BEANS_tf Profitable Crop for 
Round Pod Kidney or Brittle Wax 
WAX PODDED BEANS 
ROUND POD KIDNEY or BRITTLE WAX. 
54 days. An outstanding sort for home 
use and for the shipping trade. Plants 
large, erect, medium green, vigorous and 
productive. Pods handsome in appear¬ 
ance, medium yellow, round, slightly 
curved, extremely brittle; fleshy, abso¬ 
lutely stringless and fibreless; the best of 
the round podded wax varieties. 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. 53 days. A 
desirable home and market garden vari¬ 
ety. Plants strong and productive. Pods 
round, slightly curved, brittle and abso¬ 
lutely stringless. Seed solid black. 
TOP NOTCH GOLDEN WAX. A much im¬ 
proved type of Golden Wax. Pods are 
stringless, smooth, symmetrical flat, light 
golden color, very tender, 5 to 6 inches 
long, almost an inch longer than Im¬ 
proved Golden Wax, which is rather 
stringy. 
POLE BEANS 
KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD HOME¬ 
STEAD (Green.) 67 days. The best known 
and most popular pole bean. Good for 
home and market garden, and for can¬ 
ning. Pods 7 to 9 inches long, practically 
round, curved, with undulating surface, 
meaty, of good quality. Strong climber, 
hardy, very prolific over long season. 
Slightly stringy, fibreless, very brittle. 
KENTUCKY WONDER (Wax). 66 days. The 
best wax podded pole bean. Vines are 
strong, producing pods 6 to 8 inches long, 
coming in very abundant clusters, pods 
very broad, thick and fleshy, of golden 
yellow to creamy white. 
SHELL BEANS 
HORTICULTURAL or SPECKLED CRAN- 
BERRY. 56 days. Also called Dwarf 
Cherry. Used for snap beans, and also 
for green shell beans which are edible in 
62 days. Pods green at early stage, 
changing to greenish yellow splashed 
with carmine at maturity; semiround, 
stringless, prolific. We can supply dwarf 
bush or tall climbing varieties. 
BROAD WINDSOR or FAVA. A late variety 
for use as a green shelled bean. Plants 
ore very large and upstanding, pods 
glossy green. At eating stage the beans 
ore light green, broad, flat, and usually 
three to a pod. Also edible when dry. 
Seed reddish brown with black eyes. 
FOR FIELD BEANS. KIDNEY BEANS. NAVY 
BEANS. Etc. See page 68. 
LIMA BUSH OR BUTTER 
BEANS 
CULTURE: Planting and care of Limas same 
as other Bush Beans, except 4 inches apart 
in row and for best yield a warm, sandy 
loam is desirable. 
HENDERSON'S. 70 days. The earliest vari¬ 
ety. Used largely by canners. Plant 
small, dark green, erect, bushy; pods 
flat, containing 3 to 4 flat, light green 
BEAN PRICES 
Pkt. 
Bountiful .$ .05 
Stringless Black Valentine.05 
Landreth Stringless.05 
Full Measure .05 
Tendergreen (Asgrow Stringless).. .05 
Giant Stringless .05 
Round Pod Kidney Wax.05 
Pencil Pod Black Wax.05 
Top Notch Golden Wax.05 
Kentucky Wonder (Green).05 
Kentucky Wonder (Wax).05 
Horticultural .05 
Broad Windsor .05 
Henderson's Lima .05 
McCrea's Lima .05 
Fordhook .05 
Baby Potato Bush Lima.10 
Postpaid 
Vt lb. lb. 
5 lbs. 
Not Postpaid 
10 lbs. 100 lbs. 
$ .10 
$ .30 
$1.10 
$1.50 
$12.00 
.10 
.30 
1.15 
1.60 
13.00 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
1.50 
12.00 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
1.50 
12.50 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
1.60 
13.00 
.10 
.30 
1.10 
1.50 
12.00 
.10 
.30 
1.20 
1.75 
14.00 
.10 
.30 
1.15 
1.60 
13.00 
.10 
.30 
1.15 
1.65 
13.50 
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1.20 
1.50 
12.50 
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1.25 
1.75 
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1.35 
1.90 
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1.45 
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1.35 
1.90 
15.50 
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.40 
1.50 
2.50 
18.50 
Home or Market 
beans or seed, of excellent flavor. Best 
yields obtained on warm sandy loam. 
Dry beans creamy white. 
McCREA'S LIMA. Something new and dif¬ 
ferent in Bush Lima Beans. Pods are 
small, like Baby Limas, but seed is large 
potato type, with 3 to 5 in a pod. Will 
stand cold in spring and heat in summer 
better than other Lima varieties. 
FORDHOOK. 77 days. Plant large, upright, 
vigorous, highly productive. Pods contain 
3 to 4 seeds. Green shell beans, large, 
thick, oval, of excellent quality. Dry 
beans white with tinge of green. 
BABY POTATO BUSH LIMA. Here at 
last is a small, thick seeded Butter 
Bean with a real Butter Bean flavor. It 
is early and prolific. Plants grow 12 to 
16 inches high, pods are large and well 
filled for a baby lima. 
Baby Potato Bush Lima (New) 
All-America Selections—Silver Medal 1940 
We Especially Recommend 
These Varieties 
Beans—Tendergreen. 
Beets—Detroit Special Strain. 
Broccoli—Propageno. 
Cauliflower—Mount Blanc. 
Cauliflower—White Mountain. 
Carrot^—Imperator. 
Cabbage—Green Acre. 
Cabbage—European Market Resist¬ 
ant. 
Cabbage—Golden Acre. 
Cabbage—Red Acre. 
Cantaloupe—Queen of Colorado. 
Cucumber—The Colorado. 
Lettuce—815. 
Lettuce—915. 
Onion—Mountain Sweet Spanish. 
Peas—Rogers 95. 
Radish—Dura Scarlet Globe. 
Turnip—Purple Top Globe. 
Buy with Confidence —Plant with Confidence —GOLD SEAL SEEDS 
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