Beans for the Table, Canning 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS. 50 days. Attrac- 
tive, round green pods about 6” long, 
slightly curved and so thick, even when 
quite young, as to be double-barreled. 
Always tender, brittle, meaty, juicy, en- 
tirely stringless and of the finest flavor. 
The plants are medium-large, spreading, 
with dark green foliage; they are of 
strictly bush form, enormously productive 
and have yielded remarkably well under 
adverse conditions. ‘Seeds are a dark coffee- 
brown color. <A favorite, bush bean for 
home use, canning, freezing and commercial 
planting. 
BOUNTIFUL. 51 days. pods semi- 
round, straight and sweet flavor. STRING- 
LESS. 
) BLACK VALENTINE STRINGLESS. 49 
days. 6” pods slender and semi-round. 
Plants vigorous and productive. 
(PLENTIFUL. 54 days. Black 
pods are straight, dark 
STRINGLESS. 
WAX or YELLOW-PODDED 
All Yellow Wax, except Bountiful: 
V2 pt., 30c; pt., 50c; qt., 90c; 
2 qts., $1.70; 10 Ibs., $3.70; 
25 Ibs., $8.00; 60 Ibs., $18.00 
BOUNTIFUL WAX. 60 days. A good yielder. 
6%" pods are flat, straight, deep yellow. 
STRINGLESS. 
Yo pt., S0c; pt., 45c; at.. 85c; 2 ats., 
25 lbs., $8.40; 60 
7 Y, ” 
seeded, 
green and 
$1.60; 10 lbs., $3.25; 
lbs., $16.75. 
BURFEE BRITTLE WAX. 62 days. Vines 
15” high. 6” pods are slightly curved, 
round, deep yellow. STRINGLESS. CAN- 
NING VARIETY. 
BURPEE GERMAN BLACK WAX. 
Extra fine, round yellow 6%” 
are black, kidney-shape. 
BURPEE ROUND-POD KIDNEY WAX. 62 
days. Very productive. 6” pods oval, quite 
straight, and deep yellow. STRINGLESS. 
CANNING VARIETY. 
PUREGOLD WAX. 58 days. 
are slim round golden yellow. Bush 
green about 13” high. Resistant to 
mon bean mosaic. STRINGLESS. 
NING VARIETY. 
59 days. 
pods. Seeds 
51%4”-6" pods 
dark 
com- 
CAN- 
SUPERGREEN 
‘All-America Selections—Bronze Medal 

SHELL 
All Shell Beans: 1/2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; 
qt., 80c; 2 qts., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $3.20; 
25 Ibs., $7.50; 60 Ibs., $15.00 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL. 56 days. Bird 
egg—used both as shell and snap beans. 
4”-5"" pods are broad, flat, dark green 
streaked with red. STRINGLESS. 
RED KIDNEY. 95 days. Dwarf grower and 
very hardy. 5%” pods waxy green color, 
oval-flat type. 
ROBUST PEA BEANS (Navy Beans). 110 
days. 3%” pods. Small, white baking 
bean of extra fine quality. Ilardy and pro- 
ductive. 
WHITE KIDNEY. 100 days. 5%” pods. 
Excellent for dry shelled use. Plant large, 
bushy, productive. 
WHITE MARROWFAT SOAP. 100 days. 
Extra fine shell bean. 514” pods large, fiat, 
and straight. 5 to 7 pure white seeds 
each pod. For baking. 
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GOLDEN CLUSTER 
POLE BEANS 
GREEN-PODDED 
Sow one quart to 150 hills 
All Pole Beans: 1/2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; 
qt., 80c: 2 ats.. $1.50; 10 Ibs., $3.20; 
25 ibs., $7.50; 60 Ibs., $15.00 
KENTUCKY WONDER (Old Homestead). 
” 
65 days. 8% pods very meaty, curved 
and brittle. Stringless when young. Finest 
quality. 
LAZY WIFE. 74 days. Good for home gar- 
den as snap, green shelled or dry beans. 
5144” pods in clusters and easy to pick, 
thick, fleshy and STRINGLESS. Glossy 
green. 
MAMMOTH HORTICULTURAL (Wooster 
Pole). 73 days. Large podded and seeded. 
7” pods heavily splashed with red. 
SCARLET RUNNER (or Snap). 65 days. 
Can be used like a Lima, but mostly 
grown for its ornamental bright scarlet 
flowers. 6” pods broad and meaty. 
TENNESSEE WONDER (Egg Harbor Pole). 
70 days. 8” pods are extremely fleshy, 
light green, round and deeply creasebacked. 
Nearly stringless. One of the best vining 
varieties. 
or Freezing 

® . FORDHOOK NO. 242 
. {-Amervica Nelections—Bron-e Medal 
WAX-PODDED 
GOLDEN CLUSTER. 70 days. An excellent 
pole wax-podded hean, hardy and produc- 
tive. 614”-7" pod straight, broad and flat. 
Color light waxy-yellow. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. 68 
days. 
Plant vigorous and resistant to several 
forms of rust, good climber, productive. 
7” pods waxy yellow, oval, meaty and 
nearly stringless. Good flavor. 
LIMA BEANS 
BUSH 
Sow 1 quart to 150 feet of row. 
All Bush Lima, except Fordhook No. 242: 
V2" pt., 30cz pt... 50c;) qt., 70c; 
2 qts., $1.70; 10 Ibs., $3.70; 
25 Ibs., $9.00; 60 Ibs., $18.50 
BABY FORDHOOK. 66 days. Thick-seeded 
or “potato”? small lima bean of excellent 
quality. 2%” pods are thick, slightly 
curved. Excellent CANNING or FREEZ- 
ING VARIETY. 
® FORDHOOK NO. 242. 70 days. Top 
: ranking Lima of the large seeded potato 
type. 4” pods slightly curved, containing 
3-4 light green beans of excellent quality. 
Yields well under high temperatures. CAN- 
NING and FREEZING VARIETY. 
ioe pte, S0Gi spt, Socs. dt, pcs Zegts. 
$1.80; 10 lbs., $4.00; 25 lbs., $9.50; 60 
Ibs., $20.00. 
” 
BURPEE IMPROVED BUSH. 75 diys. 5 
pods enormous and in clusters of 5 or 6. 
Very productive. 
HENDERSON BUSH. 65 days. Bush 16”, 
erect, runnerless, dark glossy green. 3144” 
pods curved, flat, dark green with 3 to 4 
beans. CANNING and FREEZING VA- 
RIETY. 
ITALIAN FAVA. 90 days. Similar to the 
English broad beans. 
fine crop of dark green 714’ 
than other beans. 
NU-GREEN LIMA. 68 days. Strong, stocky 
bush, small pods but large thick sweet 
beans. Withstands variable weather better 
than other limas. 
POLE 
Sow 1 quart to 150 hills. 
All Pole Lima: 2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; 
qt., 80c; 2 qts., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $3.70; 
25 Ibs., $9.00; 60 Ibs., $18.50 
BURPEE’S GIANT PODDED. 90 days. 7” 
pods. Beans extra large and superb flavor. 
Vines 10’ to 12’ high and dependably pro- 
ductive. 
DREER’S POLE (Challenger or Potato 
Lima). 92 days. Sturdy, productive plants. 
4” pods contain 4 or 5 thick light green 
beans. F 
KING OF THE GARDEN. 88 days. Plant 
tall, good climber, hardy, and heavily pro- 
ductive. 6” pods flat, smooth with 4 to 5 
large, oval greenish white beans. 
Late and produce a 
' pods. Hardier 

ABEL’S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA. 
