BEANS 
Seed for early spring plantings should be treated with a seed 
protectant to ensure a good stand. Spergon and Arasan prevent 
losses from rotting; lindane has been successful in controlling 
seed corn maggot but should be used in combination with an 
adequate fungicide. 
Variety Size 
ariety Days Color Pod Shape (inches) Remarks 
BUSH 4 
Asetow Black Valentine .............. 50 dark green oval 63%4 x % Vigorous, prolific. See below 
Asgrow Stringless Green Pod (Tendergreen) 50 dark green round 534 x Ye The Nandara for quality. 
Bountiful Re Ue ee os airs 6 oy 47 light green flat 64xu% For earliest market. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod .......... 50 dark green round 51% x16 Productive; good quality. 
Cherokee ee eee i kas. 50 yellow wax oval 64 xis A wax Valentine. See below. 
Contender*+ bio o b..6. a EO ee 48 medium green oval, curved 1% x ¥ See below. 
Dwarf Horticultural ace eal gece oe eee 62 red splashed thick-flat $x ¥% For early shell beans. 
French s Horticultural LR a ne 68 red splashed thick-flat 7x % For main crop shell beans. 
Low’s Champion eer: «cea 3S light green flat-straight Sx % Good flavor. 
Pencil Pod Blacks Waxseerrre. © 4-5... 55 golden yellow round 6X16 Productive, good quality. 
Plentiful + dgae bs Aas tafe 50 light green flat TX ae Intended to replace Bountiful. 
INEMOVSSOOEE — 5 ns! 8 bie Eve eee ee 56 silvery green round 5x % Half-runner; prolific; high quality. 
Sure Crop Wax sf: 2ehad Sa SNE ane Rae 53 golden yellow thick-flat 5x is Largely replaced by Cherokee. 
Tenderlong IER. oo Ree Sele ee 50 dark green round-dented 644 x#% Improved Tendergreen. See below. 
[LO PCLOD SPEER as ok. 48 medium green round-dented 6x % Heavy yielder; some curved pods. 
ROpINOtCHE en sare a ees S1 creamy yellow flat-oval S54 xV A standard wax. 
\RIGTUDESE An) 4a ohaicis ORR ne Ee nea 50 waxy dark green round S%Axy% Pods relatively hairless. 
POLE 
Remind ay Vivorndlee 5 oo on ono avenagpes 65 dark green curved,dented 9x'% A choice strain; prolific, fine quality. 
Ine CE, oe 0 Sere vor eth rate Rac eeeae 65 medium green thick-flat 72x te A Southern favorite. 
Missouri Wonder 1 gee 66 medium green round 6x% Good quality when young. 
» Potomac * + 5 A Goes OG aa 66 dark green round, straight 6142x% Top quality in pole beans; stringless. 
Stringless Blue Lake No. DERBY oe. an ee >i; dark green round 64x % High quality pods; very early. 
Sic, Louis PEMGCWON sa .5csasesan- oe 65 medium green round 8x% Attractive, long pods. 
U.S. No. 4: White Ky. Wonder; No. 191+ 65 dark green smooth, oval 8x White-seeded, rust-resistant, prolific. 
* Resistant to common bean mosaic. 
Asgrow Black Valentine 
ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE. The most 
popular of all snap beans among market 
gardeners and produce growers in most 
sections of the country because its appear- 
ance in the basket is attractive and holds 
well from field to store. The plants are 
large, erect, and prolific. The pods are 
oval, nearly straight, dark green, strictly 
stringless, and of fine quality and delicate 
flavor. The critical trade has long recog- 
nized the true ASGROW (originator’s) strain 
as the best for quality and yields. 
CHEROKEE. Originating as a mutation in 
a field of Asgrow Black Valentine, which 
it closely resembles except for color, Cher- 
okee was later developed by AsGRow into 
the best wax-podded variety for market. 
The large, erect plants produce straight, 
oval wax pods, which are stringless at all 
stages. Cherokee outyields any other wax 
bean, equalling the best of the green- 
podded varieties, and is recommended for 
use instead of Sure Crop. 
+ Resistant to powdery mildew. 
Tenderlong 15 
+ Rust-resistant. 
Contender 
CONTENDER. A recent introduction for 
market growers and produce shippers. The 
plants are vigorous, resistant to common 
bean mosaic and partly so to powdery 
mildew. The oval pods are slightly longer 
and thicker than Asgrow Black Valentine, 
but more curved, usually with a “sickle 
end”; light green, sometimes lightly splashed 
with purple in late season. The pods hold 
well in shipping. Contender is a heavy and 
dependable cropper, and at present is the 
best mosaic-resistant, oval-podded bean. 
TENDERLONG 15. An Asgrow develop- 
ment incorporating disease resistance with 
the productivity and high quality of As- 
grow Stringless Green Pod (Tendergreen). 
Resistant to common bean mosaic, pod 
mottle virus, and to at least one form of 
powdery mildew; highly tolerant of halo 
blight. When leaf-hoppers are apt to be 
present, a careful spray program should be 
followed. The plants are vigorous and 
productive. The pods are attractive and 
of excellent quality; dark green, round, 
straight, meaty, fiberless, stringless, and 
of fine flavor. Tenderlong 15 has replaced 
Tendergreen in many areas. 
