Bean Sprouts Like These in 5 Days 
Chinese Salad 
or Mung Bean 
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 
workable, 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 21% feet high, with 
strong, sturdy stalks. Pods 7 inches long and 114 inches wide, flat 
and straight. Each holds 5 to 7 mammoth size beans. It is won- 
Edible Soy Bean Bansei 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN 
BANSEI. These beans are delicious when 
eaten green or dry, and are superior to navy 
beans for baking. The food value is very 
high; the starch content low. About four 
times the protein contént of eggs, and twice 
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 fron. 
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 B,. 
the protein and twelve times the fat of navy 
beans. Superior to spjnach in| ay ailable iron, 
and calcium conterit about 60% greater than 
cow’s milk. They are also an excellent source 
of Vitamins A, B, and G. Bansei is one of 
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. 
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 
Bean Sprouts are an all-the-year-around 
salad. Enough for a good sized family 
can 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. 
7 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 [00 poles 
KENTUCKY WONDER. 65 days. The finest flavored snap bean YARD LONG BEAN 
rown. The silvery-green pods grow 814” to 9” long and are so 
. des Z e be 70 days. An excellent variety, as 
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. 
fleshy they are often greater in thickness than width. They are 1 int - vats 
solid, meaty and very crisp. They commence bearing exceedingly ae sat eee Se a tea ga 
early for a pole or climbing sort, and if pods are gathered as they preaties at saperay tases of None 
mature the vines will continue to bear until killed by the fall frosts. slender, round pods which are of 
excellent quality for snap beans 
> KEN ee WAX. 68 days. when young. The round pods have 
> ; the thickness of a lead pencil and 
Kentucky: Wonder, sometimes grow to a length of 3 ft. 
Very productive, tender and of fine 
An ideal pole wax bean 
Similar in habit of growth to the green podded 
The 8” yellow pods are so fleshy that often the 
thickness surpasses the width. Of most delicious quality, a heavy. 
yielder and bears a long season. “flavor. 
7 WHITE-SEEDED KENTUCKY WONDER (Burger's Stringless). SCARLET RUNNER 
Kentucky Wonder 
Plant a few hills in your corn. The 
corn stalks will act as a support for the 
vines. 
65 days. One of the most desirable of the pole beans. It combines A fine ornamental vine, bearing 
attractive appearance with productiveness, 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 
fleshy, entirely stringless, fiberless, and tender. edible beans. -Used both for shell 
white, are also fine for winter use. 
The beans, being 
and snap beans. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
KING OF THE GARDEN. 88 days. 
.A vigorous grower, requiring but twa 
vines to each pole. Begins flowering 
early, at the bottom of. the pole, pro- 
ducing a continuous bloom and fruitage 
Pods are large 
INOCULATE BEANS FOR BEST RESULTS 
Nitragin Inocu- 
Inoculating bean seed hastens maturity, increases the yield and enriches the soil. 
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), 15c, postpaid. 
throughout the season. 
oe and beans are of excellent quality, 
well-formed and mammoth in size. One 
PREPAID NOT PREPAID pint of this variety will plant about 5@ 
PRICES . poles. 
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} A climbing variety similar to Hender- 
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