POLE BEANS 
BLUE LAKE 
See White Creaseback. 
BURGER’S STRINGLESS 
(WHITE KENTUCKY WONDER) 
SEASON: 
64 days to picking. 
VINE: 
Foliage scant, but a good climber, grayish green. 
FLOWERS: 
White. 
PODS: 
Oval to round, long, plump, creasebacked, brittle, fleshy stringless, 
silvery green. 
SEED: 
Medium large, flat, white with grayish veins. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
Used principally in Southern California and on the Pacific Coast 
for market and canning. 
HORTICULTURAL POLE 
SEASON: 
70 days to picking. 
VINE: 
Hardy, vigorous, leafy, dark green. 
FLOWERS: 
Pink. 
PODS: 
Dark green, splashed with carmine in green shell stage, stringless, 
very broad, flat oval. 
SEED: 
Large, broad, oval, color light buff, splashed with dark red, deep 
orange eye ring. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
Among the best strains of this old bean is the London Horticul¬ 
tural. It is grown in the New England and Northeastern United 
States for market and dry shelled beans. 
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