.15 
.25 
1.05 
1.95 
Bountiful. 
.20 
.30 
1.25 
2.30 
Dwarf Horticultural. 
.15 
.25 
1.05 
1.95 
French Horticultural. 
.20 
.35 
1.45 
2.65 
Full Measure. 
.20 
.30 
1.25 
2.30 
Black Valentine, Stringless—50 Days 
Color of seed black, shape long and slim, purple blossoms, vines 16 
to 18 inches tall, pods half round to round. Slightly curved, abso¬ 
lutely stringless. Six to 6§ inches long, color medium green, averag¬ 
ing 6 or 7 beans to the pod. Very prolific, extremely desirable for 
early planting, very hardy, productive, a most excellent shipper; a 
decided improvement over the old style stringy Black Valentine. 
Four or five days earlier than Stringless Red Valentine. 
Black Valentine or King of the Earlies—50 Days 
Pods are absolutely stringy, nearly straight, dark green and same 
general character as the new Stringless Black Valentine. 
Bountiful—50 Days 
Vines 16 inches high, bushy and erect. Color of seed, light yellow 
with brownish color about eye. Pods, large, flat, 6 to 6| inches long 
containing 6 or 7 kidney shaped beans. Color of pods, light green, 
absolutely stringless, slightly fibrous, always tender. One of the 
best for both market and private gardens. The earliest and most 
tender of the strictly flat stringless pods, being in a class by itself. 
Dwarf Horticultural, Speckled Cranberry, or Ruby—56 Days 
Color of seed resembles Horticultural Pole. Height of vine, 14 inches. 
Pods flat, broad, almost straight, absolutely stringless, dashed with 
red as they ripen. About 5 inches long, averaging 5 beans to the pod. 
French’s Horticultural—70 Days 
Later than the Dwarf Horticultural. Color of seed, cream mottled 
purple. Height of vine, 22 inches. Pods flat, straight to a slight 
curve, fibrous, stringy. Vines all show a running tendency, making 
a wild appearance; therefore, much more vigorous than Dwarf 
Horticultural, but not as productive. Pods all green until quite ripe, 
when they are dashed with a brilliant red or carmine. Valuable as a 
shell bean, averaging 6 or 7 beans to the pod. Pods 6£ to 7 inches. 
Full Measure—58 Days 
Seed speckled mahogany color. Height of vine, 14 to 16 inches. 
Average 6 beans to pod. Foliage slightly larger than Landreths’ 
Stringless Green Pods, and more of a yellowish green. Pods average 
6 inches long, more curved than Stringless Green Pods, absoluteh' 
stringless, possibly more green in color. Pods round, not so large in 
circumference as Landreths’ Stringless Green Pods, nor as hardy. 
