: You Don’t Know Beans 
Until You Have Tried... 
TENDERGREEN. A bush bean of ex- 
ceptional tenderness; around 5 to 6 
inches, and stringless. 
PENCILPOD BLACK WAX. Rich yel- 
low, round, tender pods of five inches. 
Bush grows about 12 inches high. 


DECATUR. Pole bean; absolutely'string- 
less at all stages. Dark green, round 
pods. 
POTOMAC. Pole bean of proven worth. 
All-American selection for 1943. A 
good climber and heavy producer, 
DWARF OR TALL-~ HORTICULTURE. 
One of the must-haves for a wonder- 
ful green shell bean, and equally as 
good dried. 
OREGON GIANT. The big purple-spot- 
ted pole bean that grows 20 feet tall 
with beans 12 inches long and really 
stringless and tender. 
-CANGREEN LIMA. Many were delight- 
ed with the delicate flavor of this 
bean. It stays green even when 
canned. Small and extra tender. 
Garden Guide & Note Book 
Inoculate all your beans before plant- 
ing...nitrogen or legume aid. 

WATER IS LIFE...for without water 
nothing can live. No bacteria in the soil 
will ever become available to plant life 
without water. The average plant will 
consume about 300 pounds of water to 
produce one pound of solid matter. 
Plants do not eat. Someone has said 
that ‘‘plants live on soup, and mighty 
weak soup at that.” All plants contain 
from 60% to 90% water, so we must 
have water and warmth to increase the 
life-giving bacteria in the humus part 
of our soil, for here is where the great- 
er part of all bacteria live. If your soil 
contains little humus, it also contains 
little bacteria. None of us can see what 
is inside the tiny seed that produces 
the prize-winning flower or vegetable, 
but we all can give it a better place in 
which to produce its very best. 

MOISTURE-PROOF PENCILS for 
marking wood labels. Will last in any 
and all kinds of weather. 10c¢ each. 

Get beauty into your garden the easy 
way: plant glads and dahlias in odd 
spaces among the vegetables. 

Use tar paper dises around your cauli- 
flower, cabbage and brocolli to keep the 
root maggots out. Don’t try to grow the 
extra-long carrots in heavy soils. They 
need a loose, deep soil with plenty of 
moisture. GA Bra: 

“The great mystery of life is in good 
old Mother Earth. We depend on her 
during our entire lifetime for the well- 
being of our bodies, so it behooves us 
to keep the soil alive in order to keep 
ourselves alive. Feed it well and it will 
feed you. No vegetable contains vita- 
mins except what they secure from the 
soil. If the minerals and vitamins are 
not in the soil they will not be in the 
vegetables. 

We are often asked what will grow 
well in the shade. Aside from thistles 
and dandelions we know of nothing ex- 
cept lily of the valley, trillium and all 
types of ferns. No vegetables at all. 
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