BEANS—Pole 
Plant a little later than dwarf beans when the ground is warmer. Poles 7-8 ft. above 
ground should be about 4 ft. apart. Three or four poles may be pulled together at the 
top and tied, for rigidity. Round each pole set 6 beans 11" deep, thinning to 4 per 
pole later. Pole beans repay this work by heavier yields and longer picking seasons 
than bush beans. Allow about 1 lb. per 100 poles; 30-40 lb. per acre, depending on 
the size of the seed. 
Blue Lake: 64 days. Popular for canning and 
freezing because of its neat, straight, almost 
round, dark green pods. A stringless strain has 
been developed by our Pacific Coast breeding 
station. 
Kentucky Wonder: 65 days. The Asgrow strain 
represents a thoroughbred development of this 
old favorite. Plants tall and prolific; pods in 
clusters, long, curved, round, fiberless and 
brittle. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax: 68 days. The standard 
wax pole bean. Flat pods, nearly stringless. 
London Horticultural (Speckled Cranberry): 70 
days. Medium-sized pods, dark green when 
young, stringless, slightly curved. 
McCaslan: 65 days. Widely grown throughout 
the South. Large, thick-flat, green pods, string- 
less when young, and of good flavor. 
Missouri Wonder: 66 days. Used when young 
for snaps; later as dry shell beans. Pods shorter, 
broader and flatter than Kentucky Wonder. 
Potomac: 66 days. A strong climber, bearing 
a heavy crop of very trim, dark green pods of 
medium size, practically round and _ straight, 
entirely stringless and of fine eating quality. 
Striped Creaseback (Genuine Cornfield): 72 
days. Round, straight, creasebacked pods, green 
at picking stage; of good quality, though with 
slight string. 
LIMA BEANS 
While the culture of Lima beans is in general the same as that of green and wax podded 
beans, they require a rich soil and must not be planted until soil is thoroughly warmed. 
Bush Varieties 
Baby Potato: 72 days. All-America Silver Medal. 
Plant similar to Henderson’s Bush but more 
prolific; seeds small but plump, bright green 
when fresh and of Fordhook flavoi 
Burpee’s: 77 days. A large-seeded variety with 
3 to 4 broad, flat beans to the ped. 
Burpee’s Improved: 75 days. Larger and more 
prolific than Burpee’s; beans average 4 per pod. 
Clark’s Bush: 67 days. An attractive Asgrow 
variety, similar to Henderson’s Bush but with 
the notable difference that the beans are of pleas- 
ing green color and very free from whites. 
Fordhook, Asgrow Concentrated: 71 days. 
Plants stocky and prolific; pods concentrated for 
position and time of maturity, each with 3 to 
5 large oval beans of rich flavor and high food 
value. 
Fordhook 242: 75 days. Of Fordhook type es- 
pecially bred by the U.S.D.A. to set pods and 
produce a crop in hot weather. 
Henderson’s Bush: 65 days. A Baby Lima, 
known in the South as Butter Bean. Pods con- 
tain 3 to 4 small beans, pale green when young. 
Jackson. Wonder: 65 days. An old Southern 
favorite. Flat pods have 3 to 4 mottled beans. 
Pole Varieties 
Giant Butter Speckled: 90 days. Stands up well 
in summer weather. Beans buff, spotted brown- 
ish red. Pods in clusters, 4 or 5 seeds per pod. 
King of the Garden: 88 days. A general fa- 
vorite for its hardiness and vigor. Produces a 
heavy yield of pods containing 4 or 5 large, 
oval, greenish white beans. 
Sieva: 77 days. Also known as Small White, 
in reference to the beans, but the plants are 
tall and prolific. Pods have 3 to 4 beans of ex- 
cellent table quality. 
