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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
Pole Beans 
Pole beans are far more productive than the 
bush sorts and can be grown with just as little 
trouble. The city gardener need not have poles for 
them to run on, but may plant with corn, sunflowers, 
or along a fence line. Plant two seed to each stalk 
and cover about three inches. If planted to them¬ 
selves, lay off rows three to four feet apart, and 
hills two feet apart in these rows. Plant six to 
eight seed in each hill and give support soon after 
they come above the ground. The pole beans are 
slightly more susceptible to cold and should not be 
planted quite so early as the bush. 
20— KENTUCKY WONDER.— The pods are very 
long, often measuring twelve inches; slender, flat, 
and stringless. The seed is small, long, and of a 
brownish color. It is one of the earliest pole beans 
in cultivation, but its earliness does not injure its 
quality in any respect. For a heavy yielding, 
stringless snap, none of the newer sorts can ap¬ 
proach this one. 
Pkt. 10, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
21— WHITE CREASEBACK. — Very early, with 
long, round, straight pods, which are unusually ten¬ 
der and stringless. Seed small, long, round, and 
pure white. 
Pkt. 10, Vi lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
22— CORN HILL OR CUT SHORT.— The pods 
are rather short, fat, slightly curved, and filled with 
medium size beans of a rounded but irregular shape. 
Seed blotched with red and lighter shades. Later 
in maturing than most pole beans and for this rea¬ 
son desirable for planting in corn. 
Pkt. 10, y a lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Brittle Wax Bean 
Nancy Davis 
24— NANCY DAVIS. — Or Striped Creaseback. 
This is one of the best running snaps that we list. 
Slightly later than Ky. Wonder, but bears excellent 
stringless snaps that are round and tender. 
Pkt. 10, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
23— HORTICULTURAL POLE. —Also known as 
October bean. It is one of the best for shell beans. 
The pods are short, very thick, and crowded with 
large, almost round seed. Seed thick, almost round, 
and blotched with red and lighter shades. 
Pkt. 10c, V 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.15, 10 lbs. 
$1.85, postpaid. 
28— LAZY WIFE. —A very large late flat variety, 
used both for green and dry beans. Seed white. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, postpaid. 
Bush Ulax Beans 
15— IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.— The vines are 
robust in growth and bear an enormous crop of 
large, long, and rather flat pods. The color is a 
clear waxy yellow. The seed are white and splotched 
around the eye with shades of brown. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.15, 10 lbs. 
$1.85, postpaid. 
16— PENCIL POD BLACK WAX— Vines make 
a healthy growth and yield a big crop of pods 
which ripen uniformly. The pods are about six 
inches long, round, and tender. Seed black. 
Pkt. 10, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
17— BRITTLE WAX. —The vines are vigorous 
and upright, bearing an abundance of long, slightly 
curved pods. The pods are very tender, stringless, 
and of a clean yellow color. Seed white with dark 
markings around the eye. For the home garden, 
we can highly recommend Brittle Wax. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.20, 10 lbs. 
$1.90, postpaid. 
