
-Bean Sprouts are an all-the-year-around 
Broad Bean 
Frost-Proof 
Survived 24° Temperature 
on Our Michigan Seed Farms 


Six Broad Beans laid beside a 6-inch ruler to show 
the size of the dry beans. 
This bean is highly esteemed in Europe. It differs from American 
types of beans in that it should be planted early. We plant them 
here in Michigan as soon in the spring as the ground becomes 
eles sometimes in March. Plants are hardy and not sensitive 
to cold. 
The beans are as large as the largest Lima Bean, and nearly the 
same shape. Botanically, it belongs to the bean family, but the 
flavor is more like that of the pea, which accounts for it sometimes 
being called the Lima Pea. 
The plant is a bush of upright growth, about 214 feet high, with 
strong, sturdy stalks. Pods 7 inches long and 1% inches wide, flat 
and straight. Each holds 5 to 7 mammoth size beans. It is won- 
derfully productive and is delicious cooked either fresh or as a 
winter shell bean, 
BEANS IMPORTANT IN OUR DIET 
Snap beans contain Vitamins A and C, as well 
as Calcium and Iron. 
Bean Sprouts Like These in 5 Days 
Chinese Salad 
or Mung Bean 
Chinese Bean Sprouts Are an 
All-the-Year-Around Salad 
A delicious bean that is used for bean 
sprouts and served in chop suey and sal- 
ads in the finest Oriental Cafes. Chinese 
Lima beans contain Vitamins B; and G, as well 
as Phosphorus and Iron. 
Dried Lima and Navy beans are high in Iron, as 
well as fair amounts of Calcium and Vitamin Bj. 
salad. Enough for a good sized family 
ean be grown in a small dish or pan in.the 
kitchen in only 3 to 5 days. Grows with- 
out soil, sunshine or chemicals of any 
kind. This bean is unexcelled for soups. 
CHESTNUT 
OR GARBANZO BEAN 
This chestnut-flavored bean is one of the most 
delicious grown. Grows in bush form to a height of 
18” and completely covered with pods. For soup 
and turkey stuffing it cannot be surpassed. Popu- - 
lar in Spain, where it is known as the “‘Garbanzo.” 
POLE OR CLIMBING BEANS 
One pint of seed for 100 poles : 
YARD LONG BEAN. 
KENTUCKY WONDER. 65 days. The finest flavored snap bean 
grown. The silvery-green pods grow 814” to 9” long and are so Palas Ee 
fleshy they are often greater in thickness than width. They are eae An idly pel eet Poth 
solid, meaty and very crisp. They commence bearing exceedingly Wines ae epee aa Ay Stpcn ehagti 
early for a pole or climbing sort, and if pods are gathered as they nodide aa borin ceen ee fing 
mature the vines will continue to bear until killed by the fall frosts. slender, round pods which are of 
excellent quality for snap beans 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. 68 days. An ideal pole wax bean Vien young. The round pods have 
for all localities. Similar in habit of growth to the green podded the thickness of a tead pencil and 
Kentucky Wonder. The 8” yellow pods are so fleshy that often the gometimes grow to a length of 3 ft. 
thickness surpasses the width. Of most delicious quality, a heavy Very productive, tender and of fine 
yielder and bears a long season. flavor. 
WHITE-SEEDED KENTUCKY WONDER (Burger’s Stringless). SCARLET RUNNER 
65 days. One of the most desirable of the pole beans. It combines A fine ornamental vine, bearing 
attractive appearance with productivenes., and for quality it is un- jarge sprays of bright scarlet pea- 
surpassed. Straight, round, dark’ green ‘pods, 7 to 8 inches long, like flowers and an abundance of 
fieshy, entirely stringless, fiberless, and tender. The‘beans, being edible beans. Used both for shell 
white, are also fine for winter use. and snap beans. 
INOCULATE BEANS FOR BEST RESULTS 
Tnoculating bean seed hastens maturity, increases the yield and enriches the soil. Nitragin Inocu- 
lator for Beans only, bushel size, inoculates up to 60 lbs. seed, 35c, postpaid. 
Garden Culture. Good for Beans, Peas, Sweet Peas and Lupinus. Supplied in Garden Size Only. 
(Sufficient for 6 lbs. of seed), {5c¢, postpaid. 


SHELL BEANS 
40 pounds will plant an acre. 
MICHELITE PEA OR NAVY. The most valuable of all field 
beans. Developed at the Michigan State College Experiment Sta- 
tion. Resists disease, yields heavier, and quality is better. Ripens 
early and evenly ; beans uniform in size and the whitest of all. 




Yard Long 
PREPAID | NOT PREPAID 
| 10 Lbs. 
$3.80 
3.80 
3.40 
2.40 
3.60 
4.20 
3.80 
3.20 
4.00 
3.40 
3.80 
4.80 
PRICES 
25 Lbs. 
$9.00 
8.00 
5.50 
8.50 
10.00 
9.00 
7.50 
8.00 
9.00 
100 Lbs. 


Broad or Frost-Proof 
i Chestnut or Garbanzo 
Chinese Salad or Mung. 
Edible Soy Bean Bansei 
Kentucky Wonder 
Kentucky Wonder Wax 
King of the Garden Lima 
Michelite Pea or Navy 
Scarlet Runner 
Sieva Lima (‘‘Butter Bean’’) 
White-Seeded Kentucky Wonder 
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Edible Soy Bean Bansei 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN 
BANSEI. These beans are delicious when 
eaten green or dry, and are superior té navy 
beans for baking. 
high; the starch content low. 
times the protein content of eggs, and twice 
the protein and twelve times the fat of navy 
beans. §& 
and calcium content about 60% greater than 
cow’s milk. They are also an excellent source 
of Vitamins A, B, and G. 
the earliest (ready to pick in 90 days), and 
is very productive. Resistant to drought, dis- 
ease and insects. Seed is bright green while 
young and yellow when mature. Plants grow 
24 inches in height and require no support. 
The food value is very 
About four 
Superior to spinach in available iron, 
Bansei is one of 



Kentucky Wonder 
Plant a few hills in your corn. The 
corn stalks will act as a support for the 
vines. 

POLE LIMA BEANS 
KING OF THE GARDEN. 88 days 
A vigorous grower, requiring but two 
vines to each pole. Begins flowering 
early, at the bottom of the pole, pro- 
ducing a continuous bloom and fruitage 
throughout the season. Pods are large 
and beans are of excellent quality, 
well-formed and mammoth in size. One 
pint of this variety will plant about 50 
poles. 
SIEVA (“Butter Bean’). 75 days. 
A climbing variety similar to Hender- 
son’s Bush Lima. Begins bearing very 
early and continues to produce until 
frost; very produetive; excellent qual- 
ity. Should be extensively grown be- 
cause of its hardiness, earliness and 
long bearing season. One pint of this 
variety will plant about 125 poles. 
NOTICE 
NO C.0.D. SHIPMENTS 
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