best suit your needs. 
Selection of Varieties That Best 
Suit Your Needs 
The information on the pages that follow is given to help you select the varieties that 
Service Agency. 
Green Pod Bush Beans 
CULTURE: Beans may be planted any time after 
soil has become warm, up until the first of August. 
They do not require rich soil. Sow 2 Ibs. per 100- 
foot row, or 60 lbs. per acre. 
Rows should be 18 
inches apart; seed 2 to 4 inches apart and 1 to 2 
inches deep. A succession of plantings every two 
weeks will provide a constant supply of fresh beans 
during the season. Weight per bushel, 60 lbs. 
Beans, Topcrop 
© TOPCROP (USDA No. 1) 
(Formerly called Fulcrop) 
(Days to Maturity, 52) 
NEW VARIETY FOR 1951 
Excellent canning and market garden 
variety. Good freezing qualities. 
: Erect, vigorous, leafy, with good pod 
concentration. 
Round, dark green, 51% inches long. 
Mosaic resistant. 
Brown, mottled. 
@ FULL MEASURE 
(Days to Maturity, 58) 
Home and market garden. 
: Erect, vigorous, dark green. 
Round, pointed, straight, dark green, 
stringless, tender. 
Fawn-brown with dark brown. 
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Beans, Stringless Black Valentine 
These varieties may be obtained from your Cooperative 
@ BLACK VALENTINE 
(Stringless) 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
Primarily market garden. Widely used 
for late planting in home gardens. 
Open, spreading, dark green foliage. 
Oval, dark green, stringless. 
Small, jet black. 
@ PLENTIFUL 
(Days to Maturity, 52) 
Early market and shipping variety. 
Stringless at all stages of growth. 
Sturdy, very vigorous, foliage abundant, 
dark green. 
Oval, 7 inches long, green, curved. 
Flattened, oval, jet black. 
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE 
