Pole Beans 
CULTURE: Plant later than bush beans. Set 8-to 
9-foot poles firmly in the ground 3 feet apart with 
rows up to 4 feet apart. Plant 5 to 8 beans around 
each pole; later thin to 4 vines. Cover seed 114 to 
2 inches deep. One pound of seed will plant 75 
to 100 hills; 30 pounds per acre. 
MISSOURI WONDER 
(Nancy Davis) 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Usually planted in corn for green shelled 
beans. Can be used as snap beans when young. 
Vine: Large vigorous climber, medium to dark 
green, very productive. 
Pods: Medium green, round, curved, stringy, 
6 to 7 inches long. 
Seed: Pinkish gray mottled background with 
irregular drab striping; large oblong. 
STRIPED CREASEBACK 
(Nancy Davis; Scotia) 
(Days to Maturity, 72) 
Uses: Good cornfield bean. Used for snaps. 
Vine: 4% to 5 feet tall, good climber, dark 
green. 
Pods: 6 to 6% inches long, medium green, 
round, fleshy, stringy, brittle. 
Seed: Mottled buff with black stripes. 
LONDON HORTICULTURAL 
(Speckled Cranberry; Wren’s Egg) 
(Days to Maturity, 72) 
Uses: Snap or green shell bean. Home and 
market garden. Good dry shell bean. 
Vine: 4 to 4% feet tall, vigorous, dark green 
foliage. 
Pods: 6 to 614 inches long, dark green turning 
lighter with splashes of red in green shell stage, 
stringless, thick, flat, nearly straight, fleshy. 
Seed: Buff streaked with red oval. 
GENUINE CORNFIELD 
(Days to Maturity, 69) 
Uses: Planted in corn for green shelled beans. 
Used as snap beans when very young. 
Vine: 4% to 5 feet'tall, very good climber, 
very productive. 
Pods: Medium green, almost round, 414 to 5 
inches long, fleshy and stringless when young. 
Seed: Mottled buff field with brown stripes, 
medium to small, oval. 
Richmond, Virginia 
Beans, Kentucky Wonder 
KENTUCKY WONDER 
(Old Homestead ) 
(Days to Maturity, 65) 
Uses: Outstanding for home and market gar- 
dens. 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, fiberless, tender, brittle. 
Seed: Grayish brown to brown. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Vine: 4 to 5 feet tall, good climber, dark 
vreen. 
Pods: 7 to 7% inches long, light golden yel- 
low, thick, flat to oval. 
Seed: Chocolate-brown, flat-oval. 
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