BEANS, Continued 
Beans, Pole 
In warm ground, set poles 4’ to 8’ 
long slanting a bit to the north in 
rows 4’ apart. (Extending north and 
south the poles will be 3’ apart in 
the row.) Plant 5 to 8 beans about 1” 
deep around each pole. Whén growth 
is sufficient thin to the four strongest 
plants. 
Caution: To avoid spreading plant 
diseases, do not cultivate or pick when 
plants are wet. 
Horticultural Pole (Cranberry)—A well 
known producer. Pods 6 inches long, 
straight, dark green at snap stage— 
yellowish and speckled with red at 
green shell stage. Dried beans excel- 
lent for Winter use. 70 days. 
Kentucky Wonder (fr)—Strong climber, 
hardy, long-bearing. Curved, almost 
round pods. Slightly stringy, but brittle 
and fibreless. Meaty. 65 days. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax (fr)—Very pop- 
ular. Vigorous, good climbing’ plants, 
waxy-yellow pods, flat and nearly 
stringless. Somewhat fibrous but meaty. 
68 days. 
Yard Long—Cowpea group. Oval, 
fleshy, fibreless and tender with red- 
brown seed. Pods 8-10 in. long. 70 
days. 
Lima, Dwarf or Bush 
Plant in dry, warm ground. Make 
tows 2’ apart and drop beans 6” apart 
in row. Cover with 1” of soil. Can 
also be planted in hills, 3’ apart one 
way and 2’ apart the other way. Use 
4 to-6 beans rer hill. 
Baby Potato (fr)—1940 
Small, thick-seeded butter bean with 
real flavor, early maturity and prolific 
growth. 12 to I6-in. tally Pkt 15e. 
All-America. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush (fr)—Best of 
flat seeded bush limas. Pods contain 
four or five large beans of excellent 
quality. 75 days. Pkt. l5c. 
Cangreen Bush (fr)—A new, small bush 
lima. A strong grower and _ prolific. 
Seeds slightly larger than Henderson 
type. 65 days. 


everybody 
likes beans. And 
even those who don't 
care too much for 
them would change 
their minds if they could eat them at 
their best—young, tender pods cooked 
a few hours after they're picked. 
Beans are the most adaptable crop we 
have. You can always squeeze in a 
crop if you have sixty days of grow- 
ing weather before frost. The plants 
can be kept producing over a long 
period, if you'll pick them clean, You'll 
8 
Almost 

Fordhook Bush (fr)—Straight pods with 
plump, large beans, éxcellent quality. 
Lima, Pole 
Follow same plan as for other pole 
beans but plant seed two weeks later. 
King of the Garden (fr)—Flat, smooth 
pods with four or five white, large, flat 
beans. 88 days. 
Sieva, Carolina or Small White—Plant 
10 to 12-ft. tail, and bears over a long 
season. Medium green pods with 3 to 4 
beans of excellent quality. 77 days. 
TENDERGREEN 
BEANS 
BEANS, SHELL 
Navy—Small seed, almost round and 
white. Hardy, prolific. Most popular for 
baking. 95 days. 
Red Kidney—Pods 6-7 in. long. Flat, 
large beans, pinkish red to mahogany 
in color. Rich flavor. 95 days. 
Soy (Edible)—Plants are extremely pro- 
ductive, vigorous and upright. Beans 
may be used green or dry. 95 to 110 
days. 

The Old Gardener on BEANS 
get more beans per 
square foot (and bet- 
ter beans) by starting 
a short row every 
two or three weeks. 
When you make 
these succession 
plantings, don't for- 
get to plant a gene- 
rous row for canning 
or freezing. 
Don temecurcicite tne 
lima beans. Even 
those who have been growing the 
small-seeded types usually switch to the 
large seeded, once they've tasted a 
variety like Fordhook bush. 
The beans illustrated here (to give you a 
comparison of sizes) are: 1—Improved 
Golden Wax; 2—Giant Stringless; 3— 
Tendergreen; 4—Bountiful; 5—Kentucky 
Wonder; 6—Henderson's Bush Lima and 
7—Fordhook Bush Lima, 


SOY BEANS (EDIBLE) 
BEETS 
Deep, rich sandy loam produces finest 
beets. As soon as ground can be 
worked sow in drills 18” apart and 
press soil firmly over seed. When 
tops are 3” to 6” tall pull them and 
use for cooked greens. Continue this 
until roots stand 6” apart. Plant 
every 10 days or so. : 
Crosby’s Egyptian (fr)—Widely grown 
for early beets. Flattened globe shaped 
roots with small tap root. Excellent 
quality, tender and sweet. 60 days. 
Detroit Dark Red (fr)—Standard of ex- 
cellence in table beets. Smooth, globular 
roots of deep ox-blood red—sweet and 
tender. 68 days. 
Early Wonder—Early variety. Semi- 
globular, tender, blood-red. 58 days. 
BEETS, STOCK 
(Mangel Wurzel) 
Sow seeds in early. fall and spring 
in rows 21,’ to 3’ apart. Later thin to 
10” apart. 
Mammoth Long Red—Very popular, 30 
to 50 tons per acre. Roots grow half 
above the ground. Light red, flesh white 
with rose tinge. 110 days. 
SWISS CHARD 
Requires about same treatment as 
beets. Cultivate frequently. Leaves 
may be gathered during summer and 
fall. New ones will grow quickly. 
Lucullus—Most popular Chard. Upright 
in growth, with yellowish-green curled, 
crumpled leaves. Thick, broad and light 
green stems. 50 to 60 days. 
Rhubarb Chard — Heavily crumpled 
leaves, dark green with a translucent 
crimson stalk. Easily grown, every- 
where. A different, tasty, delicious flavor 
—cook stalks and leaves together for 
a new taste thrill. 60 days. 
BROCCOLI 
Plant and cultivate like cabbage and 
cauliflower. 
Italian Green Sprouting (fr)—Plant bears 
a succession of sprouting heads about 
o-in. long, which, if kept cut, will be 
replaced by others for 8 to 10 weeks. 
59 to 65 days. 
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