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Plant only in warm, well-prepared soil, about 4” apart, 11%4"-2" deep. Under hand cultivation id 
in poor soil rows may be 18”-24” apart; in rich fields under horse or tractor cultivation, 30"-36", 
Cultivate only before blooming and nevet when wet. Pick frequently as pods approach maturity, 
to get full yield. Plant a succession every two weeks to ensure supplies throughout the ‘season. 
Green Pods 

* Asgrow Stringless Green Pod (Tendergreen): 
52 days. All-America Gold Medal. It is probably 
no exaggeration to say that Asgrow Stringless 
Green Pod represents the greatest’ advance yet 
made in the breeding of beans. The pods are 
entirely stringless and fiberless, meaty and 
richly flavored, attractive dark green in color, 
round and nearly straight, 6”’-614” long. The 
plants are hardy, strong, and dependably pro- 
ductive even under trying weather conditions. 
Seeds are purple mottled on buff. 
* Asgrow Black Valentine (Stringless): 49 days. 
All-America Silver Medal Award for 1933. 
Handsome, oval, dark green, smooth pods com- 
pletely free from strings which keep their color 
and firmness well, even in shipping long dis- 
tances. Plants are large, erect and heavy crop- 
ping. Seeds solid black. This is an excellent 
variety for near or distant markets when an 
early, very hardy bean of extra quality and fla- 
vor is desired. 
*Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod: 50 days. As- 
grow originated. After 40 years this early, sturdy 
and productive variety is still popular for local 
markets or the home garden. The large, bushy 

plants produce plenty of rich, round, slightly 
curved, green pods about 514” long, stringless 
and of fine flavor. Seeds are coffee-brown. 
Bountiful: 47 days. Popular early market variety 
on northern and eastern markets. Plant medium 
large, thrifty, with light green, flat, stringless 
pods, 614”-7” long. 
Dwarf Horticultural: Uses both for snap beans 
(54 days) and green shelled beans (62 days). 
Florida Belle: 59 days. A new introduction show- 
ing resistance to many forms of bean rust. Pods 
oval, straight and of good length. Seeds mottled 
buff and purple. 
Full Measure: 53 days. Under favorable condi- 
tions a most excellent bean with plentiful string- 
less, tender, round pods. 3 
Giant Stringless Green Pod: 53 days. Asgrow 
originated. Like Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod 
but with larger, longer and straighter pods, 
stringless and brittle, medium green in color. 



Asgrow Black Valentine: a stringless variety. immensely. popular with shippers a 

Throughout. this catalog varieties marked with a star (*) are strongly reconimendate fons 
excellence of quality and for general popularity. 

