LANDRETH IS ONE OF THE JUDGES FOR “ALL-AMERICA” VEGETABLE AWARDS 
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POLE or RUNNING BEANS —NOT LIMAS 
12 Qts. to Acre; 3 Lbs. to 100 Poles. Set Poles 4 x 3 Feet. Seed breaks ground in 6 days. One inch 
high in 9 days under most favorable circumstances in greenhouse. 
CREASEBACK WHITE OR CORNFIELD—70 Days. Color 
of seed, white. Shape, long and narrow. Pods', 534 to 6 inches 
long, containing 8 or 9 beans, which are borne in clusters of 3 
to 8 pods. Early producers, round, meaty, stringless, green 
pods when young. 34 lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX—75 Days. This is one of the 
best early Wax Pod Pole Beans on the market. Foliage strong, 
vigorous, with large light yellowish green crumpled leaves. 
Pods green when young, turning to golden as they mature, 
stringy, flat, broad, golden, meaty, 6 to 8 inches long, borne in 
clusters, 6 or 7 flattish dull white beans in a pod, fine as a Shell 
Bean. 34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
HORTICULTURAL POLE, LONDON OR SPECKLED 
CRANBERRY—72 Days. Sold years ago by this House 
under the name of Wren’s Egg. Color of bean, flesh colored 
splashed or spotted with red. Dry seed almost round. Pods 
after they pass marketable condition show a brilliant carmine 
and are very attractive. Pods, 534 to 6 inches long. 6 or 7 
beans, slightly curved, flat to oval, stringy and green. Also 
used as a shell bean, 34 lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN POD OR OLD HOME¬ 
STEAD —68 Days. Sometimes called Texas Prolific. An 
excellent climber, producing a long round, twisted, light green, 
meaty pod of good quality. Early and prolific, tender, solid and 
stringless when ready for the table, afterwards it becomes 
stringy. Very hard to equal in a green podded bean. Pods, 
7 to 8 inches long, sometimes longer, borne in clusters, con¬ 
taining 9 or 10 yellowish brown kidney beans in a pod. The 
most used round snap-podded pole bean. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.25 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX POD—66 Days. Color of 
seed, dark brown, flattened, shrivelled, usually looks old. 
Pods long, round, stringless when young, thicker, broader than 
Green Kentucky Wonder, not so long and not so productive, 
more showy. Beans closely set in pods. Pods curved, light 
golden or lemon in color, ay to 7 inches long. 
K lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.20 10 lbs. $2.20 
KENTUCKY WONDER WHITE SEEDED OR BURGESS 
STRINGLESS—66 Days. Seed pure white, a continuous 
bearer and almost rustproof. Pods round, sickle shaped, 
stringless, inferior to the Kentucky Wonder Green Pod, being 
less productive and sJialler, dark green foliage. Pods, round, 
green, 534 to 6 inches long, containing 7 or 8 beans. Good as 
a dry Shell Bean, y lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.25 
LANDRETHS’ TENNESSEE WONDER—69 Days. Some¬ 
times called Egg Harbor, a name given by us over 40 years ago. 
Dried seeds, large, flattish, and oval, incurved at eye. Color 
generally gray, but marked with many black irregular stripes. 
The pods are 8 to 9 inches long, round light green, tinged with 
purple. Curved, round to double barrelled in shape. String¬ 
less when fit for table use. Wrinkled and depressed between 
each of the 8 or 9 seeds in the pod. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
LAZY WIFE—74 Days. Seed attractive, glossy white, round- 
Pods green, borne in clusters, flat and broad, 534 inches long, 
containing 6 or 7 beans in a pod. Small foliage, a good, late, 
productive, stringless pole bean. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
MISSOURI POLE—66 Days. Pods, medium green splashed 
with red. A good climber. Seed large, oval. Color drab 
spotted with brown tan. Plant large. Pods tough and stringy. 
34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
Kentucky Wonder 
McCASLAN POLE—67 Days. A prolific, early maturing, 
green podded, pole variety, of excellent quality. Pods are 
rather flat and slightly curved, 7 to 8 inches long, thick, dark 
green, meaty and quite stringless. The shell Beans are a 
flattish pure white, y lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.25 
NANCY DAVIS, STRIPED CREASEBACK OR SCOTIA- 
73 Days. Seed Kidney shaped, mottled putty color with 
dark stripes. Blossoms bright crimson with silver gray hood. 
Pods green, round, full, creaseback, slightly curved, dashed 
with purple as the pods mature 5 to 534 inches long, con¬ 
taining 8 or 9 beans. A good semi-stringless variety. 
34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
RED SPECKLED OVAL CUT SHORT—74 Days. Pods, 
334 inches long, small dark green, flat, stringy. A favorite in 
the South for planting to Corn, as it is a good climber. Seeds, 
gray, splashed with crimson. 
y lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
SCARLET RUNNER—64 Days. A half round, stringy, 
broad pod, valuable as a shell bean for food or for ornamental 
purposes. Not a good runner in the Southern states, color of 
blossoms scarlet. Green with purple spotted pods, 534 to 6 
inches long, containing 3 or 4 beans. 
34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.50 10 lbs. $2.50 
POLE LIMAS 
THE FLAVOR OF ALL THE POLE LIMAS IS SUPERIOR TO BUSH LIMAS. Probably Originall y 
a Native of Peru or Brazil. Two Pounds Will Plant 100 Yards; Thirty Pounds Will Plant an 
Acre. Seed breaks ground in 7 days. One inch high in 9 days under most favorable 
circumstances in greenhouse 
CAROLINA OR SEWEE—80 Days. Named after the river 
in South Carolina. A small early variety of Limas, much 
more used in the South than elsewhere, as a Butter Bean, 
more vigorous in growth and more prolific than the ordinary 
Jersey Limas. Very small foliage, short pointed leaves, more 
metallic green than the ordinary Lima. Pods, about 3 inches 
long, borne in clusters, averaging 3 or 4 small white beans. 
Similar to Dwarf Sewee. Henderson’s Bush or Baby Lima. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
CHALLENGER, DREER’S, OR FORDHOOK POLE—89 
Days. Beans very full or plump, larger foliage than Jersey 
Lima, pods not so long as the King of the Garden by 134 inches 
but as broad; not so early as the King of the Garden, the 
original parent of the Fordhook Bush Lima, very meaty and 
good flavor. 
34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.65 10 lbs. $3.00 
