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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, 15 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 part. 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 and easily cultivated vegetables that can be raised 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 stjde; Pencil Pod Wax and 
Brittle Wax for the best round, long, meaty, stringless, wax bean; Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, Sure Crop 
or Landreths’ Top Notch Golden Wax for the best, long, meaty, flat pod, stringless, wax bean. 
GREEN PODS 
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. Shghtly curved, absolutely stiingless. Six to inches long, color 
medium green, averaging 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 thp old style stringy Black Valentine. 
Four or five days earlier than Stringless Red Valentine. 
^ lb. 15c lb. 25c 5 lbs. $1.05 10 lbs. $1.95 
Black Valentine or King of the Earlies—50 Days. Pods are absolutely 
stringy, nearly straight, dark green and same general character but not so 
good as the new Stringless Black Valentine. 
-I lb. 15c lb. 25c 5 lbs. $1.05 10 lbs. $1.95 
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 J 
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. 
-h lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.45 10 lbs. $2.65 
Dwarf Horticultural, Speckled Cranberry, or Ruby—66 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. 
I lb. 16c lb. 26c 5 lbs. $1.06 10 lbs. $1.96 
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 slightly curved, fibrous stringy. Vines all show a running ten¬ 
dency, 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 vith a brilliant red or carmine. Valuable as a shell 
bean, averaging 6 or 7 beans to the pod. Pods 65 to 7 inches. 
^ lb. 26c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.66 10 lbs. $3.00 
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, absolutely 
stringless, possibh^ more green in color. Pods round, not so large in cir¬ 
cumference as Landreths’ Stringless Green Pods, nor as hardy. 
§ lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
Giant Stringless Green Pod—^66 Days. Color of seed, yellow. Long, 
cylindrical. Height of vine, 13 to 15 inches. Foliage resembles Full 
Measure, but is yellowish green. Not so early by 2 or 3 days as the String¬ 
less. Pods round, meaty, similar to Stringless but slightly straighter and 
narrower. A showy pod, about 6 inches long, containing 6 or 7 beans to 
the pod. I lb. 16c lb. 26c 5 lbs. $1.05 10 lbs. $1.96 
Bountiful 
