- All Garden Plans Should Lead Off With...B EA NS 
Beans are rightly the favorite vegetable of most home 
gardeners. They are extremely easy to grow, offer a va- 
riety of kinds and can be used in many ways. 
In beans you have a choice of green or wax snap 
beans in bush types or heavy yielding pole types; limas 
in bush and pole types; and also shell beans for winter. 
Prepare the soil thoroughly but don’t plant too early. 
Beans are very susceptible to frost. 
BUSH SNAP BEANS. Make rows 1% to 2 feet apart 
for hand cultivation and 3 to 4 feet for horse or tractor 
cultivation. Make furrows about 4 inches deep (use 
string to keep furrows straight), plant seed about 2 
inches apart and cover with one inch of soil. Later 
thin to six inches apart. Make successive plantings 
two to three weeks apart. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS. Plant two to three weeks later 
than snap beans and rows at least two feet apart. 
POLE SNAP and POLE LIMAS. Generally pole beans 
are trained on one strong, solidly set pole but often on 
three or four poles set in the shape of a teepee. The 
vines grow vigorously so do not have more than three 
plants to the pole or four to five to the teepee. Tie 
runners loosely to the pole and keep soil well cultivated. 
To promote the most vigorous growth of all types of 
beans, inoculate with Nitragin. This permits the plants 
to use the free nitrogen of the air. For heavier yields 
spray the blossoms with No-Seed Blossom Set or Frui- 
tone. Use these two scientific aids and get maximum 
results. 
Insects are just as vicious and plant diseases just as 
prevalent as ever but science has given us effective 
insecticides and fungicides. 
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is 
especially true in your garden. “End-O-Pest,”’ Acme 
Rotenone Garden Guard,” and “Acme All Round Spray” 
successfully combat leaf eating insects, sucking insects 
such as aphids and plant lice as well as fungus diseases. 
BUT START HARLY AND DUST OR SPRAY THOR- 
Tendergreen OUGHLY. 
WAX BEANS... Bush Type 
Pkt., 10c; postpaid. 25c per 1 Ib.; 45c per lb.; not postpaid. 
Top Notch Golden Wax piants are small, com- Cherokee Wax aii American Award in 1948. Plants 
pact, erect and very prolific. Pods are borne well off are hardy and extremely productive. Pods are straight, 
the ground which prevents rust and rot, are of golden a aren cig aaeetr tite gy oe pitas yellow color. 
yellow color, brittle, fleshy and solid, with wax-like 
texture. A good shell bean for winter use. Seed oval, *Pencil Pod Black Wax Plants are very produc- 
white with purplish eye. Length of pod, 4 inches; tive, with straight pods of light golden yellow color, 
height of plant, 14 inches; days to maturity, 48. round, meaty, deeply crease-backed, extremely brittle 
and without fiber. An excellent quality for home and 
: market gardens. Seed black. Length of pod, 6 inches; 
*Round Pod Kidney Wax Also called BRITTLE height of plant, 16 inches; days to maturity, 54. 
WAX. This is the best yellow wax bean on the market. S C : 
Absolutely stringless. Plants make a strong growth ure Crop Wax classed as an early variety, suit- 
; : : : able for home and market. Flat pods are clear amber 
and are very productive. Seed kidney-shaped, white yellow and stringless at all stages of development. 
with black eye. Length of pod, 5% inches; height of Seed black, egg-shaped. Length of pod, 6 inches: 
plant 15 inches; days to maturity, 52. height of plant, 16 inches; days to maturity, 53. 
IMPORTANT 
The maturity periods listed after the names should be classified as follows: In the Wax and Green Pod class- 
es the figures indicate the number of days required to produce snap pods. In the Lima class the number of days 
required to produce green shell beans. 
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* Designates Varieties Recommended for “Quick Freezing.” 
Never cultivate or work in beans when they are wet. 
See page 24 for quantity prices of Garden Seeds. 
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