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. When growth 
is sufficient thin to the four strongest 
plants. 
Caution: To avoid spreading plant 
diseases, do not cultivate or pick when 
plants are wet. 
Blue Lake or White Creaseback— 
Widely used for processing. Round 
pods, medium green, stringless when 
young—and good canning qualities. 64 
days. 
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. 
Oregon Giant—Large prolific plants, 
good climbers. Pods are thick-oval, al- 
ways stringless, and very meaty. 1B 
days. 
Potomac (fr—An All-America variety. 
Vigorous better climbing, stringless type. 
Resistant to common bean Mosaic and 
some forms of rust. Pods straight, dark 
green, practically round. 66 days. 
Scarlet Runner—Large plant growth. 
Often planted for its brilliant scarlet 
flowers. Pods broad, oval and meaty. 
Used for snap and green shell beans. 


Almost 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 

Lima, Dwarf or Bush 
Plant in dry, warm ground. Make 
rows 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 per hill. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush (fr)—Best of 
flat seeded bush limas. Pods contain 
four or five large beans of excellent 
quality. 75 days. Pkt. 15c. 
Cangreen Bush (fr)—A new, small bush 
lima. A strong grower and_ prolific. 
Seeds slightly larger than Henderson 
type. 65 days. 
Lima, Pole 
Follow same plan as for other pole 
beans but plant seed two weeks later. 
Oregon Pole—Excellent pole bean, 
early enough to mature in Northern 
climate. Large broad pods. Beans, white. 
Delicious quality used green, shelled 
or dry. 70 days. 
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. 
Extra Early Flat Egyptian—The very 
earliest, with small tops and roots dis- 
tinctly flat and moderately thick, dark 
purplish red with light zoning. 55 days. 
Klein Wanzleben (Sugar Beet)—Largely 
used for sugar manufacture because 
of high sugar content; also good for 
stock feeding. Roots long with thick 
tapered shoulders. Flesh solid white. 
90 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't neglect the 
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. 
BEETS (Mangel Wurzel) 
Sow seeds in early fall and spring 
in rows 21’ to 3’ apart. Later thin to 
10” apart. 
Danish Sludstrup—Avery high yielding 
variety. Grows well above the ground 
—easy to pull. Flesh is white, tinged 
with faint yellow. 110 days. 
Giant Half Sugar, Rose—A good variety 
for feeding. Heavy yielding. Roots long 
and oval shaped. Skin white with rose 
colored shoulder, flesh white. 90 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 
5-in. long, which, if kept cut, will be 
replaced by others for 8 to 10 weeks. 
55 to 65 days. 
St. Valentine—Large headed variety— 
excellent quality. Good shipper. Heads 
solid white and well protected. 90 days. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Easy to grow wherever conditions are 
favorable for late cabbage, and re- 
quires same culture. As sprouts begin 
to form remove lower leaves so that 
all nourishments sent to lower stem 
will be forced into the sprouts. 
Dwarf Improved—Firm, thick-set tender 
heads. Easily grown. Early, dependable. 

GOLDEN ACRE CABBAGE 
CABBAGE 
Sow seed in drills 6” apart across 
the bed, dropping the seed 5 to 6 
to the inch. Firm soil after covering, 
then water thoroughly. Keep beds 
moist but not soaking wet. Seed 
germinates 3 to 8 days depending on 
temperature. Transplant to open 
ground when plants have made fourth 
pair of leaves. Set out as soon 4s frost 
danger is past. Use plenty of good 
commercial fertilizer. Cultivate fre- 
quently, every 5 or 6 days until cab- 
bages are large. For winter storage, 
stand plants upright in cold cellar, 
with roots in sand. Slight freezing will 
not harm cabbage. 
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