


BEANS 
If Beans are to be sent by Parcel Post, add 8c ; : 1 ; 
25c per pk.; 77c per bus. Packets sent postpaid. HARD SEES SORELLE at 
Bush, Green-podded 
Sow I quart of seed to 100 feet of drill; 
2 bushels to an acre 
Curture. Seed should not be planted be- 
fore ground becomes light and warm, in 
favorable seasons usually about the middle 
of April to first of May. The soil should be 
rich and mellow, and the seeds scattered 
about 3 inches apart in drills, and covered 
about 2 inches deep. Successive sowings 
made at intervals of about 2 weeks until 
August 15, will give a plentiful supply of 
Beans all season. About 45 days. Soil C. 
Asgrow Valentine. This new introduction 
Is typically Black Valentine. It has all the 
sturdy characteristics which popularized 
Black Valentine as a producer and shipper. 
Its long, ipa straight, oval pods 
are of good color and texture and are com- 
pletely stringless. 
Black Valentine. 
pods are round. 
Bountiful. This variety has been known to 
bear 1 bushel of pods per 15-foot row in 
the course of the season. Pods average 
6 inches long by 34 inch wide, are thick 
through, of pleasing light green color, very 
brittle, and absolutely stringless at all 
stages of development. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. An ideal 
variety having round, slightly curved, 
fleshy, and exceedingly tender pods. Ma- 
tures a few days earlier than the Giant sort. 
Dwarf Horticultural or Cherry. This 
broad, long, flat, meaty Bean is very pro- 
ductive, of delicious flavor and absolutely 
stringless. It also makes a good dried 
Bean for winter. 
Early Red Valentine. One of the most 
popular early Snap Beans. Round, fleshy 
pods about 5 inches in length, very brittle, 
tender, and of fine quality. 
Full Measure. Heavy, light green foliage. 
Very prolific. Pods 5\% to 6 inches long, 
stringless, round, slightly curved, of very 
good quality. 
M.-S. GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN- 
POD. Large, handsome pods of finest 
quality, some fully 6 inches Iong; very 
fleshy and entirely stringless. Very pro- 
ductive. Specially adapted to the home- 
garden. 
Plentiful. Black-seeded Bountiful. 
Like the above, but the 
BEANS, BUSH, Green-podded 
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New Stringless Green-Pod (Tendergreen) 
Dwarf Horticultural (Cherry)............ 
Streamliner ... 
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BEANS, SHELL 
White Navy (Boston Pea Bean).......... 
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Red Kidney Beans........)............ 
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BEANS, BUSH, Yellow or Wax-podded 
M.-S. Sure-Crop Stringless Wax......... 
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Improved Golden Wax................. 
Round-Pod Kidney Wax................ 
BEANS, POLE LIMA 
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King of the Garden.................... 
Sieva (Small White Lima).............. 
M.-S. Giant-podded.................... 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger (Potato Lima) 
Pkt. Pt. Qt. \ypk. Peck 
All bus. prices on request (15 lbs.) 
Se aa $0 10 $0 35 $0 65 $200 $3 50 
acetates 10 35 65 200 350 
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10 35 65s OOS EDO 
Baers tis 10 35 6G5uc OOM OU 
Slee etre 10 35 65 200 350 
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SeneSARAS 10 35 65 200 350 
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Be oieaie 10 35 65 200 3 50 
10 35 65 200 3 50 
10 40 75 72) P25) 4 00 
Rte iaiekans 10 35 65 200 350 
rake aviets 10 35 65 200 350 
Poe 10 35 65 200 350 
con net 10 35 65 200 350 
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Green-podded, continued 
Longreen. A new stringless variety. Pods 
are round, straight, dark green, 7 inches 
long. Time to maturity, 56 days. 
Streamliner. Ready to pick in about 50 
days. This tender semi-flat pod Bean, 
averaging 7 to 8 inches long, bears white 
seed. The Jong pods are stringless, 
brittle and deliciously flavored. 
New Stringless Green-Pod or Tender- 
green. Fifty-six days from planting to 
eating stage. Pods are 514 to 61% inches 
long, nearly straight, round, absolutely 
stringless and fiberless, fleshy, and smooth. 
Shell Beans for Winter Use 
60 days 
Red Kidney Beans. Bearing 6 to 7-inch, 
flat pods, containing 5 to 6 red kidney- 
shaped Beans. Used almost exclusively 
for baking and soup. 
White Marrowfat. Planted almost exclu- 
sively for winter use, making large white, 
kidney-shaped Beans. 
White Navy or Boston Pea Beans. Yields 
large quantities of white Shell Beans which 
are used for baking. 
Bush, Yellow or Wax-podded 
48 days 
Bountiful Wax. Handsome, long, flat yel- 
low pods. Profuse bearer. 
Improved Golden Wax. Small plants of 
erect growth, bearing flat, thick pods about 
5 inches in length and of excellent quality. 
An early and reliable variety. 
M.-S. SURE-CROP STRINGLESS WAX. 
This is a grand Bean. Absolutely string- 
less and a great rust-resister. Will produce 
an abundance of long, yellow, flat pods. 
A profitable market variety and one of the 
best for the home-garden. 
Round-Pod Kidney Wax. Vines 15 inches 
high. Pods are 5 inches long, round, 
slightly curved, stringless and deep yellow. 
SOYBEANS, Gold from the Soil 
By Edward Jerome Dies 
122 pages. $1.75, postpaid $1.85. 


M.-S. Giant Stringless Green-Pod Bean 
Pole Lima 
Sow I quart of seed to 100 poles 
Cuxrture. These require poles 8 to 10 feet 
long. The Beans should be planted in May 
if the season Is suitable. Set poles 4 feet apart 
each way, and plant 4 to 6 Beans, about 
1 inch deep, around each pole. Thin out to 
three plants to a pole. Lima Beans for early 
use may be grown in pots in frames and 
transplanted. About 90 days. Soil C. 
Carpinteria. Bears an abundance of large 
pods filled with plump, thin-skinned, ten- 
der, fine-flavored Beans. 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger or Potato 
Lima. Beans round and thick, of delicious 
flavor, easy to shell. Immense cropper. 
Early Leviathan. The earliest large Pole 
Lima. Very productive. 
King of the Garden. Vigorous grower, 
bearing large pods, 5 to 8 inches long. 
Beans large and of rich flavor. 
M.-S. GIANT-PODDED. The largest of 
all Pole Limas. Pods are from 7 to 814 
inches in length with a width of 14% to 
nearly 2 inches. The Beans are extra large 
and invariably of superb flavor. Vines 
easily attain a height of from 10 to 12 feet. 
The pods are produced in clusters of from 
4 to 8 until killed by frost. 
Sieva or Small White Lima. Butter Bean. 
Early and productive, a great drought 
resister, smaller than regular Limas, but 
juicy and of fine flavor. 
Edible Soy Bean 
Plant May 15, using Nitragin—a 10c pack- 
age 1s enough for several quarts. 
Use the Beans in their green state; pour 
boiling water over them, then drain off and 
they shell very readily. If dry Beans are 
wanted, let them stand until the leaves drop. 
Soil C. 
Bansei. This variety has produced excel- 
Ient crops in different sections of the 
country. Green or dry, the Beans are de- 
licious, and an excellent source of vitamins 
A, B and G. The plants grow 24 inches 
high, and are covered with pods. They do 
not require support. Beans are ready for 
use from 100 to 110 days from sowing. 

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