LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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Beans—Pole or Running 
KENTUCKY WONDER. Vines vigorous, climbing well and very productive, 
bearing its pods in large clusters; blossoms white; pods green. Stringless, 8 to 9 
inches long; nearly round when young and very crisp, although at maturity they 
become irregular and spongy. Ready to pick in 65 days. The dry beans are long, 
oval, dun-colored. Best of all Pole Beans. Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Kentucky Wonder White Seeded or Burger’s Stringless. A very early, 
white seeded variety; pods 6 to 7 inches long, round, slender and straight; very 
tender, fleshy and stringless; of high quality; color dark green. Ready for picking 
in 65 days. Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
McCaslan. A wonderful, prolific, stringless white seeded bean, green podded, but¬ 
tery, rustless and very early, being ready to pick in 65 days from planting. Vines 
bear continuously if closely picked. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Lazy Wife. One of the most productive and easily gathered of the Pole Beans, 
hence its very discourteous name. A most excellent bean for the home garden 
Pods are 6 inches long, stringless and very meaty. Ready to pick in 73 days. Pkt.. 
10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Horticultural Cranberry. Vines moderately vigorous, bearing short, broad, pale 
green pods, becoming streaked with bright red as they near maturity. Beans large, 
ovate and splashed with red. Used either green or in the dry state. Ready for pick¬ 
ing in 70 days. Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Noxall or Missouri Wonder. Noxall is a sure cropper, giving large crops when 
others are an entire failure. The green pods are 6 inches long, round and tender, 
excellent for planting among corn. Good for either 
snap or shelled beans. Ready to pick in 66 days. 
Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
White Creaseback. An extremely early Pole Bean. 
Vines small to medium and wonderfully productive, 
bearing pods in clusters of from 4 to 12 and medium 
in length. An excellent shipper. Ready to pick in 63 
days. Pkt., 10c; J4 lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Dutch Case Knife. Vines moderately vigorous, 
climbing well and excellent for a corn hill bean. 
Leaves are large, crumpled; pods 6 to 8 inches long, 
flat, green in color, becoming creamy white later. 
Beans broad, kidney shaped and white in color. Ready 
for picking in 65 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Red Speckled Cut Short or Corn Hill. A fine 
variety for planting with Corn, 5>/2 to 6 feet ta h; 
pods 4 inches long, straight, thick, crisp when young. 
Ideal Black Pole Bean 
Ready to pick in 73 days. Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; 
lb., 30c. 
IDEAL BLACK POLE. 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 and borne in clusters of six; 
very tender, pulpy and excellent in quality; seeds 
black. Ready to pick in 58 days. Pkt., 10 c; 34 lb., 
15c; lb., 30c. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax. Plants large with heavy 
foliage; very productive. Pods 7 to 8 inches long, 
wide, flat, waxy yellow, very meaty and stringless 
when young. Ready to pick in 74 da^s. Pkt., 10 c; 
H lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. One of the earliest 
of the pole wax sorts. Pods 8 to 9 inches long, thick, 
decidedly creasebacked; very fleshy, brittle, nearly 
stringless: attractive and fair quality: color light yel¬ 
low. Ready for picking in 68 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Scarlet Runner. Height ten feet with dazzling scarlet flowers from 
July to October; both ornamental and useful. It is used either as a 
string or shell bean. Pkt., 10c; J4 lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Striped Creaseback or Scotia. A very hardy and productive 
cornfield Bean. Pods 6'/2 to 7 inches long, round, straight and 
creasebacked; slightly stringy, very fleshy, fine grained, attractive 
and a good quality; color dark green. Ready for picking in 72 days. 
Pkt., 10 c; V 2 lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Nancy Davis. (Cornfield Bean). Plants large; compact; vigorous 
grower; pods about 7 inches long, almost straight or slightly bent 
backward at the end; round, well filled and of good quality. Ready 
to pick in 72 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Tennessee Wonder. Somewhat similar in habit to Kentucky 
Wonder but with immensely larger, straighter, smoother and more 
creasebacked green pods. More suitable as a shell rather than snap 
bean. Ready to pick in 71 days. Pkt., 10 c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Culture. On well enriched soil, set firmly in the ground every 5 or 4 feet each 
way, poles that are, when set, about 6 feet high. Some time after bush beans are 
planted, plant six or eight pole beans one inch deep near the base of each stake and 
later thin to three or four plants to the pole. Thirty pounds of pole beans generously 
plants an acre and one pound plants one hundred hills. The pole bean bears over 
a longer period than the bush Dean and is generally considered of superior quality 
but it requires more labor, longer time to mature and is more sensitive to adverse 
climatic and soil conditions. 
Kentucky Wonder 
Pole Beans are ideal for the home garden where space is limited. 
All of the better varieties are listed here. 
For Pole Lima Beans, see page 6 . 
