BEANS, Continued 
TOPCROP BEAN (fr) 
All America Gold Medal Winner 
for 1950. 51 days. One of the 
outstanding horticultural introduc- 
tions in recent years. Does well 
in the home garden, market gar- 
den and is excellent for com- 
mercial processing. 5!/, to 6 
inches long round medium light 
green pods. Pkt. '/> Ib. 45c. 
Beans, Pole 
Genuine Cornfield (Striped Crease- 
back) — Vigorous-growing, prolific. 
Pods round, straight, light green; 
fleshy, tender, but somewhat stringy. 
matures in 71 days. 
Kentucky Wonder (fr) — Strong 
climber, hardy, long-bearing. Curved, 
almost round pods. Slightly stringy, 
but brittle and fibreless. Meaty. 65 
days to maturity. 
McCaslan—Dry shelled or snap, good 
climber. Medium green thick, flat 
pods. Meaty, stringless and tender. 65 
days to maturity. 
Stringless Black Creaseback—FEarliest 
and most prolific, stringless, green- 
podded pole bean. Pods 5 inches long, 
round, slightly curved, borne in clus- 
ters. 58 days. 
Lima, Dwarf or Bush 
Baby Potato (fr)—1940 All-America. 
Small, thick-seeded butter bean with 
real flavor, early maturity and prolific 
growth. 12 to 16-in. tall. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush (fr)—Best of 
flat seeded bush limas. Pods contain 
four or five large beans of excellent 
Quality, (5. days. PKt. 15c; 
Fordhook Bush (fr)—Straight pods 
large beans, excellent quality. 
Henderson’s Bush (fr)—-Known as 
Baby Lima or Butter Bean. Plants 
small, early and bushy. 65 days. Very 
productive. 
Jackson Wonder (Speckled Bush)— 
Pods medium size with 4 to 5 thick, 
large beans. Drought resistant and 
very prolific. Dry beans mottled in 
color. 66 days. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA 
Lima, Pole 
Follow same plan as for other pole beans 
but plant seed two weeks later. 
Florida Butter Bean — Dependable, 
popular, prolific. 78 days. 
King of the Garden (fr) — Flat, 
smooth pods with four or five white, 
large, flat beans. 88 days. 
Sieva, Carolina or Small White—Plant 
10 to 12-ft. tall, and bears over a long 
season. Medium green pods with 3 to 
4 beans of excellent quality. 77 days. 
BEETS 
Deep, rich sandy loam produces finest 
beets. As soon as ground can be worked 
sow in drills 18” apart and press soil 
firmly over seed. Each “‘seed’’ is a fruit 
with several true seeds. No matter how 
thinly beets are sown, they will need thin- 
ning. Make three sowings, one early, 
one three weeks later and one 60 days 
before fall. When tops are 3” to 6” 
tall pull them and use for cooked 
greens. Continue this until roots stand 
6” apart. 
Crosby’s Egyptian (fr) — Widely 
grown for early beets. Flattened globe 
shaped roots with small tap root. Ex- 
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cellent quality, tender and sweet. 60: 
days to maturity. 
Detroit Dark Red (fr)—Standard of 
excellence in table beets. Smooth, 
globular roots of deep ox-blood red 
—sweet and tender. 68 days. 
Early Blood Turnip—Medium early. 
Tops medium, somewhat coarse. 
Bright red. 65 to 70 days. 
Early Wonder—Early variety. Semi- 
globular, tender, blood-red. 58 days. 
BEETS, STOCK (Mangel 
Wurzel) 
Sow seeds in early fall and spring in 
rows. Plant 2” to 4” apart. Later 
thin to 10” apart. 
Mammoth Long Red—Very popular, 
30 to 50 tons per acre. Roots grow 
half above the ground. Light red, flesh 
white with rose tinge. 110 days. 
BROCCOLI 
Plant and cultivate like cabbage and 
cauliflower. 
Italian Green Sprouting (fr)—Plant 
bears a -uccession of sprouting heads 
about 5-in. long, which, if kept cut, 
will be replaced by others 8 to 10 
weeks. 55 to 65 days. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Easy to grow wherever conditions are 
favorable for late cabbage, and requires 
same culture. As sprouts begin to form 
remove lower leaves so that all nourish- 
ment sent to lower stem will be forced 
into the sprouts. Do not use until after 
heads have matured. 
Long Island Improved — Compact, 
uniform dwarf size plants. Cabbage- 
like sprouts 1144” to 1/2” in diameter. 
One of the most dependable varieties 
Edible in 90 days. 
SWISS CHARD 
Requires about same treatment as beets. 
Cultivate frequently. Leaves may _ be 
gathered during summer and fall. New 
ones will grow quickly. 
Lucullus—Most popular Chard. Up- 
right in growth, with yellowish-green 
curled, crumpled leaves. Thick, broad 
and light green stems. 50 to 60 days. 
Rhubarb Chard—Heavily crumpled 
leaves, dark green with a translucent 
crimson stalk. Easily grown, every- 
where. A different, tasty, delicious 
flavor — cook stalks and leaves to- 
gether for a new taste thrill. 60 days. 
PICK BEANS YOUNG 
It pays a home gardener to know some facts 
about this nutritious food crop, which yields 
more food for the space occupied than most 
other vegetables, and which he can eat at 
their most delicious stage, just before the 
seeds have begun to mature. 
If pods are kept picked so that seed is 
never matured, the plants will continue to 
bear as long as they remain vigorous and 
green. So almost twice as large a yield can 
be enjoyed, if all pods are harvested when 
they are at their best, for cooking, canning 
or freezing. 
All the old varieties of beans had stringy, 
fibrous growths running the whole length of 
the pods. These strong, tough strings were a 
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tedious job to remove, so plant breeders got 
busy many years ago, and began producing 
varieties of beans in which these ‘'strings”’ 
were eliminated. The improved varieties were 
then called ''stringless'’ beans, easy to break 
or ''snap'' into pieces—which accounts for 
this type of bean being called snap beans. 
Pole beans are the heaviest yielders of the 
family. They are later in season and more 
tender to cold than bush beans. They should 
not be planted until the weather is settled 
and the ground warm. They must be provided 
with wire or cord to climb, and planted at 
least six inches apart. Be sure to enrich the 
soil for beans by applying at least four 
pounds of plant food for each 100 feet of 
row. 
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