They last 
POLE SNAP BEANS 
One pound plants 200 hills. 
The flavor and quality of these types of Bean are 
very high. Grow them if you have the room. Erect 
stout poles 3 feet apart; sow 8 Beans in a circle 
around the base after danger of frost has passed; 
thin to 5 plants per pole. Or you may grow them 
against a wire fence, allowing 1 pound per 100 feet. 
Decatur. % Vigorous novelty, climbing 6% 
feet and covered with dark green, high- 
quality pods, round in section and string- 
less. Seeds are small and white. Resistant 
to disease, it is recommended for garden 
and commercial use. Won Silver Medal in 
the All-America Seed-Trials for 1942. Pkt. 
15 cts., 4lb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Old Homestead (Green Kentucky Won- 
der). % The pods are tender, stringless 
when young and silvery green, hanging in 
clusters throughout the plant. Begins to 
yield in ten weeks, and thereafter is a con- 
tinuous bearer. Pkt. 10 cts., 14Ib. 30 cts., 
Ib. 50 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.25. 
Scarlet Runner. Has scarlet flowers. The 
green pods, though containing strings, are 
probably the best flavored of any Bean. 
ome cts., 4Ib. 30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. 
2.50. 
Yard-Long Asparagus. <A_ remarkable 
Bean, yielding narrow rounded pods of 
enormous length. The quality is excellent. 
Pkt. 20 cts., 44Ib. 50 cts., Ib. 85 cts. 
Beans for Growing Under Glass 
(DWARF) 
These are of interest only to the professional 
gardener anxious to produce a crop out of season in 
a greenhouse. 
The Prince. New sort, quick to mature and 
cropping enormously. The pods are with- 
Out strings, meaty, of fine flavor, 11 to 12 
inches Jong. Pkt. 20 cts., Ib. 50 cts., 
Ib. 95 cts., 5 Ibs. $4. 
Wonder. Of fine color and refined flavor. 
Round, 6-inch pods are borne in great 
ANE Yélb. 40 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. 
3.50. 
Masterpiece. Strong, quick grower and 
very prolific, the pods attaining a length 
of over 7 inches, straight, tender, meaty 
and stringless. Bean thick-flat. Mlb. 40 
cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 

Beans for Baked Beans 
Grow until fully ripened; then shell. Pods are 
inedible. 
White Marrow. The large straight pods 
each contain half-dozen large white Beans, 
ready in about 4 months. Excellent flavor. 
Height 114 feet. 14lIb. 30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 
5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Pea or Navy. Large, spreading plant with 
strong runners. The white ‘‘Boston’”’ Beans 
are small and oval. Harvested 3 months 
after seeding. lb. 30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 
5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Red Kidney. Beans are red. %Ib. 30 cts., 
Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Broad (Fava) Beans 
Differ from American types in that they do best 
in cold weather; light frost does them no harm, and 
they should be planted early. Select strong land and 
spray continuously against aphis and blight. Not 
recommended for the home-garden. 
English Windsor. Heavy pods are pro- 
duced in pairs with 3 or 4 large Beans in 
each. Tender and delicious. Mlb. 35 cts., 
Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
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Early Giant Lima 
Beans 
Edible Soy Beans 
If you have plenty of room, grow this new 30-inch 
high crop, the yield of which is so heavy in proteins, 
fats and vitamins A, B; an Extraordinary 
yields are obtained. Beans may be harvested in 
about the same relative stage as garden peas, and 
cooked in the same way. Or they may be grown 
along like Pea or Navy Beans, allowed to ripen on 
the plant. Pods are discarded. Send for leaflet. 
Selected Seed. % An excellent Iegume. 
YIb. 30 cts., Ib. 50 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.25. 

