TENDER AND 
STRINGLESS 
BEANS FOR YOUR GARDEN 
A very popular and worthy home garden vegetable which gives quick results after planting— 
Beans on the table in six weeks. Sow in spring and early 
summer, in warm soil, in rows 2 feet 
apart, seed three inches apart in the row; or in hills 12 inches apart, 3 to 4 beans to a hill. 
One package of Wax- or Green-Podded Beans will plant 25 feet of row; 1 pound 150 feet. 
WAX PODDED BUSH BEANS 
* Brittle Wax. Round Pod Kidney Wax. Spien- 
did for the home garden as well as for canning. 
Round, smooth, slightly curved, light yellow 
pods 6 inches long, fleshy, brittle and of the 
lighest quality. There is no trace of string or 
fiber at any stage of growth. The kidney- 
shaped seed is white, marked with black near 
the eye. Matures in 58 days. 
Pkg. 10c; Ye Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
Unrivaled Wax. The very earliest Wax Bean 
for the garden. Bears wonderfully heavy crops 
of clear yellow, 6-inch beans, flat but fleshy, 
brittle, stringless and remain tender over a long 
period. The plant is medium large, thrifty and 
resistant to disease. Seeds are yellowish brown. 
Matures in 52 days. 
Pkg. 10c; V2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45¢; 5 Ibs. $1.75 
*Pencil-Pod Black Wax. Best Round-Pod 
Wax Bean. The pods are about 7 inches long, 
round and very fleshy. This splendid Bean is 
absolutely stringless at all stages of growth, 
always brittle, fine grained and tender. In 
quality it is unexcelled. The plant is strong 
-growing and bears abundantly. Seeds are black. 
Matures in 55 days. 
Pkg. 10c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
Sure-Crop Stringiess Wax. Best Flat-Pod 
Wax Bean. It is a thick-stemmed, medium- 
sized grower that holds its pods up from the 
ground and protects them from dampness and 
dirt. Bears large, handsome, flat, golden yel- 
low pods of excellent quality, in great abun- 
dance. Grown extensively for market. Matures 
in 54 days. 
Pkg. 10¢;. Yo Ib.°25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.75 
POLE BEANS 
One of our customers had very good luck 
by planting a row of Russian Giant Sun- 
flower in hills about 2 feet apart and grow- 
ing Kentucky Pole Beans on them. Both 
can be planted together, as the Sunflower 
will keep ahead of the Beans. 
*x Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. 
The best early green-podded Pole Bean for 
home or market garden. Vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Pods 9 to 10 inches long, of fine 
quality, very fleshy, saddle-backed and 
stringless when young. Matures in 63 days. 
The seed is brown. 
Pkg. 10c; Y% Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs, $1.85 
* Kentucky Wonder Wax. The best Pole 
Wax Bean for northern planting. Similar in 
habit of growth to Kentucky Wonder Green 
Pod and bears as early, or when as high as 
the average Bush Bean. Pods are golden 
yellow, deliciously flavored and so fleshy 
that often the thickness surpasses the width. 
Pkg. 10c; \% Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
Scarlet Rummer. Bears large sprays of 
brilliant scarlet flowers and is valuable not 
Top Notch Golden Wax. Greatly 
Improved Golden Wax. Straight, clear 
golden yellow, broad, flat pods, 5 to 
5 inches long, brittle, high quality 
and absolutely stringless. The plants 
are compact, erect growing and ma- 
ture the Beans very early. The seed 
is white, with a small brown eye. 
This is a splendid early home garden 
Wax Bean. Pkg. 10c; 
Loeibe25crlbs45c7) 5 Ibsa.oil.ao 
LIMA BEANS 
Pkg. plants row 20 ft.; Ib. 150 ft. 
Always plant Lima Beans with the 
eye down, 6 inches apart, and not 
until the ground is warm. Do not 
brush against Bean foliage when it is wet.. It pays 
to give Lima Beans plenty of room to grow, in. 
«Burpee’s Improved Bush. This improved strain 
is earlier and bears larger crops of big, flat Beans of 
finer quality than the old original variety. Very early 
and prolific. 
