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KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
English Beans 
BROAD WINDSOR. Plant as early in the spring as 
the ground can be worked, from 2 to 4 inches apart, in 
drills from 24 t,o 30 inches apart. As soon as the plants 
are in full blossom, and the lower pods begin to set, 
pinch off the tops; this will insure the filling of the pods 
and hasten the maturity of the seed. 1 lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c. 
Wax Beans 
Yellow Podded or Wax Bush Beans 
Brittle Wax. A very outstanding, superior wax podded 
variety, for home gardens and canning. The plants are 
large, erect, vigorous and productive. The handsome 
pods are bright, medium yellow, round, slightly curved, 
extremely brittle, succulent, and absolutely free of 
strings and fiber. The standard of the highest quality. 
1 lb.. 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Landreth’s Top Notch Golden Wax. This new strain of 
a popular variety is a very decided improvement. The 
plants are more productive, decidedly disease resistant, 
and the pods are larger and of excellent quality. If a 
flat, thick, broad wax podded variety is desired, try 
Top Notch Golden Wax. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., 
$1.75. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. A standard, popular, depend¬ 
able, hardy variety, particularly adapted for early 
plantings and sowings under unfavorable conditions. 
The plants are large, vigorous, and prolific, producing 
round, curved, meaty stringless pods, 6 to 7 inches long. 
Quality excellent. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Sure Crop Wax. For some time, this has been the 
standard, quality, flat wax podded variety. The seeds 
are black so that they can be planted early. The plants 
are vigorous, and productive, while the 6 inch pods are 
long, flat, thick, meaty, brittle and absolutely stringless. 
A reliable variety for New England. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 
50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Field Beans 
Any of the varieties listed below can be easily raised 
to produce a liberal supply of dry beans for baking. 
Pea or White Navy. We have an excellent strain 
of this popular baking bean. It is extremely prolific and 
quite resistant to the common diseases. The seeds are 
small, rouad-oval, and white. 1 lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c. 
Red Kidney. This variety is always popular, if a 
large seeded, mealy, well flavored baking bean is desired. 
The plants are very vigorous, prolific, and disease 
resistant. Seeds reddish brown. A quality variety. 
1 lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c. 
Yellow Eye (State of Maine). The most popular of 
the various strains of Yellow Eye Beans. The white 
seeds, with a yellow eye, are very mealy and dry when 
baked. The flavor is less distinct than with Red Kidney. 
1 lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c. 
Pole or Running Beans 
The planting of the various sorts of pole beans 
should be delayed a week or more after the first 
planting of the early dwarf sorts. They succeed 
best in sandy loam, which should be liberally 
enriched with short manure in the hills, which are 
formed, according to the variety, from three to 
four feet apart; from five to six seeds are planted 
in each hill, about two inches deep. 
Two pounds will plant 150 hills; 20 to 24 pounds 
to the acre. 
Golden Cluster Wax. Undoubtedly one of the best 
wax podded pole beans. The large, vigorous, prolific 
plants produce ample flat, smooth, waxy yellow, tender, 
stringless, fiberless pods, 7 inches long. Excellent snap, 
shell or dry bean. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Kentucky Wonder Green Pod. This variety has long 
been the standard green podded pole bean. The long 
pods, 7 1 /4 to 8% inches, are round, meaty, curved, dark 
green, brittle and constricted between seeds. Although 
slightly stringy, the pods are fiberless and of excellent 
quality as a snap bean. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. A very popular wax podded 
pole bean. The plants are vigorous, prolific, and excel¬ 
lent climbers. The waxy yellow, flat pods, 7 to 8 inches 
long, are meaty, tender and stringless. Quality excellent. 
1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Eazy Wife. A very prolific variety which should be 
more universally planted. The plants are vigorous, and 
the stringless pods are excellent as snap beans. It can 
also be used as a shell and dry bean. White seeded. 
1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Eondon Horticultural. In New England, where our 
seasons are relatively short, Horticultural beans are 
popular for the production of shell and snap beans. The 
plants are hardy, vigorous and prolific, bearing flat, 
oval, meaty, stringless pods of excellent quality. Desir¬ 
able for home and market gardens. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 
8 lbs., $1.75. 
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Mammoth Pod Horticultural. The largest podded and 
largest seeded variety of Horticultural beans. The pods 
are very attractive, being heavily splashed with red. 
The pods, like those of London Horticultural, are free 
from fiber and of good quality. Really a super shell 
bean. 1 lbs., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Red Cranberry. This native strain of Cranberry bean 
has red seeds similar to Low’s Champion. It is a very 
prolific strain producing sizable, round, meaty, almost 
stringless pods. An excellent shell and snap bean. 
1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
Large Pole Lima. One of the best pole varieties for 
planting under New England conditions. Seedlings can 
be started indoors, by planting several seeds in pots or 
containers; to advance the season. A very vigorous 
grower, producing large pods which are well filled with 
large, flat, quality shell beans. 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 
8 lbs., $1.75. 
Small Lima. This type of pole lima bean is very 
prolific, and is excellent where the small seeded green 
shell and dry beans are required. They should not be 
planted in the open until the soil is warm and mellow. 
1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 8 lbs., $1.75. 
