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Yellow-Pod 
So 3 A fs S Bush Varieties 
Plant seed when all danger of frost is past and the soil is quite warm, in rows 
18 to 30 inches apart for hand cultivation, or 24% to 3 feet apart for field culture. 
Space the seed 2 to 3 inches apart in the row and cover with 1 to 2 inches of soil. 
Give frequent and shallow cultivation until blossoms appear. A packet will plant 
about 25 feet of row; 1 lb., 100 feet; 60 lbs. to an acre. You can make your Bean 
crop most effective if you plant seed at intervals of two weeks until about 10 
weeks before the first frost. In that way you can have plants in full production 
constantly, providing a steady supply for both table and canning purposes. Re- 
member, Beans have the best flavor when served or canned soon after picking. 
Prices of Wax Beans unless otherwise noted are as follows: 
Beans, Pencil Pod Black Wax 
BEANS—POLE, or RUNNING 
They succeed best in sandy loam, in hills, from 3 to 4 feet apart; 
from 5 to 6 seeds are planted in each hill, about 2 inches deep. 
Prices of Pole Beans are as follows: pkt. 10c., 14 Ib. 35c., 
1 Ib. 60c., 5 Ibs. $2.75, 10 Ibs. $5.00. 
Early Golden Cluster Pole Wax. (75 days.) The pods are from 
6 to 8 in. long and are borne in clusters of from three to six. The 
pods are of a beautiful golden color. Can be used either shelled 
or as a string Bean. 
Horticultural Pole. (70 days.) Pods 5 to 6 in. long, straight, flat, 
stringless and of good quality; color, dark green splashed with 
bright red. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. (68 days.) Pods waxy yellow, flat, meaty 
and is the most popular wax-podded variety. 
Lazy Wife. Splendid long, thick green pods, with white Beans. 
A late variety. 
Old Homestead or Kentucky Wonder. (68 days.) Very early 
and productive, long green pods, hanging in clusters, are stringless 
and tender. 
FIELD BEANS—Dwarf or Bush 
GREEN PODDED 
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Large White Marrow. Ripe in 100 days. High quality large Bean 
for use dry. Plant large with tendency to form runners; very 
vigorous and productive. Pods 54% in. long. Dry Beans medium 
large, white. 
Robust Pea Bean. An improved strain of Marrow Pea Beans 
which resists the Mosaic disease that is often very destructive. 
The beans are small, round and pure white, and of good quality. 
Red Kidney. Large red, kidney shaped beans. Yields heavily on 
strong land. Considered one of the most profitable beans to raise 
for market. : 
White Kidney. Ripe in 100 days. High quality large bean for use 
dry. Plant large with tendency to form runners; hardy, heavily 
productive. Pods 6 to 6}4 in. long. Beans long kidney shape; white. 
Yellow Eye. Medium size white beans with yellow spot or “eye. 
It produces large crops and matures early and is less subject to 
the diseases which often attack other kinds. 
pkt. 10c., 14 Ib. 35c., Ib. 60c., 5 ibs. $2.75, 10 Ibs. $5.00. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. (55 days.) Considered without doubt the best round 
pod Wax Bean both for home use and market. The pods are 6 to 7 in. long, 
straight, and as round as a pencil. Pods are clear yellow, very brittle, stringless 
and of finest quality. Matures early and the plant is vigorous and productive. 
Seed is black. 
improved Golden Wax (Top Notch). (50 days.) A flat-podded sort, having 
become everywhere popular because of its showy pods. 
Round Pod Kidney or “Brittle Wax.’’ (58 days.) Grows quickly and bears 
a prolific crop of attractive, round, waxy light yellow pods, 6 to 7 in. long. They 
are thick, fleshy, very meaty, always brittle, tender and never show even the 
slightest sign of any strings. Unsurpassed in quality for home use and canning. 
White seeds with dark markings around eye. 
Davis Stringless Wax. (52 days.) A distinct improvement over Davis 
White Wax. Plant slightly taller and more vigorous, and heavily produc- 
tive. 
moderately fleshy, slightly fibrous but tender and strictly stringless. 
Hardier and less susceptible to fungus disease than Davis White Wax. 
Pods clear light yellow, 6-614 in. long, 3-14 in. wide, thick-oval, 
GREEN POD 
B E A Ie VARIETIES 
Prices of Green Beans unless otherwise noted are as follows: 
pkt. 10c., 14 Ib. 35c., Ib. 60c., 5 Ibs. $2.75, 10 Ibs. $5.00. 
TOPCROP (New). All America Gold Medal Winner for 1950. 
Topcrop, in our opinion, is by far the finest of the new round green 
Beans. Developed by W. J. Zaumeyer of the USDA, it is a natural 
for the market gardener and has already won enthusiastic approval 
from large scale growers who have had samples for trial. It is very 
early and exceptionally vigorous and prolific. Tests indicate that 
it can be planted early and will ripen almost as soon as Bountiful— 
and nearly the whole crop is ready at one time. The straight 
plump beans are of good length (5% to 6 in.), medium green, 
stringless and of fine quality, and the yields are often astonishing. 
Resistant to common bean mosaic. Topcrop has vigorous vines 
with a concentrated set of pods well off the ground. See Back 
Cover Page for illustration. Pkt. 10c., 4% lb. 40c., 1 lb. 75c., 5 
Ibs. $3.50, 10 lbs. $6.00. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. (53 days.) The medium green, 
meaty, fine-quality, round, pointed pods are 6 in. long. Popular 
for home-gardens and canning. 
Bountiful Stringless. (53 days.) The most popular green-podded 
Bean. The pods are long, flat, slightly curved and absolutely 
stringless. An early variety it matures in about 53 days. 
Dwarf Horticultural. (54 days.) A grand shell Bean, and very 
productive; pods flat. Lb. 70c. 
Earliest Red Valentine. (52 days.) Pods round, thick, very tender. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod. (54 days.) The best long, rounded- 
podded strain, tender and prolific. 
Tendergreen. (54 days.) A newer green podded Bean of unusual 
merit. The pods are long, light green in color, round and absolutely 
stringless. It yields a heavy crop and matures in 6 weeks. 
Broad Windsor Long Pod. (Also known as Fava Bean and as 
Horse Bean; not a Kidney Bean.) Late. Valuable for green shell 
use. Plant very large and erect, strictly bush. Pods glossy green; 
5 in. long, 114 in. broad, stout; 3 seeded; smooth. Green shell, 
beans large, broad, flat, light green. Dry seeds very large, circular 
flat, pale reddish brown with black eye. 