Pkg. 10c; 4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
Fordhook Bush. Hardy, strong, erect growing, 
bearing an abundance of mammoth, thick pods 
containing 4 to 5 large, luscious Beans of excep- 
tionally fine quality. Fordhook US242 is a better 
Bean. Pkg. 10c; VY Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
* Fordhook US242. All-America Bronze Medal Win- 
ner, 1945. Nearly straight pods, uniform in_ size 
and shape, filled to overflowing with three and four 
very plump Beans of the highest quality. The large, 
vigorous plants are better yielders, especially in hot 
weather, than Fordhook. 
Pkg. 10c; Y Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
* Henderson Bush. The “Baby” Lima Bean. Both 
pods and Beans are small but are produced in large 
quantities. The standard Lima for canning. Con- 
tinuous bearers. A small patch will keep a 
family supplied with these delicious Limas all 
season. The quality is very good. It ‘is far the 
best small type Lima. Amy 
Pkg. 10c; \% Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.75 
Early Market. Earliest farge-podded Bush 
Lima. Developed by the U.S.D.A. at Beltsville, 
Md., and a great improvement on Burpee’s 
Bush Lima. It matures a week before Fordhook, 
beers quantities of fresh green colored pods 
containing 3 to 4 large, flattened Beans of top 
quality and flavor. This is a mighty good Bean 
for either garden or market. ; 
Pkg. 10c; > Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 5 Ibs, $2.25 
»Baby Fordhook. Splendid small, thick Bean 
of the highest quality, especially adapted to 
treezing and canning. Plant grows 15 inches 
high and is an unusually heavy bearer. 
Pkg. 10c; Ym Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
When you can your Limo Beans, add a little 
Sage, Chives and Parsley. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS 
BANSE!I — An Early Variety 
This is an early maturing, easily grown kind 
that bears heavily. The Beans are used either 
green or dry and are an excellent source of the 
vitamins A, B, and G. Plants grow 2 feet high, 
and do not need trellising. 
Pkg. 10c; 4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
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only for ornamental purposes but for~its 
food value as well. The 8-inch pods are 
very good to eat when young. 
Pkg. 10c; Ye Ib. 30c; Ibs 50c 
* Scotia. Long, round pods of excellent 
quality; fleshy, brittle and tender. Matures 
in about 73 days. 
Pkg. 10c; Y% Ib. 25c; Ib.-45c; 5 Ibs. $1.75 
POLE LIMA, King of the Garden. We 
think that this is the best Pole Lima; 
heavily productive, bearing straight pods 6 
inches long, containing 4 to 5 large, thick, 
flat white Beans of very excellent quality. 
Pkg. 10c; \% Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 

















Brittle Wax is popular with many gardeners, not only tor 
its very high quality and freedom from strings, but for 
the fact that the seeds are white. The Beans are very 
; inviting when canned. 
SHELL BEANS 
FOR SOUP OR BAKING 
Early Dwarf Horticultural. Also known as Roman 
Beans. Long, thick, flat, light green pods splashed with 
carmine when mature. The Beans are light buff in color 
heavily splashed with crimson. 
Pkg. 10c; Y Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $1.80 
Robust Pea or improved Navy. Small, white. 
PKqalOc nIb235¢7 onlbssol.25 
White Kidney. Dwarf, hardy plants. Pods 6 inches, 
filled with large, kidney-shaped, white Beans. 
Pkg. 10c; Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.85 
Broad Long Pod BEANS 
DELICIOUS GREEN SHELL BEAN 
Also called Fava and Horse Bean. Grown for green 
Shell Beans, which are large, broad and flat, somewhat 
resembling Limas, and should be used in the same way. 
‘Flavor is like Peas. Plant grows very large and erect. 
The pods are 9 to 10 inches long, 1% inches wide and 
generally hold six Beans. Plant the seed as early as 
possible, for it takes 100 days to mature, and they will 
not thrive in midsummer heat. A package will make 
a row about 15 feet long; Y% Ib. will sow 50 feet. 
Pkg. 10c; Y% Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $1.65 
Fordhook 
US242 
1945 
Bronze 
Medal 
Winner 

