14 | DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO. 
Beans 
OUR BEAN SEED is of superior quality carefully grown and 
inspected in the field 3 to 4 times. At no time is the crop harvested 
if it shows even a trace of anthracnose halo or bacterial blight. 
HOW MANY BEANS, TO PLANT AN ACRE? 
Planting in rows 3 ft. apart, dropping 3 beans in hills foot apart 
in the row, 40 lbs. of bush beans will easily plant an acre. Pole 
Beans 25 lbs. per acre. Bush Lima and Pole Limas also English 
beans are planted at the rate of 45 to 60 lbs. per acre. s if you 
plant small seeded Limas, more if the variety planted is large seeded. 
One pound of beans will plant a row 50 feet long. 
Beans do well in any soil, light soil is best for them. Have the 
rows three feet apart to allow horse cultivation, or 16 inches apart 
for hand cultivation. Plant the seeds 12 inches apart in the row 
and cover up with two inches of soil. Never plant Beans until the 
apple trees are in bloom, Give frequent cultivation. Some people 
plant extraordinarily early, and in most cases they lose their first 
planting which, considering the price of seed and labor, is rather 
expensive. Do not cultivate your Beans when they are wet from dew 
or rain; if you will, the plants will get blighted and pods rusted. 
CULTURE FOR LIMA BEANS. These are VERY sensitive to 
cold, therefore must be planted later than is usual with regular 
beans—when the weather is thoroughly settled and warm and not 
before, or the seed will rot in the ground. Avoid greund fertilized 
heavily with fresh manure, because the plants on such ground drop 
their blossoms, resulting in few or no pods. Space bush limas 1% 
ft. apart in the row, pole limas 4 ft. each way, placing one seed of 
bush limas to a hill and 4 to 6 beans in a circle about the pole of 
pole limas; always planting the seed with the eye DOWN. Cover 
the seeds about 2 inches deep. 
In our locality Dwarf Beans can be planted up to August ist. 
Pole Beans up to July 15th, Limas up to June ist, English Beans 
must be planted as soon as the ground is open in the spring. 
POLE BEANS. Perhaps you think it is too much trouble fuss- 
ing with the poles. A friend of ours had the same idea, but he was 
prevailed upon to try them geveral season’s ago. Now he always 
plants pole beans, always KENTUCKY WONDER. And about twent- 
ty-four poles, three plants to a pole, furnish all the beans for a fam- 
fly of seven—and they're pretty big “bean eaters” at that. If your 
arden is of fair size, try some this season—get GOLDEN CLUSTER 
ff you want the wax—and you'll have some every season afterward. 
They are enormous producers; you have no idea until you try them 
how big a crop they produce. 
Set the poles four feet apart each way, tie each set of three to- 
gether at the top, wigwam fashion and you'll be surprised at the 
results. 
Unlike other beans they are per- 
ENGLISH BEANS fectly hardy, must be planted as 
soon as the ground is open in the spring, which in our sec- 
tion of the country is March Ist. In the South and on the 
Pacific coast, plant late in September or real early in October. 
English Beans can go through many frosts unharmed, they are 
hardier than Peas. Heavily productive in rich heavily ma- 
nured soil. Fresh manure does not affect these beans. Pods 
5 inches long, an inch wide, dark green and 4 to 5 beans in 
each pod. Only the beans are edible either in the green stage 
or dry. Dry beans have thick skin, boil them for a few 
minutes. This makes the skin to inflate and the beans are 
easily skinned. Will cook in about one hour. The beans 
contain a large percentage of organic sulphur for that rea- 
son are very healthy food. English Bean is the coming vege- 
table, the demand growing speedily in all large markets. 
MASTERPIECE BEAN (53 days) 
An extra early bush bean of vigorous upright growth, heavfiy 
productive, excoodtesly valuable for pot culture as a forcing variety. 
Pods long. tender when young, round, meaty and straight. Pkt. 10c; 
Ib. 40c; 10 Ibs. $2.10; 100 Ibs. $19.00. 
BUSH BEAN COMMODORE (63 days) 
Really KENTUCKY WONDER in bush form. Plants large of 
upright growth producing an extra heavy crop of very fleshy dark 
green stringless pods 8 inches long till frost if kept picked. Differ- 
ent from other bush beans in flavor. The pods cook up in less than 
half the time required for other beans and thev are the tastiest 
and tenderest of ALL string beans. Pkt. 10c; lb. 50c, prepaid. 
