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BEANS—Pole or Running Green and Wax Pods 
Asparagus or Yard Long 70 days 
Similar in appearance to the common 
cowpea used in the South. Pods 8 to 10 
inches long, oval in section, fleshy fiberless 
and tender with good quality. Seed is red- 
brown with black circle around the eye. 
Blue Lake (Early Strain) 53 days 
Developed for earliness. Plant shorter and 
less vigorous than the late strain. Pods 4 
to 4% inches, round, straight, dark green 
with a gloss, stringless when young but de- 
velops stringiness with age. Seed small, kid- 
ney shape, pure white. 
Blue Lake Late Strain 63 days 
A selection from White Creaseback. Vines 
average about 5 feet in height and are 
Mosaic resistant. Pods are six inches long, 
about % of an inch in diameter, straight, 
round and dark green. They are stringless, 
but tend towards stringiness with age. Qual- 
ity excellent. Seed small and white. Recom- 
mended primarily for canners for so-called 
“Asparagus” pack. 
Burger’s Green Pod or White Ken- 
tucky Wonder 63 days 
One of the earliest of the pole varieties 
for snap use. Pods 6% to 7 in. long, dark 
green, curved, brittle and stringless. Vines 
bear right up to frost. Dried beans small 
and white—good for baking. 
Creaseback, Striped or Scotia 70 days 
Especially desirable for growing on corn 
for snaps. Pods light green, 6 in. long, 
round, crease backed, fleshy, fine grained, 
excellent quality. Seed hight green splashed 
with purple. 
Creaseback, White 63 days 
One of the earliest of pole beans used 
for snaps as well as for dried beans. Pods 
about 5% in. long, light green, straight, 
semi-rounded, creasebacked. Beans are kid- 
ney shaped and clear white. 
Cut Short or Corn Hill 75 days 
A favorite in the South for planting with 
corn, as it is a good climber. Pods medium 
green, 31% in. long, flat, stringy. Seed drab 
splashed with crimson. 
Golden Cluster Wax 70 days 
An excellent wax podded pole bean. Bears 
profusely, large flat yellow pods in clusters 
from bottom to top of pole. Production con- 
tinuous up to frost. Seed white, oval shaped. 
Horticultural Pole or Speckled 
Cranberry 70 days 
70 days, snaps—80 days, green shell. An old 
well known standard sort. Pods 6 in. long, 
straight, dark green at snap stage, becom- 
ing yellowish and splashed with violet-red 
at green shell stage. Dried beans excellent 
for winter use. Adapted to cool climate. 
Seed oval round. 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead) 
65 days. A very popular variety and un- 
excelled for home and market garden. Excel- 
lent climber, heavy producer. Bears green 
pods in large clusters, nearly round, often 
reaching 10 in. length, curved and twisted. 
Pods are fleshy, brittle, tender and slight- 
ly stringy. Seed fawn colored. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax 70 days 
This prolific bearer supplies: large golden 
yellow pods, tender and stringless right up 
to frost. A good climber. Seed dark brown. 
Lazy Wife 74 days 
An excellent variety for snaps, green 
shell and dry shell beans. Profitable for 
both home and market gardens. Good 
climber and a heavy producer. Pods green, 
6 to 6% in. long—thick, straight, string- 
less, brittle, tender. Seeds oval, white. 
White Dutch or Case Knife 68 days 
White beans somewhat resembling small 
limas. Used aS a snap sort when very 
young, or shelled as a lima when more fully 
developed, or for cooking when dry. Long 
green pods, flat, stringy. Principally used 
for green shell. Seed white. 
65 days 
McCaslan Pole 
This white seeded, green pod snap or 
shell bean produces quick growing vines 
which bear a heavy crop of green pods, 
about 8 in. long. Meaty, stringless when 
young and of delicious flavor. 
Missouri Wonder (Noxall or 
Nancy D) 68 days 
A late variety with 5 inch flat curved pod, 
color medium green. Meaty, stringy, good 
quality. Long bearing and very productive. 
Seed grayish mottled with light brown. 


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