POLE BEANS 
Other Pole Varieties (Continued) 
McCaslan — A very good quality snap and shell 
pole variety. Vines are about 5 feet tall, medium 
green, produce well and long. Pods are 7 inches 
or more, %%” wide, flat, somewhat curved, string- 
less when young, brittle and tender, dark green. 
Seed is oblong, ivory, small. 65 days. 
St. Louis White Perfection — An excellent market 
garden variety with long, attractive pods of good 
eating quality. Dry shell beans’are also of good 
size and cooking qualities. Vines are about 5 feet 
tall, climb well, very productive and bear over a 
long season. Pods are 8 to 8% inches long, round 
eval, tender and brittle, straight and stringless, me- 
dium green. Seed is rounded, medium size, white. 
64 days. 
Tennessee Wonder, Long Pod— Also called Egg 
Harbor. A popular variety with fine large pods for 
home gardeners. Vines are about 4% feet tall, 
fairly productive, green with purplish shading. 
Pods are 8 to 9 inches long, round, straight, nearly 
stringless, tender, brittle, fair quality, good appear- 
ance. Seed is long oval, gray-buff with black eye 
and striping. 68 days. 
White Kentucky No. 191 (U. 8S. No. 4) — A very 
fine snap-bean pole variety for market gard- 
eners, more productive than regular White Seed 
Kentucky and resistant to several forms of bean 
rust. Vines are about 6 feet long, well-foliated, 
dark green, vigorous. Pods are 8 inches long, thick 
oval, tender and stringless, fibreless, silver green, 
very good quality. Seed is flat and white. 63 days. 
DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS 
CULTURE: Same as for bush green and wax pod 
varieties, except that limas need a warmer, richer . 
soil for best production. They prefer warm dry 
weather so may be planted later in the spring. 
Sow with eye down for best germination. 
SMALL SEEDED TYPES: 
Cangreen or Green Seeded Henderson — A canning © 
and freezing type which is also suitable for home | 
and market garden. Resembles regular Henderson | 
Bush Lima but the dry seed is green instead of white, 
making the dry beans much more attractive. Bush | 
is about 16 inches high, erect, very productive. 
Pods are about 3 inches long, broad and flat, slight- | 
ly curved, contain 3 to 4 seeds. Dry seed is small, | 
flat, pale green. 67 days. 
Dixie Butterpea, White — A miniature lima of ex- 
cellent qualities, and especially well received by 
gardeners in the South. Early, productive, well- 
flavored, deserving of popularity. Bushes are about 
18 inches high, very vigorous, dark green, extreme- 
ly prolific. Pods are only 2 inches long and contain 
about 4 pea-size little white lima beans. Dry seed — 
is thick-oval, small, white. 60 days. 
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