TASMANIA BEAN 
Tasmania Bean is a variety of edible gourd, producing 
an immense amount of fruit, delicate in taste and nourishing, 
whether boiled, fried, stewed or baked. To many people, the 
fruit sliced, breaded and fried in butter tastes like a most 
tender veal steak. The fruit grows on vines similar to those 
of squash but much more vigorous in growth. If given sup- 
port the vines will climb and the fruit will hang down and 
be of fine, straight, symmetrical form. Pick when young, 
when the fruits weigh about 8 pounds or less. Cultivate 
same as for watermelons. Place 2 or 3 seeds in each hill, 
not more. Pkt. 10c; oz. 80c; % Ib. 60c; lb. $2.00. 
GREEN BUSH BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; % Ib. 20c; Ib. 40c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 100 Ibs. 
Black Valentine Stringless (49 days)... .$2.60 $24.00 
Bountiful (49. days) e505 ccs clsicyore sintedsit orsiete 2.60 24.00 
Full Measure (54 days)...............08. 2.60 24.00 
Giant Stringless Green Pod (54 days).... 2.60 24.00 
Giant English (70 days) ...............05. 2.60 24.00 
Landreth’s Stringless (52 days)........... 2.60 24.00 
Masterpiece: (53 days) 25. occess cect tent 2.60 24.00 
Navy, (90°. days) 23 o.cc00 2. ns See os coterie 2.60 24.00 
Pride of Iowa (53 days)................ «2 2.60 24.00 
Stringless Green Pod (52 days)........... 2.60 24.00 
Tendergreen (54 days) ................-- 2.60 24.00 
BLACK VALENTINE STRINGLESS (49 days) 
Very desirable market and shipping type of bean. Plants 
large, heavy, erect, extremely hardy resisting light frosts 
and heavily productive. Pods almost 7 inches long, nearly 
straight, meaty, oval shaped dark green and entirely string- 
less. Quality of the pods is first class and the pods stay fresh 
and firm, retaining their bright green color long after pick- 
ing. Will make a crop under the most trying conditions, 
whether planted early, late or in middle of the growing 
season. 
Our strain of Stringless Black Valentine is a result of 
years of pure-line breeding and cannot be compared with 
ordinary stocks. Every year our supply of this bean is sold 
long before the end of planting season. Place your order 
early, especially if in the market for sizeable quantities. 
WAX BUSH BEANS 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs 100 Ibs. 
Admiral Wax (49 days) ..........eceecoee $2.60 $24.00 
Brittle Wax (58 days) ..........eeeceeees 2.60 24.00 
Champion Wax (52 days) .............--. 2.60 24.00 
German Black Wax (52 days) ............ 2.60 24.00 
Golden Wax Improved (51 days).......... 2.60 24.00 
Pencil Pod Wax (55 days)................ 2.60 24.00 
Prolific Blac Wax (55 days).............. 2.60 24.00 
Round Pod Kidney Wax (58 days)........ 2.60 24.00 
Webber or Cracker Jack Wax (50 days).. 2.60 24.00 
Unrivaled "(52 days)it-.. 2.2... eee tes 2.60 24.00 
Pods 6 to 7 
BUSH BEAN DELICATA (58 days) inches tong 
of light transparent yellow, almost straight, semi-round, fully 
stringless and fiberless of delicate flavor. Plants sturdy, 
heavily productive. Delicate is the tastiest of all beans and a 
sort to grow for trade that insists on highest quality. 10 lbs. 
$2.60; 100 Ibs. $24.00. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS—BUTTER BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; 14 lb. 20c; lb. 40c, prepaid. 
Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 100 Ibs. 
Fordhook Bush Lima (75 days)........... $2.60 $24.00 
Henderson’s Improved (65 days)......... . 2.60 24.00 
Prolific Bush Lima (66 days)............ 2.60 24.00 
Burpee’s Improved Lima (75 days)........ 2.60 24.00 
POLE LIMA BEAN JUMBO (90 days) 
Extraordinarily productive, the vines bearing pods from the bot- 
tom to the top of vine, the pods often over 8 inches long and about 
2 inches wide, filled with beans of extra large size. The pods are 
produced in clusters of from 4 to 8 until the vines are killed by frost. 
Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid: 5 lbs. $1.40; 10 Ibs. $2.60 
POLE LIMA BEAN CHALLENGER—A potato lima similar in pod 
and seed to Fordhook Bush Lima. Plant vigorous, hardy good 
climber heavily productive. Pods straight, smooth produced in 
clusters of 4 to 8 well filled with 4-5 large plump beans. Pkt. 10c; 
Ib. 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. $2.80; 100 lbs. $26.00. 
POLE BEANS 
Any variety, 10c per pkt.; % lb. 20c; Ib. 40c, prepaid. 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs. 100 Ibs. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax (74 days)...... $3.20 $30.00 
Kentucky Wonder Green Pod (65 days)... 2.60 24.00 
OREGON GIANT POLE BEAN (55 days) 
Pods very long and broad, very tender, a great improve- 
ment on the old Kentucky Wonder. Bri &@ premium on 
market. Crop failed. ee yo 
