BEANS 
(Dwarf or Snap Green Pod Types) 
CULTURE: Garden beans are tender and shouldn’t 
be planted until the ground warms up in the spring. 
Beans do better in soil that is loamy and not too 
heavy. Too much moisture should be avoided, and 
they should not be cultivated when wet. Plant in 24 
inch rows and space about 6 inches apart in the row. 
Home garden types should be planted successively 
about two weeks apart in the spring. Shipping 
: types are planted for spring and fall markets only. 
Shipping and Canning Types 
Black Valentine Stringless (Asgrow Type) — Very 
fine shipping type but black seeds render it unfit 
for canning. Bush is large spreading, and produc- 
tive, about 18 inches high. Pods are about 7 inches 
long by 3% inch wide, dark green, stringless, straight 
to slightly curved, slim, oval shaped, very attractive. 
Seed is black and slender. 52 days. 
_ Bountiful — A flat-podded, fine quality shipping 
' type, which is uniform, attractive, and very early. 
' Bush is about 16 inches tall, erect, light green. Pods 
are about 6% inches long by % inch wide, light 
green, flat, straight, stringless, smooth, and of good 
quality. Seed is straw colored with brown eye, and 
is excellent for baking or soups. 50 days. 
Contender (B-1625-17 Buff Valentine) — Excellent 
new USDA variety for Southern shippers and gar- 
deners. Resistant to common bean mosaic and mil- 
- dew, heat tolerant, heavy-yielding, attractive, good 
_ quality. Pods are about 8” long, oval, dark green, 
stringless, slightly curving. Seed is light gray and 
brown mottled. 
_ Long Green—Choice round-podded shipping variety, 
_ selected from Tendergreen but with pods averaging 
_ almost an inch longer. Bush is about 16 inches tall, 
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dark green, somewhat spreading. Pods are about 7 
inches long, round, straight, stringless, and of fine 
appearance and quality at picking stage. Seed is 
brownish-purple. 54 days. 
Plentiful — Black seeded shipping type similar to 
Bountiful but with slightly longer, thicker, darker 
pods of fine quality and flavor. Plant is about 18 
inches tall, productive, and moderately disease- 
resistant. Pods are about 7% inches long by 7/16 
inches wide, thick flat, dark green, stringless and 
crisp. Seed is oval, black. 50 days. 
Rival— A new USDA variety which resembles 
_ Topcrop in appearance and quality, and has resist- 
~ ance to mildew, blight, and some bean virus diseases. 
Plants are 16 to 18 inches tall, and bear pods well 
up out of dirt. Pods are 6” long, medium green, 
 stringless, fat round, and of good quality. Seed is 
_ buff-colored. 54 days. 
Tendergreen—An all purpose, popular, high quality, 
round-podded shipping, canning, and garden bean. 
Plants are about 16 inches tall, dark green, produc- 
tive. Pods are about 6 inches long by % inches 
wide, round, straight, stringless, meaty, well-flavor- 
ed. Seed is oblong, brownish-purple. 54 days. 
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