GARDENING *" 
Sure it’s fun to play golf, it’s fun to fish and hunt, but 
when you get through you've had a lot of fun and perhaps 
a few fish or a few ducks, and often you come home empty 
But time spent in gardening practically guarantees you 
Is FUN rewards of fine fresh vegetables, beautiful flowers and an 
attractive setting for your home. 
Try it. You'll like it. 
GREEN PODDED BUSH BEANS 
Packet 10c 
*TENDERLONG 15. A new variety, proving to be an excellent quality bean for market, freez- 
ing, canning and home use. Pods slightly longer than Tendergreen. Seeds purplish black, 
mottled buff. Pods round, straight, stringless, medium green and 6 to 7 inches long. Plants 
18-20 inches tall. Days to maturity, 56. 
CONTENDER. Resistant to common bean mosaic and powdery mildew; a good market bean 
because a good yielder. Vines 12 to 18 inches tall, pods thick, oval, 10 inches long, medium 
green, stringless and tender. Not recommended for commercial quick freezing. Seeds buff 
with brown mottling. Days to maturity, 50. 
*TOP CROP. All American Gold Medal Winner for 1950. Beans are borne during a short 
period of time resulting in a few large pickings. Being resistant to bean mosaic it con- 
sistently outyields other similar varieties. Pods are medium, light green, straight and 
slightly curved, 5% to 6 inches long, slender when young, meaty, entirely stringless and 
without fiber. The pods are free of blemishes, clean and attractive. Unexcelled for market, 
canning and freezing. Seeds are brown mottled and oval. Days to maturity, 53. 
*Stringless Black Valentine. This bean is prolific, hardy and heat resisting. Length of pod, 
6 inches; height of plant, 16 inches; days to maturity, 50. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD. Sometimes called Dwarf Kentucky Wonder. Pods are flat, broad, 
almost straight, stringless in the snap stage. Seed yellowish brown in color. Length of 
pod, 8 inches; height of plant, 14 inches; days to maturity, 52. 
*GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD. Long pod strain. Plants are large, spreading and ex- 
ceedingly productive. Recommended for freezing preservation. Pods are stringless and brittle 
in all stages. Seeds oval, yellowish brown in color. Length of pod, 7 inches; height of plant, 
17 inches; days to maturity, 54. 
*BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. Pods are somewhat variable in size, generally mure 
or less scimitar curved, extremely brittle, absolutely stringless, usually contain six seeds 
very crowded in pod. Recommended for preservation by freezing. Seeds color coffee brown 
with black eye-ring. Length of pod, 6 inches; height of plant, 18 inches; days to maturity, 50. 
Our Burpee’s Stringless are the Landreth strain. 
*TENDERGREEN. All American Award of Merit, 1933. Pods absolutely stringless and fiber- 
less, fleshy, nearly straight and round. Recommended for freezing. Seed is brownish-black, 
mottled tan. Length of pod, 6 inches; height of plant, 16 inches; days to maturity, 53. 
BOUNTIFUL. Immense pods are rich green, thick, broad, uniform in shape, stringless but 
slightly fibrous. Color, straw yellow with dark brown eye-ring. Length of pod, 7 inches; 
height of plant, 16 inches; days to maturity, 48. 
*FULL MEASURE. Pods are absolutely stringless, and remain tender and meaty until the 
bean is fully matured and ready to shell. Seed reddish brown, buff field. Length of pod, 6 
inches. height of plant, 17 inches; days to maturity, 54. 
*RIVAL. All American Winner. A new variety that will undoubtedly become very popular. 
Stringless pods are 6 to 6% inches long, meaty, round, smooth, and straight. Seeds mottled 
purple-brown. Fine for home gardens, market, canning and freezing. Days to maturity, 52. 
LOGAN. Yields well under unfavorable conditions. 16-18 inches tall, pods 6-7 inches long, fine 
texture, straight and stringless. Seeds brownish purple on buff. 
See page 17 for Vegetable Seed Prices. 
* Designates varieties recommended for Quick Freezing. 
Maturity Period Indicates Number of Days Required to Produce Snap Beans. 
2 
TOPCROP 
American Gold 
Winner for 1950. 
