Pole Beans 
CULTURE: Plant later than bush beans. Set 8- 
to 9-foot poles firmly in the ground 3 feet apart with 
rows 4 feet apart. Plant 5 to 8 beans around each 
pole; later thin to 4 vines. Cover seed 114 to 2 
inches deep. One pound of seed will plant 75 to 100 
hills; 30 pounds per acre. 
@ LAZY WIFE (White Cranberry) 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: Snap or green shell beans. Home gardens. 
Good dry shell bean. 
VinE: 4} to 5 feet tall, glossy medium green. — 
Pops: 7 to 8 inches long, round, stringless, 
fiberless when young. Develops strong 
strings at maturity. 
SEED: White, round-oval shape. 
@ KENTUCKY WONDER WAX 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
VINE: 4 to 5 feet tall, good climber, dark green. 
Pops: 7 to 7% inches long, light golden yellow, 
thick, flat to oval. 
SEED: Chocolate-brown, flat-oval. 
@ McCASLAN 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Snap or dry 
shell beans. 
VINE: 5 to 51% feet tall, medium, dark green, 
vigorous, good climber. 
Pops: 7 to 8 inches long, fleshy, medium green, 
slightly stringy, flattened and twisted. 
SEED: Ivory-white, oblong and flattened. 
@ STRIPED CREASEBACK 
(Nancy Davis; Scotia) 
(Days to Maturity, 72) 
Ussrs: Good cornfield bean. Used for snaps. 
VinE: 41% to 5 feet tall, good climber, dark 
green. 
Pops: 6 to 6% inches long, medium green, 
round, fleshy, stringy, brittle. 
SEED: Mottled buff with black stripes. 
@ LONDON HORTICULTURAL 
(Speckled Cranberry; Wren’s Egg) 
(Days to Maturity, 72) 
Uses: Snap or green shell bean. Home and mar- 
ket garden. Good dry shell bean. 
VINE: 4 to 41% feet tall, vigorous, dark green 
foliage. 
Pops: 6 to 61% inches long, dark green turning 
lighter with splashes of red in green shell 
stage, stringless, thick, flat, nearly 
straight, fleshy. 
Seep: Buff streaked with red oval. 
Richmond, Virginia 
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Beans, Kentucky Wonder Pole 
@ KENTUCKY WONDER 
(Old Homestead) 
(Days to Maturity, 65) 
Usrs: Outstanding for home and market gar- 
dens. Well adapted to freezing. 
VinE: Good climber, 5 to 6 feet tall, dark green, 
prolific. 
Pops: 7 to 9 inches long, uneven, slightly twisted, 
medium dark green, curved, slightly 
stringy, fiberless, tender, brittle. 
SrEp: Grayish brown to brown. 
Bush Lima Beans 
CULTURE: One-half pound small or | pound 
large bush lima beans will plant a row 100 feet long; 
30 pounds small or 60 pounds large will plant an 
acre. Lima beans are not as hardy as snap beans and 
should not be planted as early. Plant as soon as the 
ground is warm, in rows 3 feet apart, 1 14 inches deep 
dropping 3 or 4 beans every 8 or 10 inches. Cultivate 
same as snap beans. 
@ WOOD’S PROLIFIC 
(Days to Maturity, 71) 
Usss: Very similar to Henderson Bush Lima but 
more vigorous, a little larger and some- 
what longer in season... 
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