Plentiful Beans 

FORBES VEGETABLE SEEDS 
A selection of strains, some old and some new, 
but all are today’s best 
With a world food shortage this year, you’ll be wise to grow your own vegetables. It’s 
interesting and healthful, too, not to speak of the supply of nourishing food at little cost. 
But it’s not all fun. To succeed use good soil in the sun, plan weil, and carefully select your 
varieties. Keep your crops free from weeds and well cultivated. But most important of all, 
plant the best seeds, for good vegetables do not grow from poor seeds. 
Since 1898 Forbes Seeds have been used in huge quantities by the farmers who grow the 
vegetables you buy at your vegetable store. Use these same Forbes Seeds in your own garden. 
ASPARAG U S One ounce will produce 300 plants Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c 
For heavy yields in May and June each year keep the soil fertile. Don’t cut stalks until the third year. 
Mary Washington Rustproof. Large, vigorous, straight, dark green shoots tinged with purple, of extra fine 
quality. Immune to asparagus rust. Grow roots in close rows, and transplant the next year to the prepared bed. 
BEANS 
Dust or spray the underside of Jeaves each week with rotenone before the bean beetles get started. 
DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS One pound sows 100 ft. All, pkt. 10¢; Yelb. 30c; Ib. 55c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
Limited plantings every 10 to 14 days from May to August will provide fresh beans all season. 
Black Valentine Stringless. (53 days.) Medium-sized plants with a large yield of nearly straight, 6-inch, green 
pods of rounded cross section. These are entirely stringless and tender. Does best in a rather heavy soil. 
Bountiful. (48 days.) The heaviest yielding flat-podded variety with sturdy bushes and light green, somewhat 
' curved, 6%-inch stringless pods, in clusters which are easy to pick. Thrives mm any garden.soil. Sec \ 
Dwarf Horticultural. (54 days.) Grown either for snapbeans or for shelling green, this produces a large number of Wax Beans y 
nearly stringless, slightly curved, 5-inch round pods of deep green turning to yellow speckled with carmine blotches. , 
Longreen (Tendergreen Long Pod). (52 days.) Strong, prolific bushes with round, straight, deep green, 7-inch pods 
of extra fine quality and absolutely stringless. It has-replaced Tendergreen as Longreen pods are one inch longer. 
Plentiful. (50 days.) Vigorous, highly productive, large bushes with dark green, flat, straight, 61-inch pods which 
are entirely stringless and of fine quality. Resistant to bean rust but not the best for canning. 
DWARF WAX-PODDED BEANS One pound sows 100 ft. All, pkt. 10c; 14Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
Cultivate beans only when the plants are dry. For best quality pick before they reach full size. 
Sure Crop Wax. (53 days.) Straight, flat, deep yellow, 61-inch pods, brittle and stringless, in great numbers on 
large, vigorous bushes. These beans are highly rust-resistant and of extra fine quality and flavor. 
Unrivalled Wax. (50 days.) The plants are medium-sized and bear enormous early crops of translucent, pale 
yellow, half round, slim, slightly curved, 54%-inch pods of extra fine flavor and tenderness. 
GREEN POLE BEANS One pound will plant 100 hills Pkt. 10c; 4Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
For hills, set rough 7-foot poles every 2 or 3 feet and plant 6 beans around each, thinning to 3 plants. 
Kentucky Wonder. (65 days.) The round, light green, deeply creased pods, 7 to 9 inches long are stringless when 
young and of high quality. The vines-are very vigorous and produce heavily throughout the season. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS One pound will plant 100 feet Each, pkt. 15c; 14Ib. 40c; Ib. 70c; 5 Ibs. $3 
Plant 2 or 3 seeds, with eye down, every 10 inches in the row and Jater thin to one plant. 
Baby Fordhook. (66 days.) Erect, branching, vigorous, 18-inch plants with a large yield of 214-1nch pods each 
holding 3 or 4 small plump green limas of fine flavor and quality. Excellent for both canning and freezing. 
Fordhook 242. (75 days.) Somewhat spreading well foliaged plants with a heavy yield of 314 to 4-inch, uniform, 
slightly curved pods, each holding 3 to 4 light green beans of excellent quality. Sets well even in hot weather 
POLE LIMA BEANS One pound will plant 100 hills Each, pkt. 15c; %lb. 40c; Ib. 70c; 5 Ibs. $3 
These yield more limas than the bush varieties in the same space but are later in maturing. 
Challenger. (92 days.) Vigorous, productive vines that climb well. The straight, smooth, 4 to 5-inch pods, in great 
number, contain 4 to 6 large, thick beans of light green color. They are of good flavor and quality. 
King of the Garden. (88 days.) The extra large pods, produced in great abundance through the season, are broad, 
flat, smooth, 6 inches long and hold 4 to 5 large, flat, greenish white beans of excellent quality. 

















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Fordhook 242 
Bush Lima Beans 
