GARDENING PAYS DIVIDENDS IN 
HEALTH AND ECONOMY 
Most human efforts are put forth for econ- A bulletin issued by the U. S. Department . 
omy, health, beauty or pleasure. But where, of Agriculture in 1931 and revised in 1942 re- 
. seas : ported that half-acre garden, if properly cared 
except in a garden, can you combine all four. for, would supply vegetables having a market ) 
When you buy, let us say, a small quarter value of at least $100.00 to $150.00, sufficient 
pound of seed beans, you are not merely buy- for a family of five or six. Now that was back 
ing a few beans but you are buying a miracle. ¥ Byes aie present prices the value would 
e doubled. 
Plant them, cultivate them and in due time you 
will be rewarded with bushels of delicious 
green beans worth many, many times their 
cost. You just can’t beat it. 
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And the work? It’s not work. It’s interest- 
ing, healthful exercise. 
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POLE BEANS 
Pole Beans are heavy yielders, but need more room than do Bush Beans. 
Generally pole beans are trained on one strong, solidly set pole but often on three or four 
poles set in the shape of a teepee. The vines grow vigorously so do not have more than 
three plants to a pole or four to five to the teepee. Tie the runners loosely to the pole and 
keep the soil well cultivated. 
*KENTUCKY WONDER or Old Homestead. SCARLET RUNNER (Flowering Beans). Used , 
Moderately branched, good climbing plant of either for ornamental purposes or green shell 
medium height. Pods scimatar curved, ex- and snap beans. Flowers are bright scarlet. 
tremely brittle. An excellent bean for can- Splendid for covering trellises or fences. Pods 
ning and recommended for quick freezing. are broad, flat, deep green. Seed purple mot- 
Seed brown. Length of pod, 8 inches; height tled violet. Length of pod, 5 inches; height 
of plant, 5 feet; days to maturity, 65. of plant, 12 feet; days to maturity, 65. 
KENTUCKY WONDER 
Bush Type - Pole Type 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA. Plant large, thick CHRISTMAS or LARGE SPECKLED LIMA. A All Packets 10c 
stemmed with occasional runners. Shell pods long season variety, producing extra large 
dark green, of smooth surface moderately beans of green and mottled red Christmas & 
curved, flat, uniform in size. Very large for colors. Height 7 to 9 feet, pods 5 to 5% 
dwarf limas. Seed greenish white. Length of inches long with three seeds. Days to matur- See page 17 for 
pod, 4 inches; height of plant, 19 inches; ity, 90. i 
days to maturity, 75. Vegetable Seed Prices. 
*HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA (Baby Lima). KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA. Largely if ee ee 
Small plant, slender stemmed, very erect, grown and a valuable general purpose bean. 
bushy, ahd sae ee in bearing. hese in Plant much branched, late, long-bearing. 
numerous clusters close to center of plant. Seed white. Length of pod, 4 inches; height 
Especially adapted to West and Middle West. of plants, 5 to 8 feet; days to maturity, 88. 
Seed white. Length of pod, 3 inches; height 
of plant, 12 inches; days to maturity, 66. 
POLE SPECKLED LIMA (Florida Butter). Vine 
aS ae: Sere owen sae sone oF the ag ae heavy, bears profusely through season. Small 
and a sure cropper. Pods rather short an b : F ‘ 
flat. Seed mottled. Length of pod, 3 inches; Soar cinte ae rere ae ein or 
height of plant, 14 inches; days to maturity, ; ews rown. 
Length of pod, 3 inches; height of plant 5 to 
67. 
8 feet; days to maturity, 77. 
*FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Vines strong, 
erect, keeping bean pods off the ground. DO NOT CULTIVATE when in full bloom or 
Bears immense crop of large pods, which con- ‘ ; 
when plants are wet with dew. Keep vines BURPEE’S STRINGLESS 
tain three to five beans. Seed white. Length : : 
of pod, 4 inches; height of plant, 15 inches; picked to insure longer bearing period. Inocu- GREEN POD 
days to maturity, 75. late with Nitragin. 
WHITE NAVY. The long-time standard white PINTO. Colorado Pinto Bean is grown exten- 
cooking bean. Plants 16 to 20 inches high 3 ‘ F q 
with tendency to vine. Pods tough and sively in mid-western states and has a defi- 
stringy. Seeds small, rounded oval, white. nite place in the shell bean market. Dwarf 
Days to maturity, 93 
GREAT NORTHERN. Similar to White Navy plants that stand a lot of dry weather. Beans 
but seeds are larger. Days to maturity, 90. flat, oval, mottled light brown. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA 
