F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
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OREGON GIANT GREEN 
POD —Recently introduced 
from Oregon. Pods 10 to 12 
inches long, large, fleshy, 
stringless, and tender. Col¬ 
or of pods light greenish 
yellow, splashed red. Very 
productive, bearing pods 
in clusters. Pkt. 10c; / z 
lb. 25c; lb. 45c. 
SCARLET RUNNER —90 
days. Largely grown as an 
ornamental, for its attrac¬ 
tive flower clusters. The shelled beans are quite pal¬ 
atable and serve the same purpose as shelled Limas 
in sections too cold to produce Limas. The pods are 
also good for cooking when young. Seed, large and 
broad, being scarlet, blotched with black. Pkt. 10c; 
|/ 2 lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 5 lbs. $1.50. 
WHITE CREASEBACK or BLUE LAKE— 62 days. A 
very good home and market garden snap bean. It 
produces a heavy crop of pods which are dull green, 
f'.eshy, quite stringless, in young stage, tender, 51/2-6 
inches long, y 2 inch wide, round and with a distinct 
crease back. Seeds are small, oval, ivory white, 120 
per oz. Pkt. 10c; / z lb. 20c; 1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 50c; 
5 lbs. $1.25. 
YARD LONG or CHINESE — Introduced into this 
country from China and has been grown for many 
years by the Chinese gardeners, mostly for their own 
consumption. Pods are round, usually 18 to 24 inches 
long, but frequently 30 to 36 inches in length. Tender 
and of good quality, somewhat different in taste from 
other beans—an interesting novelty. Seed very small, 
kidney-shape, reddish brown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; / 4 
lb 25c; lb. 75c. 
Pole—Wax Pod 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX— 76 days. Very similar 
to the green podded Kentucky Wonder, except the 
pods are a little broader and of handsome light yellow 
color, often 8 to 10 inches in length. They are very 
fleshy and stringless as snaps and of excellent qual¬ 
ity. Seeds are medium sized, oval, flattened, very 
irregular, usually somewhat shriveled, and dark 
brown, 80 per oz. Pkt. 10c; / z lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 5 lbs. 
$1.50. 
Butter Beans 
In the northern latitudes the term “butter beans” is 
often applied to beans producing wax pods, while in 
the south the term is usually applied to Limas. 
Pole—Green Pod 
Pole or running beans are less hardy than the bush 
sorts, so should be planted 8 to 10 days later. They 
are thrifty growing and heavy feeders, producing big 
crops if well handled. Vines should be trained on poles 
or on a trellis, affording easier picking and a better 
opportunity for continued growth and a bigger set 
of pods. 
BURGER’S GREEN POD STRINGLESS (White- 
Seeded Kentucky Wonder)— 64 days. Very fine in 
qua ity, substance and large yie’ding. This variety is 
widely used in home gardens and by shippers and 
canners. The pods are firm, dark green, round, 6-7 
inches long, V 2 inch across, tender, stringless and 
without fibers. Seeds are kidney-shaped, white and 
excellent for dry-shell use as well as snap beans, 90 
per oz. Pkt. 10c; / z lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. 
$1.15; 10 lbs. $2.05. 
LONDON HORTICULTURAL or SPECKLED CRAN¬ 
BERRY (Italian Pole) —70 days. Wide y known and 
used as a snap and green-shelled bean by the home 
and market gardeners. Vigorous and heavy producer 
of pods, 6 inches long, % inch across, green at first 
but maturing to yellowish green splashed with red. 
When green pods are slightly curved, constricted, 
stringless, little fibre, very fleshy and of good quality. 
Beans are large, ovate, flesh-colored sp ashed with 
dark red, 50 per oz. Pkt. 10c; / z lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 
5 lbs. $1.25. 
KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD HOMESTEAD— 65 
days. The most popular of all pole varieties, vigorous 
and highly productive. Splendid for home, market 
garden, shipping and canning. Pods are practically 
round, medium light green, 7%-8 1 / 4 inches long, V 2 
inch in diameter, slightly curved with slight constric¬ 
tions, meaty, slightly stringy, fiberless, very brittle 
and of excellent quality and are borne in clusters of 
2 to 4. Seeds are brown or dun-colored and kidney¬ 
shaped, 80 per oz. Pkt. 10c; / z lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 
55c; 5 lbs. $1.15; 10 lbs. $2.05. 
MILANESE or MILAN —This is a splendid variety 
very little known but is one of the very finest for the 
home and market gardens 
The delicious pods are 
deep green, 5 to 6 inches 
long, y 2 to % inches broad, 
very thick and meaty with 
absolutely no strings up to 
time of full maturity and 
practically fiberess. The 
seeds are blotchy, oval¬ 
shaped, and light brown 
with eccentric dark brown 
indefinite circles arising 
from the eye. Pkt. 10c; / z 
lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 5 lbs.$1.50; 
10 lbs. $3.50. 
Beans, Kentucky Wonder 
