Dependable Vegetable Seeds 
BEANS—Cont. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. Plants strong, erect, bearing pods in 
clusters of from four to eight. Pods measure 4 to 5 Ms inches 
long, and contain 3 to 5 large green beans. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. Grows about 18 inches high without 
aid of stakes or poles. Produces large crop of delicious lima 
beans, bearing continuously from early summer to frost. 
Pole or Running Varieties 
Cut Short or Corn Hill. Used largely in the South where it 
is planted among corn rows. Green podded, climbing. Poles 
not necessary. Short snap pods, fleshy and of good quality. 
Golden Pod Kentucky Wax. A pole variety, very similar to 
the Kentucky Wonder but pods are broader and yellow. They 
are fleshy, stringless and very long. Being early and hardy, 
it is adapted to the North. 
Kentucky Wonder Pole. (Old Homestead.) This climbing 
variety is very vigorous and productive and bears its pods in 
large clusters. The pods are green, very long, often being nine 
or ten inches, nearly round, very crisp, and so fleshy that 
they are greater in width than breadth. The seed is long, oval, 
dun-colored. Very early, and the best to use in the green 
state. 
King of the Garden (Pole Lima). Splendid climber, heavy 
producer. Straight pods, 6 inches long with 4 to 5 beans of 
good quality. An improved form of Large White Lima. 
Scarlet Runner. Ornamental and useful. The vine is grace¬ 
ful; flowers are of a brilliant scarlet, and the beans are of 
excellent quality. 
Burpee’s 
Bush 
Lima 
Beans 
White Dutch Caseknife. Seed is 
broad kidney shaped, flat, clear 
white and of excellent quality 
used either green or dry. A green 
podded kidney bean which may 
be used for a corn hill sort. Long 
flat, green pods may be used for 
snaps when quite young. 
Field Beans 
Choice Navy. The well known 
baking bean that made Boston 
famous. Pods about 4 inches long 
containing 5 to 7 almost round, 
small white beans. Very produc¬ 
tive. 
Bean Cultivation. Next in im¬ 
portance to pure seed is the se¬ 
lection of the soil in which 
beans are to grow. It is true 
that beans thrive on most all 
soils but greater results are 
gained by the liberal use of fer¬ 
tilizer or planting in light, rich, 
well drained loam. Beans are 
extremely sensitive to frost and 
moisture. It is useless to plant 
them before all danger of frost 
is past and the ground is warm. 
Sow the seed in drills two to 
three feet apart and four to eight 
inches apart in the row. They 
should be frequently cultivated 
up to the time of blossoming, 
but this should never be done 
when the ground or plants are 
wet with rain or dew, as it will 
be sure to injure them. If dis¬ 
turbed while in bloom, it will 
prevent their setting well. 
Plant bush beans 2 inches deep 
in drills 24 to 30 inches apart, 
placing the seed 3 inches apart, 
or 4 seeds in hills 24 inches 
apart. 
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