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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
Beans Fresh From Your Own Garden 
Stringless Green l‘od 
Bush Green Pod Beans 
Bush or dwarf vine-beans are the earliest 
and most hardy beans and are usually the 
first to be planted. They need no vine sup¬ 
port other than hilling dirt up around the 
stems for reasonable support. They pro¬ 
duce plentifully on good rich soil. 
V BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD- 
53 days. Very desirable for the home and 
market garden. Round pods 6 inches long, 
7/16 inch across, slightly curved, medium 
green, very meaty, perfectly stringless and 
fiberless. Pkt. 10c, V 2 lb. 20c. 1 lb. 35c, 5 
lbs. S1.50, 10 lbs. $2.30. 
VLAGO PIONEER (Bachicha Beans)— 55 
days. Green pod, unexcelled for home gar¬ 
den and market or shipping. Medium 
fleshy pods of medium dark green color; 
6 inches long, about half inch wide. Seeds 
kidney shaped; color, red with light 
blotches. Pkt. 10c, Vz lb. 20c, lb, 35c, 5 lbs. 
$1.50, 10 lbs. $2.90. 
STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE — 53 
days. An improved strain for superior to 
the old Black Valentine Early, productive 
and excellent flavor. Pkt. 10c, Vz lb. 20c, 
lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.90. 
STRINGLESS BOUNTIFUL (New)— 49 days. 
This important early variety is desirable 
for the home, market gardener and for 
early shipping. Flat pods Vz inch wide 
and 6’/2-7 inches long, stringless. Pkt. lOc, 
>/2 lb. 20c, lb. 35c. 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.90. 
Pole Green Pod Beans 
BURGER'S GREEN POD STRINGLESS 
(White Seeded Kentucky Wonder) — 64 
days. The pods are firm, dark green, 
round, 6-7 inches long, Vz inch across, 
tender, stringless and without fibers. Pkt. 
lOc, Vz lb. 20c. lb, 35c. 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. 
$2.90. 
V KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD HOME¬ 
STEAD —^65 days. The most popular of 
all pole varieties, vigorous and highly pro¬ 
ductive. Splendid for home, market gar¬ 
den, shipping and canning. Pods are prac¬ 
tically round. Medium light green, IVz-SVz 
inches long, Vz inch in diameter. Pkt, 10c, 
^'z lb. 20c, lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs, $2.90. 
BEANS 
Beans should be 
planted in a good 
warm, dry soil after 
all danger of frost is 
past. Rows should 
be 2-3 feet opart and 
plants should be 
thinned to 4 to 6 
inches apart in rows. 
If planted in hills 
drop 6 or 7 seeds 
per hill with hills 
about 2 feet apart 
each way. As plants 
grow larger pull dirt 
up around stems to 
support plants. For 
succession of crop 
plant every two 
weeks until mid¬ 
summer. 
Beans. Kentnckg Wonder 
Pole Beans— Continued 
LONDON HORTICULTURAL or SPECKLED 
CRANBERRY (Italian Pole)— 70 days. Vig 
orous and a heavy producer of pods, 6 
inches long, % inch across, green at first 
but maturing to yellowish green splashed 
with red. Pkt. 10c, Vz lb. 20c, Ib. 35c, 5 lbs. 
$1.50, 10 lbs. $2.90. 
MILANESE or MILAN— 75 days. Pods are 
deep green, 5 to 6 inches long, Vz to % 
inches broad, thick and meaty with abso¬ 
lutely no strings up to time of full maturity 
and practically fiberless. Pkt. 10c, Vz lb. 
25c, lb. 40c, 5 lbs. $1.75, 10 lbs. $3.25. 
SCARLET RUNNER — 90 days. Largely 
grown as an ornamental, for its attractive 
flower clusters. Good snap bean. PkL 10c, 
Vz lb. 25c, lb. 45c. 5 lbs. $1.50. 
YARD LONG or CHINESE— 75 days. Pods 
are round, usually 18 to 24 iiiches long, 
but frequently 30 to 36 inches in length. 
Tender and of good quality, somewhat dif¬ 
ferent in taste from other beans. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 25c. lb. 75c. 
Bush Wax Pod Beans 
Wax beans are a light yellow color and 
have a mild flavor. Grown in the same 
manner as the green podded varieties and 
will produce equally as well. 
DAVIS WHITE KIDNEY WAX— 56 days. 
Have fine keeping qualities. Pods are 
light yellow, 6-6 Vz inches long and Vz inch 
across, tender when young. Pkt. 10c, Vz 
lb. 20c, lb. 35c. 5 lbs. $1.50, 10 lbs. $2.90. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX — 49 days. 
Small sturdy plants are very productive. 
Pods are 4/2 to 5 inches long, Vz inch 
across. Thick, flat, straight, stringless. Pkt 
10c. Vz lb. 20c, lb. 35c. 5 lbs. $1.50. 10 lbs. 
S2.90. 
ySURE-CROP BLACK WAX— 53 days. 
Plants are vigorous and highly produc¬ 
tive. Pods round, slightly curved, fleshy, 
golden yellow, tender, brittle and abso¬ 
lutely stringless and of finest quality, 6-6 Vz 
inches long, 7/16 inch across. Pkt 10c V 2 
lb. 20c, lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.50. 10 lbs. $2.90. 
Pole Wax Pod Beans 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX — 76 days. 
Very similar to the green podded Ken¬ 
tucky Wonder, except the pods are a little 
broader and of handsome light yellow 
color, often 8 to 10 inches in length. They 
are very fleshy and stringless as snaps 
and of excellent quality. Pkt 10c, V 2 lb. 
25c. lb. 45c, 5 lbs. $1.50. 
Butter Beans 
In the northern latitudes the term "butter 
beans" is often applied to beans produc¬ 
ing wax pods, while in the south the term 
IS usually applied to Limas. 
King of the Garden Lima Beans 
