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BEANS — Wax Podded Varieties — Continued 
TOP NOTCH GOLDEN WAX 51 Days 
Pods are an inch longer than old type Improved Golden Wax. Seed is 
similar in size, but more white and smaller eye. 
IMPROVED STRINGLESS KIDNEY WAX _ 353 Days 
Resembling Wardwell’s Kidney Wax but pod is longer and thicker, not 
so broad; fairly productive and of high quality; stringless, fiberless, very 
fleshy and brittle. Pods about 6 inches long and of an attractive, clear 
yellow color. Seed white with black eye, kidney shaped. 
ROUND PODDED KIDNEY WAX OR BRITTLE WAX 52 Days 
Plants are of strong growth, spreading and very productive. The leaves 
are large, broad and roughened. Pods are round, 5% inches long, slightly 
curved, light yellow, waxlike, stringless and of the very best quality. Seed 
white with black eye, kidney shaped. 
ROYAL PURPLE WAX 48 Days 
Vine medium dark, 16-inch thick, heavy bush. Pods bright wax, 4% 
inches long, round, curved, stringless at all stages without fiber. Seed 
light purple, speckled with buff. 
SURE CROP OR BOUNTIFUL WAX 53 Days 
A vigorous growing, very productive variety. Pods about 6 inches long, 
stringless nearly round, attractive in color and remain a long time in con- 
dition for snaps. Seed jet black. 
TENDERWAX 52 Days 
A. new introduction similar in plant type to Round Pod Kidney Wax ex- 
cept that the variety is more prolific. Pods 5 to 5% inches, strictly string- 
less and fiberless. Seed white splashed with brown in the eye. 
UNRIVALLED WAX 52 Days 
Pods 5 to 5% inches long, rather narrow, either perfectly straight or 
slightly curved, somewhat flattened but fleshy. The pods show) their clear 
yellow color at an early stage and while having a trace of strings are 
quite fiberless. Plant large, vigorous and nearly disease resistant. Seed 
distinctly small, flat, kidney shaped, ochre-brown in color. 
WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAX 50 Days 
Hardy and productive. Pods 5% to 6 inches long, broad, thick, flat and 
of a delicate waxy yellow. Of excellent quality and with no string in the 
early growth. Seed white with dark red eye and splashing at end. 
WEBBER WAX OR CRACKER JACK WAX 50 Days 
Vine medium dark, 16 inch, strong growing bush with a fair leaf develop- 
ment. Pod good rich wax color, 5 to 6 inches long, flat, slightly curved, 
medium broad, meaty and well flavored; stringless and without fiber when 
small but develops fiber and becomes coarse with a slight string as it ages. 
Seed cream-yellow, medium small. 
BEANS — BUSH LIMA VARIETIES 
CuLturE. Lima Beans require even more heat than other Beans. 
They should not be planted until the ground is thoroughly warmed. Bush 
Limas should be sown on good garden soil in 2 to 8 ft. rows, 3 to 6 
inches apart, eye down, cover 1 inch if planted in light soils, less in heavy 
soil. One pound will plant 50 to 60 feet. Pole Limas are more tender 
than the Bush Limas. Set 6 ft. poles, 4 feet each way and drop 4 to 6 
beans, eye downward around each pole, thinning to 8 plants when up. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA 78 Days 
Plants 18 to 20 inches high, very productive. Pods 4 to 4% inches long, 
contains three to four beans, which are flat and wide and of excellent 
quality. 
