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DeGIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Beans 
OUR BEAN SEED is of superior quality carefully grown and 
inspected in the field 3 to 4 times. At no time is the crop harvested 
if it shows even a trace of anthraenose halo or bacterial blight. 
HOW MANY BEANS, TO PLANT AN ACRE? 
Planting in rows 3 ft. apart, dropping 3 beans in hills foot apart 
in the row, 40 lbs. of bush beans will easily plant an acre. Pole 
Beans 25 lbs. per acre. Bush Lima and Pole Limas also English 
beans are planted at the rate of 45 to (50 lbs. per acre. Less if you 
plant small seeded Limas, more if the variety planted is large seeded. 
One pound of beans will plant a row 50 feet long. 
Beans do well in any soil, light soil is best for them. Have the 
rows three feet apart to allow horse cultivation, or 1(5 inches apart 
for hand cultivation. Plant the seeds 12 inches apart in the row 
and cover up with two inches of soil. Never plant Beans until the 
apple trees are in bloom. Give frequent cultivation. Some people 
plant extraordinarily early, and in most cases they lose their first 
planting which, considering the price of seed and labor, is rather 
expensive. Do not cultivate your Beans when they are wet from dew 
or rain; if you will, the plants will get blighted and pods rusted. 
CULTURE FOR LIMA BEANS. These are VERY sensitive to 
cold, therefore must be planted later than Is usual with regular 
beans—when the weather is thoroughly settled and wnrm and not 
before, or the seed will rot in the ground. Avoid ground fertilized 
heavily with fresh manure, because the plants on such ground drop 
their blossoms, resulting in few or no pods. Space bush limas l 1 ^ 
ft. apart in the row, pole limas 4 ft. each way. placing oue seed of 
bush limas to a hill and 4 to (5 beans in a circle about the pole of 
pole limas; alwuys planting the .seed with the eye DOWN. Cover 
the seeds about 2 Inches deep. 
In our locality Dwarf Beans can be planted up to August 1st. 
Pole Beans up to July 15th, Limas up to June 1st, English Beans 
must be planted as soon as the ground is open in the spring. 
POLE BEANS. Perhaps you think it is too much trouble fuss¬ 
ing with the poles. A friend of ours hod the same Idea, but be was 
prevailed upon to try them several season's ago. Now he always 
plants pole beans, always KENTUCKY WONDER. And about twent- 
ty-four poles, three plants to a pole, furnish all the beans for a fam¬ 
ily of seven—and they’re pretty big “bean eaters” at that. If your 
garden is of fair size, try some this season—get GOLDEN CLUSTER 
if you want the wax—and you'll have some every season afterward. 
They are enormous producers; you have no idea until you try them 
how big a crop they produce. 
Set the poles four feet apart each way, tie each set of three to¬ 
gether at the top, wigwam fashion and you’ll be surprised at the 
results. 
ASPARAGUS POLE BEAN. This is a distinct specie of Beans. 
The pods are good eating and they really grow 3 feet or even longer 
They will do well everywhere and are worth planting. 
EARLY MAZAGAN or Fava Bean, also called English Bean, is 
very different from all other beans. It must be planted early at the 
same time as such hardy vegetables as Radishes and Parsnips are 
planted. 
SCARLET RUNNER. This Bean is in a class by Itself. It is 
generally planted for its bright red flowers rather than as a cropper. 
icu Dir A 7VTC Unlike other beaus they are per- 
LlNuLDn DLAIxj fectly hardy, must be planted as 
soon as the ground is open in the spring. In the South and 
on the Pacific coast, November is a good time to plant. Eng¬ 
lish Beans can go through many frosts unharmed, they are 
hardier than Peas. Heavily productive in rich heavily ma¬ 
nured soil. Fresh manure does not affect these beans. Pods 
5 inches long, an inch wide, dark green and 4 to 5 beans In 
each pod. Only the beans are edible either in the green stage 
or dry. Dry beans have thick skin, boil them for a few 
minutes. This makes the skin to inflate and the beans are 
easily skinned. Will cook in about one hour. The beans 
contain a large percentage of organic sulphur for that rea¬ 
son are very healthy food. English Bean is the coming vege¬ 
table, the demand growing speedily in all large markets. 
MASTERPIECE BEAN (53 days) 
An extra early bush bean of vigorous upright growth, heavily 
productive, exceedingly valuable for pot culture as a forcing variety. 
Pods long, tender when young, round, meaty and straight. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 40c; 10 lbs. $2.10; 100 lbs. $18.00. 
HOT WEATHER BEAN—For second planting, Longfellow is the 
best variety we have ever tried. It will produce a good crop of 
fine long, round, rather slender, but straight pods, even if the 
weather should be hot and dry. 
BED KIDNEY—Field bean. Heavily productive, pods long and 
straight, well filled with large kidney shaped red beans used In 
Chill and other Mexican dishes. What we offer Is rust resistant 
stock. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, prepaid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $1.35; 100 
lbs. $11.00. 
