E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 io E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. POLE BEANS. Culture. All of the following varieties require poles 8 to 10 feet long, and none of them should be planted until the ground is warm as they are more tender than the dwarf varieties. Lima Beans especially are liable to rot if planted too early. Poles should be set 4 feet apart each way and plant 4 to 6 beans about 1 inch deep around each pole. When planting the Limas care should be taken to place them eye downwards. Allow not more than 3 plants to each pole. The soil best adapte
E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 io E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. POLE BEANS. Culture. All of the following varieties require poles 8 to 10 feet long, and none of them should be planted until the ground is warm as they are more tender than the dwarf varieties. Lima Beans especially are liable to rot if planted too early. Poles should be set 4 feet apart each way and plant 4 to 6 beans about 1 inch deep around each pole. When planting the Limas care should be taken to place them eye downwards. Allow not more than 3 plants to each pole. The soil best adapted to pole beans is a sandy loam with a shovelful of well-rotted compost to each hill. Golden Cluster 'Wax. This variety is ready ten days after the Dwarf Golden Wax. Very prolific, bearing beatiful waxy yellow pods six to eight inches long in clusters of four to six. Pkt., 10c; qt., 50c. Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. A round, speckled bean, tender for snap beans, and excellent for shelling. Pkt., 10c; quart, 40c Lazy 'Wife's I»ole Bean. The pods grow from four to six inches long, entirely stringless, and of a rich buttery flavor when cooked. The pods remain green, and retain their tender, rich flavor until nearly ripe. The beans are white, and are unsurpassed as shell beans for winter use. Pkt., 10c; qt., 55c. Dutch Caseknife. One of the earliest of the pole varieties; white seed, used for snaps; is good green or dry; a good winter sort, very productive, a good bean for planting among coin. Pkt., 10c; qt., 40c. Creaseback. A green pole bean which can not be praised too highly. It is a good grower and exceedingly pro- ductive ; the long pods are produced all over the vine, in clusters of from four to twelve, five to six inches long, perfectly round, with a crease in the back, stringless, very fleshy, extremely early and of fine quality. Pkt., 10c.; qt., 50c. Scarlet Runner. Deep green foliage; tender and well flavored when young. Good as a shell bean. Handsome scarlet f
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