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BUSH BEANS Phaseolus vulgaris 
A pound will plant about 100 ft. of row, a packet 15 
ft. Plant 114” deep, with the rows 21% ft. apart. For 
succession, plant every two weeks from May through 
July. Thin seedlings to 3” apart for better yield. 
Dust with rotenone to control the Mexican bean 
beetle. 
GREEN BUSH BEANS 
BOUNTIFUL 48 days. Fine flavored, flat 
meaty pod, straw colored seed. 
LONGREEN 48 days. An improved Tender- 
green, round podded and brittle, it is a 
favorite for canning and freezing. Black 
seed mottled cream. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD 50 days. Round 
slim pods, very succulent and flavorful, Yel- 
lowish brown seed. 
All the above at: pkt 15¢, 4-Ib. 35¢, 
1 Ib. 65¢, 2 Ib. $1.25, 5 Ib. $2.50 
WADE 50 days. This fine bean supersedes 
the popular Topcrop which it exceeds in 
quality. The best green bean for home gar- 
dens. All America 1952 Gold Medal. 
pkt 25¢, 4 Ib. 35¢, 1 Ib. 65¢, 2 Ib. $1.25, 
5 Ib. $2.45 
BROAD OR FAVA BEANS Vicia faba 
WINDSOR BEAN 75 days. The English 
Broad Bean, delicious pea-like flavor. Plant 
early April. Thin to 4”, rows 8 ft. apart. 
Keep sprayed with Black Leaf 40 to dis- 
courage aphis. 
pkt 15¢, 4-Ib. 35¢, 
1 Ib. 65¢, 2 Ib. $2.25, 5 Ib. $2.20 
PENCIL POD 54 days. Round, meaty, and 
of superb quality with brittle golden yellow 
pods. Black seeded. 
TOP NOTCH 51 days. Cream yellow, flat, 
oval-podded, stringless beans. Wonderful 
flavor. Seeds white with brown eye. 
CHEROKEE WAX 52 days. The best oval 
wax bean. Vigorous grower, always depend- 
able. Black seeded. 
All the above at: pkt 15¢, '4-lb. 35¢, 
1 Ib. 65¢, 2 Ib. $1.25, 5 Ib. $2.50 
SHELL BEANS 
DWARF FRENCH HORTICULTURAL 73 
days. Green pod, carmine streaked. The 
seed is pinkish buff mottled oxblood red. 
pkt 20¢, 14-lb. 40¢, 
1 Ib. 75¢, 2 Ib. $1.45, 5 Ib. $2.50 
POLE BEANS 
One pound will plant 100 hills, a packet about 15 
hills. Extremely productive, pole beans come into 
bearing much later than bush beans, but bear over 
a longer period. The ground must be deeply dug and 
enriched with manure and superphosphate, or peat 
moss and Grofast, Plant 5 or 6 beans around each 
pole (poles 3-4 ft. apart) and thin the seedlings to 
3 plants. per pole. 
KENTUCKY WONDER 65 days. Intro- 
duced in 1877, this constantly improved var- 
iety is still the most popular pole bean aad 
large green bean with distinctive flavor, 
delicious as a snap or shell bean. Seed is 
buff brown. pkt 15¢, 4 Ib. 35¢, 
1 Ib. 60¢, 2 Ib. $1.15, 5 Ib. $1.25 
HORTICULTURAL CRANBERRY 73 days. 
Large pod containing big highly colored 
“Cranberry” beans. 
SCARLET RUNNER (Phaseolus multiflor- 
us) 65 days to flowering. Its brilliant flow- 
ers make it a showy ornamental vine. The 
beans can be eaten in the green shell stage. 
All the above at: pkt 15¢, Ib. 40¢, 
1 Ib. 70¢, 2 Ib. $1.35, 5 Ib. $2.55 
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