TASMANIA BEAN 
Tasmania Bean is a variety of edible gourd, producing 
an immense amount of fruit, delicate in taste and nourishing, 
whether boiled, fried, stewed or baked. To many people, the 
fruit sliced, breaded and fried in butter tastes like a most 
tender veal steak. The fruit grows on vines similar to those 
of squash but much more vigorous in growth. If given sup¬ 
port the vines will climb and the fruit will hang down and 
be of fine, straight, symmetrical form. Pick when young, 
when the fruits weigh about 8 pounds or less. Cultivate 
same as for watermelons. Place 2 or 3 seeds In each hill, 
not more. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; X A. lb. 50c; lb. $2.00. 
GREEN BUSH BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; *4 lb. 
15c; 
lb. 30c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
Black Valentine Stringless (49 days)... 
. .$1.50 
$13.00 
Bountiful (49 days) . 
.. 1.50 
13.00 
Early Mazagan (70 days). 
.. 2.00 
17.00 
Full Measure (54 days). 
.. 1.60 
14.00 
Giant Stringless Green Pod (54 days).. 
.. 1.50 
12.00 
Giant English (70 days).. 
.. 2.00 
17.00 
Red Valentine Stringless (52 days). 
.. 1.20 
11.00 
Landreth’s Stringless (52 days). 
. . 1.70 
15.00 
Longfellow (54 days). 
. . 1.30 
10.00 
Masterpiece (53 days). 
. . 2.10 
18.00 
Navy (90 days) . 
.. 1.20 
9.50 
Pride of Iowa (53 days). 
. . 1.60 
14.00 
Stringless Green Pod (52 days). 
.. 1.50 
13.00 
Tendergreen (54 days) . 
.. 1.40 
13.00 
DWARF BEAN LANDRETH’S STRINGLESS—Pods 6 to 8 
inches long, round, meaty, stringless, slightly 
curved, free 
from fibre, green and do not turn yellow. Very heavily pro- 
ductive. PRICE: 10 lbs. $1.70; 100 
lbs. 
$15.00. 
WAX BUSH BEANS 
Not prepaid: 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
Admiral Wax (49 days). 
. .$1.60 
$14.00 
Brittle Wax (58 days). 
. . 1.60 
15.00 
Champion Wax (52 days). 
.. 1.70 
14.00 
German Black Wax (52 days). 
.. 1.50 
12.00 
Golden Wax Improved (51 days).... 
.. 1.75 
16.00 
Improved Golden Wax (51 days).... 
. . 1.75 
16.00 
Pencil Pod Wax (55 days). 
.. 1.50 
12.00 
Prolific Black Wax (55 days). 
.. 1.50 
12.00 
Round Pod Kidney Wax (58 days).. 
.. 1.80 
15.00 
Webber or Cracker Jack Wax (50 days) 
.. 1.70 
14.00 
Unrivaled (52 days) . 
.. 1.60 
14.00 
BUSH LIMA BEANS—BUTTER BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; *4 lb. 
20c; 
lb. 40c, prepaid. 
Not prepaid: 
10 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
Fordhook Bush Lima (75 days).... 
..$1.90 
$17.00 
Henderson’s Improved (65 days)... 
14.00 
Prolific Bush Lima (66 days). 
.. 1.60 
14.00 
Burpee’s Improved Lima (75 days).. 
.. 1.90 
17.00 
POLE LIMA BEAN JUMBO (90 days) 
Extraordinarily productive, the vines bearing pods from the bot¬ 
tom to the top of vine, the pods often over 8 Inches long and about 
2 Inches wide, filled with beans of extra large size. The pods are 
produced in clusters of from 4 to 8 until the vines are killed by frost. 
Pltt.^40c. postpaid. Not prepaid: 6 lbs. $1.10; 10 lbs. $2.20; 
POLE BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; *4 lb. 20c; lb. 40c, prepaid. 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs. 100 lbs. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax (74 days).$1.80 $16.00 
Kentucky Wonder Green Pod (65 days)... 1.40 12.00 
Mammoth Cranberry (73 days).. 1.70 15.00 
SCARLET RUNNER—(90 days). 
ASPARAGUS OR YARD LONG— (72 days). Pkt. 10c; lb. 60c. 
POLE BEAN IDEAL MARKET (58 days) 
Produces a heavy crop of tender, round, long, perfectly 
straight, bright green pods, stringless when young and of 
excellent flavor. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, prepaid. Not prepaid: 
10 lbs. $1.45. 
POLE BEAN MAMMOTH CRANBERRY 
Special Worcester We have an exceptionally fine, large seeded, 
large podded, bright colored stock of these beans. Oar beans are 
the true old fashioned type. Of exceptional quality, many people 
proclaiming these Worcester beans as the tastiest and finest beans 
in existence. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c. 
OREGON GIANT POLE BEAN (55 days) 
Pods very long and broad, very tender, a great improve¬ 
ment on the old Kentucky Wonder. Brings a premium on any 
market. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
