NORTHRUP. KING & C O. ’ S 
BEANS—Dwarf Snap Green Pods (Continued) 
Extra Early Red Valentine 52 days 
A very hardy variety. Vines about 15 in. high and 
yield well. Pods 4 Ms to 5 in., round, fleshy and 
stringless when young. Good quality. Seed reddish- 
purple mottled. 
Full Measure 53 days 
A main crop variety which is gaining in popu¬ 
larity. Pods 6 to 6 M 2 in., thick, round, fleshy, 
brittle, stringless. Excellent quality. Seed brownish 
red mottled with buff. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod 53 days 
Excellent variety for home and market gardens 
and for canning. Plants hardy, about 15 in. high 
and yield well. Pods 6 to 6 V 2 in., round, fleshy, 
brittle, stringless. Seed bright brownish-yellow. 
Longfellow 5 3 days 
Very early. A prolific variety bearing beautiful 
green pods 7 to 8 in. long. Straight and round. Good 
quality for shipping. Pods stringy. Seeds reddish 
brown mottled with buff. 
Refugee Late, or 1000 to 1 70 days 
A popular canning and pickling bean. The plant is 
large, hardy and productive. Pods 5 to 5% in., round, 
brittle, stringy in later stages. Seed violet-purple 
mixed with buff. 
Stringless Green Pod 53 days 
An excellent variety for both home and market 
garden. Large plant, productive. Pods about 5 M 2 in. 
long, round, thick, fleshy, tender and stringless. Per¬ 
haps the most popular green pod bush variety. Seed Stringless Green Pod 
dark brown. 
Stringless Green Refugee 70 days 
An excellent strong growing variety 
adapted for home gardening, canning or 
market gardening. The plants are large, 
vigorous, spreading, with a viney appear¬ 
ance due to the tendril growth. The plants 
are very productive. The pods are about 5 
to 5 V 2 inches long, slim, medium silvery 
green in color. They are round, stringless, 
and without fiber and of excellent flavor and 
quality. 
Stringless Green Refugee (Mosaic 
Resistant) 64 days 
This is the Idaho strain developed for re¬ 
sistance to common bean mosaic. It was bred 
and developed by the Universities of Wis¬ 
consin and Idaho and introduced by Idaho. 
It is similar in appearance to Stringless 
Green Refugee but matures about six days 
earlier. 
Stringless Red Valentine 53 days 
A selection from Extra Early Red Valentine, developed 
by the D. Landreth Seed Co. This is a stringless strain of 
the old dependable variety. It is slightly later and not 
quite as vigorous or productive as the true Red Valentine. 
Tender Green 54 days 
A new variety of superior quality. Plants are strong 
and vigorous, bearing attractive medium dark green pods 
7 in. long. Pods are round, meaty, tender, stringless. Plants 
of upright growth and heavy producers. Seeds brown 
mottled with fawn. 
Tennessee Green Pod (Brown Bunch) 54 days 
A heavy bearing variety with meaty pods, stringless in 
the snap stage and of excellent flavor. Large pods 6 M 2 in. 
long, flat, broad. Seeds dark brown. 
Dwarf or Bush Lima 
Henderson's Bush Lima 
Dwarf Large White Lima (Burpee’s) 78 days 
The standard, large seeded, bush lima. Grows only 20 
in. high and branching freely, is a heavy producer. Pods 
4 M 2 in. long, contain 3 to 4 large beans of splendid 
quality. Seed white. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush 76 days 
Produces a magnificent crop of pods 6 in. long and l x k 
in. wide. Usually contain four large green beans, fine 
grained and tasty. Seed greenish white. 
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