Beans, Kentucky Wonder 
e KENTUCKY WONDER 
(Old Homestead) 
(Days to Maturity, 65) 
Uses: Outstanding for home and market gardens, 
Well adapted to freezing. 
Vine: Good climber, 5 to 6 feet tall, dark green, 
prolific. 
Pods: 7 to 9 inches long, uneven, slightly twisted, 
medium dark green, curved, slightly stringy, fiber- 
less, tender, brittle. 
Seed: Grayish brown to brown. 
e McCASLAN 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Snap or dry 
shell beans. 
Vine: 5 to 5'/ feet tall, medium, dark green, 
vigorous, good climber. 
Pods: 7 to 8 inches long, fleshy, medium green, 
slightly stringy, flattened and twisted. 
Seed: Ivory-white, oblong and flattened. 
e GENUINE CORNFIELD 
A NEW VARIETY FOR 1953 
(Days to Maturity, 69) 
Uses: Planted in corn for green shelled beans. 
Used as snap beans when very young. 
Vine: 4'/2 to 5 feet tall, very good climber, 
very productive. 
Pods: Medium green, almost round, 4!/4 to 5 
inches long, fleshy and stringless when young. 
Seed: Mottled buff field with brown stripes, 
medium to small, oval. 
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e 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. 
Pods: 7 to 8 inches long, round, stringless, fiber- 
less when young. Develops strong strings at ma- 
turity. 
Seed: White, round-oval shape. 
e KENTUCKY WONDER WAX 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Vine: 4 to 5 feet tall, good climber, dark green. 
Pods: 7 to 7!/ inches long, light golden yellow, 
thick, flat to oval. 
Seed: Chocolate-brown, flat-oval. 
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, I'/ 
inches deep dropping 3 or 4 beans every 8 or 10 
inches. Cultivate same as snap beans. 
Bush Lima Beans, Fordhook No. 242 
e FORDHOOK NO. 242 
(Days to Maurity, 75) 
Uses: Market and home gardens. Adapted to 
freezing. 
Bush: 16 to 20 inches tall, vigorous, erect, dark 
green. 
Pods: 4 inches long, 3 to 4 seeds per pod, plump, 
easy to open. 
Seed: White tinged with green, large, thick. 
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