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Vitamin-filled Snap Beans 
lb. equals about 1% pint; 1 lb. equals about 1 pint; 2 Ibs. equal about 1 quart; 15 lbs. equal about 1 peck. 
Bush Beans 
Sow twice monthly; gather all summer 
One pound will plant 100 feet of drill 
Cutture. Plant as soon as danger of frost is 
over, pincms the seeds 2 to 3 inches apart in drills 
and about 2% inches deep. The rows should be 
about 2% feet apart, and the soil slightly hilled, to 
nsure good drainage and to keep the Beans from 
touching the rena Most Beans should be picked 
when about 4 inches long. Avoid picking when 
bushes are wet, as this may cause disease. 
Green-Pod Bush Beans 
Yield in from 8 to 10 weeks 
Plentiful. This is similar to Bountiful, but 
the Beans are thicker, longer, straighter, 
and darker in color. They are also more 
nearly stringless, very tender and of won- 
derful: flavor. An extremely prolific sort 
which matures in around 50 days from 
sowing seed and is definitely resistant to 
rust. Pkt. 15 cts., lb. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 
2 Ibs. $1.10, 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Commodore. This sensational novelty was 
an All-America Selections Winner in 1938. 
A dwarf or bush type of the popular Pole 
Bean, Kentucky Wonder. The green pods 
are 8 to 9 inches long, nearly straight, 
fleshy, brittle, stringless, and of excellent 
table quality. A very productive, medium 
early Bean. Pkt. 20 cts. Stock exceedingly 
limited. 
Tendergreen. Handsome, 6-inch, round- 
podded Beans, entirely without strings at 
all stages of growth, and of fine melting 
flavor. Pkt. 15 cts., %Ib. 30 cts., Ib. 50 cts., 
2 Ibs. 90 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.10, 15 Ibs. $5.25. 

Giant Stringless Green-Pod Bush Beans 


GREEN-POD BUSH BEANS, 
continued 
Bountiful. Very prolific and a continuous 
bearer. {tis tender, of delicious flavor, and 
stringless if the flat pods are gathered when 
no more than 414 inches Jong. Bountiful 
Is resistant to rust. Pkt. 10 cts., Ib. 25 cts., 
Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. 
$4.50. 
Stringless Green-Pod. Splendid first-early 
round-podded Bush Bean. Entirely string- 
less; averages 5 inches long and is slightly 
curved. 1b. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 2 Ibs. 75 cts., 
5 Ibs. $1.75, 15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Giant Stringless Green-Pod. Favorite 
market variety. Pods are an inch longer 
than Stringless Green-Pod. 14Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 
45cts.,2 Ibs. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. $4.50. 
Stringless Black Valentine. A fine im- 
provement on the Black Valentine. It is a 
heavy yielder of stringless, green, pencil- 
shaped, thick, meaty Beans of finest flavor. 
Pkt. 10 cts., %Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 
85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. $4.50. : 
Black Valentine. Matures early, producing 
Iong, round, straight pods which are tender 
when young. A good heat-resister. Mlb. 
25ucts eb e440 cts 20 lbse7> -cts.. 5 Ibs: 
$1.75, 15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Dwarf Horticultural. Pods medium length, 
slightly curved, and when nearly developed 
are splashed with bright red on yellow. 
The green-shelled Beans are tender, and fine 
flavored. Mlb. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 2 Ibs. 
75 cts., 5 Ibs. $1.75, 15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Red Valentine. lb. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 
2 Ibs. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $1.75, 15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Refugee Beans for Eating 
Fresh or for Canning 
Sow in summer for late crop 
Stringless Refugee. A very heavy cropper; 
its flavor is wonderful and it is absolutely 
stringless. Valuable for tmmediate use, 
for pickling or for canning. lb. 25 cts., 
Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. 
$4.50. 
Refugee or 1000-to-1. The pods are nearly 
round, light green, 5 inches long; fleshy, 
brittle, with slight strings. 14Ib. 20 cts., 
[bseo5ctsstaalbsen05. ctssmot lbs. $1550; 
15 Ibs. $3.50. 
See page 58 for Lima Beans, and va- 
rieties for growing under glass 

for climbing sorts at $3.50 per dozen. 
many years. 



They last 

Old Homestead Pole Beans 
Pole Snap Beans 
One pound plants 200 hills 
Cutture. Erect stout poles 3 feet apart; sow 
eight Beans in a circle around the base after danger 
of frost has passed; thin to five plants per pole. Or 
you may grow them against a wire fence. 
Old Homestead (Green Kentucky Wonder). 
The pods are tender, stringless when 
young and silvery green, hanging in clusters 
throughout the plant. Begins to yield in 
ten weeks, and thereafter is a continuous 
and generous bearer. Pkt. 10 cts., M4Ib. 
25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 2 Ibs. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $1.75, 
15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Scarlet Runner. Has scarlet flowers. The 
green pods, though containing strings, are 
probably the best flavored of any Bean. 
Pkt. 10 cts., 4b. 25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 
85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. $4.50. 
Yard-Long Asparagus. Long, narrow, 
rounded pods. Pkt. 15 cts., %4lb. 45 cts., 
Ib. 85 cts., 2 Ibs. $1.50, 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Golden Cluster Wax. Pkt. 10 cts., %Ib, 
25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 
15 Ibs. $4.50. 
Wax-Pod Bush Beans 
Yield in from 8 to 10 weeks 
Sure-Crop Stringless. Large plant with a 
strong, thick stem, standing up well during 
stormy weather. Bears an abundance of 
large, handsome, golden yellow pods which 
are quite stringless. Sure-Crop Is resistant 
to rust. %4Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs. 80 
cts., 5 Ibs. $1.90, 15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Hardy Wax. One of the best round-podded 
stringless Wax Beans. The plants have 
thick, leathery Ieaves which resist cold, 
blight and plant diseases to a marked 
degree. Within 65 to 70 days of planting, 
Hardy Wax bears immense crops of 
slightly curved deep yellow pods of excel- 
lent, brittle quality. Remains in bearing 
for a long period. Ib. 30 cts., Ib. 50 cts., 
2 Ibs. 90 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.10, 15 Ibs. $5. 

Brittle Wax. The earliest Wax Bean; also 
a great cropper. The bushes are hardy, 
while the pods are fleshy and entirely 
stringless. They are of fine flavor, round 
and solid, tender, brittle and _ entirely 
stringless. The seeds make excellent Shell 
Beans if allowed to ripen. M%Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 
45 cts., 2 Ibs. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. $4.50. 
Golden Wax. A good Bean with flat-section 
pods; these are large, devoid of strings, 
tender and of excellent flavor. An old- 
time variety, reliable, and still among the 
best. Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 5 Ibs. $1.75, 
15 Ibs. $4.25. 
Black Wax. Round pods; early and good, 
Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 Ibs, 
85 cts., 5 Ibs. $2, 15 Ibs. $5. 

NEW YORK CITY 
Do not cultivate around your Beans when the land 
is wet with rain or dew 
Vegetable Seeds 57 
