4 Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 

Pole Beans 
Pole beans are far more productive than the bush 
sorts and can be grown with just as little trouble. 
The city gardener need not have poles for them to run 
on, but may plant with corn, sunflowers, or along a 
fence line. Plant two seed to each stalk and cover 
about three inches. If planted to themselves, lay off 
rows three to four feet apart, and hills two feet apart 
in these rows. Plant six to eight seed in each hill 
and give support soon after they come above the 
ground. The pole beans are slightly more susceptible 
to cold and should not be planted quite so early as 
the bush. 
20—KENTUCKY WONDER.—The pods are very 
long, often measuring twelve inches; slender, flat, and 
stringless. The seed is small, long, and of a brownish 
color. It is one of the earliest pole beans in cultiva- 
tion, but its earliness does not injure its quality in 
any respect. For a heavy yielding, stringless snap, 
none of the newest sorts can approach this one. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25c, Ib. 40c, 5 lbs. $1.75, 10 lbs. 
$3.00, postpaid. 
21— WHITE CREASEBACK. — For those who 
wish a round pod, stringless pole bean, this old fav- 
orite will fill their needs. It is early, ranking next 
to Kentucky Wonder in earliness. The vines are 
vigorous and produce over a longer period than Ken- 
tucky Wonder. The pods are long, straight, round, 
meaty, and stringless. The seed are small, long, round, 
and pure white. 
Pkt. 10c, 1% Ib. 25¢, lb. 40c, 5 lbs. $1.75, 10 Ibs. 
$3.00, postpaid. 
22—CORN HILL OR CUT SHORT.—The pods 
are rather short, fat, slightly curved, and filled with 
medium size beans of a rounded but irregular shape. 
Seed blotched with red and lighter shades. Later in 
maturing than most pole beans and for this reason 
desirable for planting in corn. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25c, lb. 40c, 5 Ibs. $1.75, 10 Ibs. 
$3.00, postpaid. 

Brittle Wax Bean 


Nancy Davis 
24—- NANCY DAVIS.— Or Striped Creaseback. 
This is one of the best running snaps that we list. 
Slightly later than Ky. Wonder, but bears excellent 
stringless snaps that are round and tender. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25e, Ib. 40c, 5 Ibs. $1.50, 10 Ibs. 
$2.75, postpaid. 
23—HORTICULTURAL POLE.—Also known as 
October bean. It is one of the best for shell beans. 
The pods are short, very thick, and crowded with 
large, almost round seed. Seed thick, almost round, 
and blotched with red and lighter shades. 
Pkt. 10c, 1% lb. 25e, Ib. 40c, 5 Ibs. $175; 10> lbs: 
$3.00, postpaid. 
Bush Wax Beans 
15—IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.—The vines are 
robust in growth and bear an enormous crop of large, 
long, and rather flat pods. The color is a clear waxy 
yellow. The seed are white and splotched around the 
eye with shades of brown. 
Pkt. 10c, % lb. 25c, lb. 45c, 5 lbs. $2.00, 10 lbs. 
$3.25, postpaid. 
16—PENCIL POD BLACK WAX.—Vines make a 
healthy growth and yield a big crop or pods which 
ripen uniformly. The pods are about six inches long, 
round, and tender. Seed black. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25c, lb. 45c, 5 Ibs. $2.00, 10 Ibs. 
$3.25, postpaid. 
17 — BRITTLE WAX. — The vines are vigorous 
and upright, bearing an abundance of long, slightly 
curved pods. The pods are very tender, stringless, and 
of a clean yellow color. Seed white with dark mark- 
ings around the eye. For the home garden, we can 
highly recommend Brittle Wax. 
Pkt. 10c, %4 Ib. 25c, Ib. 45c, 5 lbs. $2.00, 10 Ibs 
$3.25, postpaid. 
