BEANS 
CORN 
Big vines, hardy plants, and big pods. They really taste 
like beans with a strong bean flavor. Some of the vari¬ 
eties are stringy, but that characteristic isn't so bad 
if they're picked early. The Kentucky Wonders are 
string beans but their flavor has made them favorites for 
many years. One of these days we'll give you a stringless 
strain with that same old flavor. Other good pole beans 
are Horticultural Cranberry, Missouri 
Wonder, and Cut Short. 
At the same time as you're planting beans you 
should get those first rows of corn in the 
ground. And what remarkable things have 
happened in the world of corn! 
Quickly a new word and a new method of 
breeding have taken the spotlight, outdating 
the old list of corn varieties. Hybridization. 
Hybrid corn in the farmers' cornfields of the 
nation is already an accepted method of pro¬ 
cedure; but in the garden, even though the 
same startling things have been happening, not many 
people have taken the thing to heart. It needs 
to be. 
Of course it's not so serious that you'll be considered 
quaint if you stick with Golden Bantam, but you'll be 
missing something really worth having. The tale of hybrid 
corn is a fascinating one, but a darned sight too long to 
tell here. If you're curious why this new seed is so much 
better than the old kind, we'll be glad to send you the 
complete story. But if the very thought of writing a letter 
gives you a chill, then just take these recommendations at 
face value. 