Pole Snap Beans 
Soy Beans for Sprouting 
Used in Chinese cooking. Lb. 25 cts. 
(postpaid 40 cts.); 5 Ibs. $1 (postpaid $1.25). 
How to Grow Lima Beans 
Don’t waste your seed by sowing Lima Beans be- 
fore all danger of frost is over and the soil is thor- 
oughly warm. Sow Bush sorts in rows 2 feet apart 
and about 2 inches deep, putting the Beans 3 inches 
apart in the row, ‘‘eye down,” later thinning so that 
the plants stand 6 to 8 inches apart. For Pole varie- 
ties put 6 seeds in each hill, arranging the hills 3 feet 
apart each way. They require a pole 7 feet high, 
and when the vines have eh alg the top, pinch 
them and so increase the yield. Some gardeners 
plant under glass and transplant about the time 
seeds are usually sown. Limas always do best on a 
nice, rich, loamy soil. Surplus stock may be ripened 
on the vines, the Beans dried and kept for winter. 
Lima Beans take almost the whole season to 
grow. You cannot plant them for succession, except 
Early Giant. A good idea is to first sow an exce 
tionally quick crop, like radish, mustard or spiiach, 
dig when harvested and then sow Limas. 
One pound of seed plants 50 to 100 feet of drill 
or 50 hills. 
Should you notice your plants being spotted or 
spoiled by blight or fungus AE this applies to Snap 
Beans also), pull out each affected plant and burn 
it; this does not often happen. But you are very 
likely to fimd damage by the Mexican bean beetle. 
In the soil around the plants you may see the mature 
beetle, like a spotted, rather large yellow lady bug. 
Under the leaves are clusters of the orange-yellow 
eggs, with the yellow, spiny larve that hatch from 
fhe The leaves will be eaten into lacy designs, the 
larve eating the leaves, but leaving the veins. Hurry 
and dust your plants with Hortex, or spray them, 
especially the under side of the leaves, with Rotene. 
A 25-foot row or ten hills should supply 
25 pounds or more of Lima Beans (pods). 
They supply vitamins Bi, C and G; also 
phosphorus, copper and some iron. 

%* Kinds so marked suitable for 
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DWARF LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 to 100 feet of drill. Yield 
in from 12 to 14 weeks. 
Peerless. % Ideal for canning and freezing; 
good for the garden also, especially in the 
East. Clusters of rather short pods, hold- 
ing from 2 to 3 medium-size green Beans 
that are unexcelled for flavor. Yields 
heavily even under adverse weather con- 
ditions. Honorable Mention, All-America 
Seed Trials for 1948. Pkt. 25 cts., Ib. 
55 cts., Ib. $1. 
Fordhook 242. % An improved Fordhook 
and an All-America Seed-Trials Winner. 
Like Fordhook, the Beans are thick, but of 
only medium size—the true “potato” 
type. Yields are outstanding, and first 
pickings of Two-forty-two are very large. 
Quality is high. Pkt. 20 cts., 144Ib. 40 cts., 
Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Fordhook. *% A dwarf form of the Chal- 
lenger or Potato Lima, and earlier. Pods 
measure 4 to 5 inches, frequently containing 
4 fine Beans of medium size, thick, meaty 
and very tender. Pkt. 15 cts., 14Ib. 40 cts., 
Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
Baby Potato. * Beans are somewhat smal- 
ler than Fordhook. The plant is smaller 
also, so it is interesting te those whose 
garden space is limited. Flavor is espe- 
cially good. Pkt. 15 cts., Mlb. 40 cts., Ib. 
70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
Early Giant. »*% The short period in which 
this Bean matures enables it to be grown 
for succession, sowings being made from 
May 15 to July 10 near New York. The 
flavor is refined, and the fine, Tuscious 
Beans, which are large, thick, and flat, 
are produced in remarkable quantity. Pkt. 
20 cts., 14Ib. 40 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Improved Bush. A fine standard Bush 
Lima; the pods are large in size and are 
well filled with larger Beans. A great pro- 
ducer; growth vigorous; the blossom- 
bearing stalks are thrown well ‘out of the 
foliage, and the Beans are ready for picking 
very early. Ib. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 
5 Ibs. $3. 
Henderson Bush. % Beans are small, but 
are produced in quantity. Pkt. 15 cts., 14Ib. 
35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 hills. Yield in from 13 
to 15 weeks. 
Green-seeded. The vine is strong and vig- 
orous, with large runners or branches, pro- 
ducing many pods closely filled with large 
Beans, many of the pods containing four. 
This is a broad-seeded variety much nearer 
to having every Bean perfect than any 
other Pole Lima. The green tint is dis- 
tinctive, for it retains this tint in the dry 
state to a greater extent than usual, which 
indicates good quality, being fine-flavored 
and more tender than white-seeded Beans. 
It is the most perfect Pole Lima. Pkt. 
15 cts., 44Ib. 40 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Challenger or Potato Improved. Early. 
A small thick Bean of excellent flavor. 
VIb. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
King of the Garden. Beans flat and large. 
Yelb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Ford’s Mammoth. Very large pods, fre- 
quently measuring 9 inches long; Beans 
flat and large; productive and of good 
flavor. Ib. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Early Leviathan. Early variety with pods 
in clusters. Splendid where the season is 
short. Pkt. 15 cts., 44Ib. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 
5 Ibs. $2.75. 
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