BEANS 
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Michigan Navy, Mitchelite Strain—The most widely 
grown commercial variety for dry use. Plant is 
about 18 inches tall, spreading, with some sunners, 
very prolific and hardy. Pods are about 3 inches 
long by 3% inch wide, flat, thick, inedible. Seed is 
small, rounded oval, white, with good cooking qual- 
ities. 95 days. 
Pinto — Used extensively in making chili. Plant is 
short and spreading, tending to runners like Great 
Northern. Pods are about 4 inches long, flat, stringy 
and tough, not edible. Seed is oblong, buff colored | 
with brown splashing. 95 days. 
Yellow or Wax-Podded Bush Beans 
CULTURE: Same as for green pods, but these re- 
quire a richer soil and more protection from disease 
and insects, which can quickly spoil the attractive 
yellow pods. 
Cherokee Wax — For shipping and home garden, 
this is the choice of all wax pods in quality, size, | 
and yield. Similar to Black Valentine Stringless, ex- | 
cept in pod color. Plant is large, erect, and very 
productive, about 17 inches tall. Pods are golden, | 
oval, long and slender, straight, stringless, measure | 
6% to 7 inches long by 3% wide, crisp and attrac- | 
tive. Seed is slender and black. 52 days. 
Improved Golden Wax (Top Notch) — The Top 
Notch strain is an improvement over the old Golden | 
Wax variety, and very popular with home gardeners | 
and home canners. Plant is about 15 inches tall, | 
erect, fairly productive. Pods are about 5 inches 
long, flattened oval, straight, stringless and brittle. 
Quality and flavor are good. Seed is white with 
brown eye. 52 days. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax—Excellent shipping type of | 
wax pod bean. Plants are about 15 inches tall, dark | 
green, erect, fairly productive. Pods are about 6 
inches long, slim and round like a pencil, fleshy, | 
crisp, brittle, and stringless, bright yellow, attrac- 
tive and uniform. Seed is black, oblong. 54 days. 
Puregold Wax — A mosaic-resistant, high yielding | 
Brittle Wax type with 5% to 6 inch pods, straight, | 
crisp, stringless, golden yellow, round in diameter. | 
Seed is white with faint brown eye. 63 days. 
Round Pod Kidney Wax (Brittle Wax) — Fine can- | 
ning variety of wax beans. Plants are about 16 | 
inches tall, erect and spreading. Pods are 5% to 6 | 
inches long, round, slightly curved, brittle, crisp, | 
meaty, stringless. Seed is white with brown eye. | 
52 days. 
POLE BEANS 
CULTURE: Pole beans need a warmer, richer soil | 
than the bush varieties, and a longer growing sea- | 
son. They should be set out about 3 feet apart each | 
way, planting 3 or 4 beans to a hill and thinning 
to 2 plants to each pole after vines are started up ! 
their supports. The cornfield types may be planted 
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