BEANS 
Green Pod Snap Beans (Continued) 
_ Red Valentine Stringless — Fine home garden va- 
‘riety, well-flavored, stringless, and productive. 
Plant is about 15 inches tall, light green. Pods are 
_ round, light green, thick-oval, stringless, somewhat 
hes Seed is purplish red, splashed with buff. 
ays. 
Sulphur — A vigorous, well-flavored home garden 
_ variety with branching, productive vines about 17 
_ inches tall. Pods are about 5 inches long, round and 
_ plump, nearly straight, light green, stringy. Seed is 
plump, oval; sulphur colored, brownish eye. 55 days. 
_ Tennessee Green Pod —An early, popular, fine- 
flavored garden variety. Bush is about 15 inches 
tall, dark green, sturdy, very productive. Pods are 
nearly 7 inches long, broad, and flat, straight, some- 
what fibrous and stringy, but with excellent flavor 
and cooking qualities, like Kentucky Wonder. Seed 
is greenish brown, flat. 52 days. 
BEANS 
(Baking, Soup, and Dry Shell Varieties) 
Dark Red Kidney—Used in dry state in baking, 
_ soup, and chili. Has fine edible qualities. Bush is 
about 16 to 18 inches tall, erect, compact, medium 
green, quite prolific. Pods are almost 6 inches long, 
flat, broad, stringy, not edible. Seed is large and 
! thick, kidney-shaped, dark red. 90 days. 
| Great Northern — Popular baking and soup variety 
of dry shell bean. Plant grows about 12 inches tall 
and spreads with short runners as it grows, very 
productive, hardy, dark green. Pods are only 4 
inches long by % inch wide, oval, tough, stringy, 
_ not edible. Seed is oval, fairly large, white, has very 
| good cooking qualities. 90 days. 
| Michigan Navy, Mitchelite Strain—The most widely 
_| grown commercial variety for dry use. Plant is 
about 18 inches tall, spreading, with some runners, 
' very prolific and hardy. Pods are about 3 inches 
long by % inch wide, flat, thick, inedible. Seed is 
_, Small, rounded oval, white, with good cooking quali- 
ties. 95 days. 
_| Pinto — Used extensively in making chili. Plant is 
_ short and spreading, tending to runners like Great 
-'|Northern. Pods are about 4 inches long, flat, stringy 
_j|and tough, not edible. Seed is oblong, buff colored 
with brown splashing. 95 days. 
| Yellow or Wax-Podded Bush Beans 
CULTURE: Same as for green pods, but these re- 
_\/ quire a richer soil and more protection from disease 
-'and insects, which can quickly spoil the attractive 
yellow pods. 
Cherokee Wax—For shipping and home garden, 
|this is the choice of all wax pods in quality, size, 
-/and yield. Similar to Black Valentine Stringless, ex- 
‘icept in pod color. Plant is large, erect, and very 
productive, about 17 inches tall. Pods are golden, 
| 
oval, long and slender, straight, stringless, measure 
6% to 7 inches long by % wide, crisp and attrac- 
itive. Seed is slender and black. 52 days. 
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