. Dreer's garden calendar : 1900. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HENRrADREER-PHIlADElPHIAMra^RaiABLEVEOETABlESEEDS- :JO ^^ BEANS. Sia/i^en Bohiioi^ Haricots d rallies, J'rijvl vastago,^^. One quart will plant about one hundred hills. These require poles 8 to 10 feet long. The beans should be planted the middle of May if the season is suitable. Lima Beans are apt to rot if planted too early. Set poles 4 feet apart each way, and plant 4 to 6 beans, about 1
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1900. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HENRrADREER-PHIlADElPHIAMra^RaiABLEVEOETABlESEEDS- :JO ^^ BEANS. Sia/i^en Bohiioi^ Haricots d rallies, J'rijvl vastago,^^. One quart will plant about one hundred hills. These require poles 8 to 10 feet long. The beans should be planted the middle of May if the season is suitable. Lima Beans are apt to rot if planted too early. Set poles 4 feet apart each way, and plant 4 to 6 beans, about 1 inch deep, ^ around each pole. Thin out to 3 plants to a pole, if the soil is rich ; pinch off the ends of plants when they overrun the top of the poles, tu effect more perfect growth below. They succeed best in sandy loam, with a shovelful of rich, light and well-rotted compost to each hill, well incorporated. Lima Beans for early use may be grown in frames and transplanted. POLE, OR RUNNING BEANS. WAX POD, Dreer's Golden (Jluster Wax. This is a first-class pole bean. It bears profusely its long golden-yellow pods in clusters of 3 to 6 from bottom to top of pole, and continues in bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut l^y frost. This variety endures all kinds of weather, wet or dry. For market it excels all others. The pods re- tain their tenderness long after the beans have attained a large size. Pkt., 10 els,; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; peck, $ Golden Champion Wax. The earliest and one of the best of the wax-podded pole beans ; pods long, cylindrical, much curved, very fleshy, stringless, bright golden-yellow, borne in clusters, un- usually prolific and of excellent quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; peck, $2 50. GREEN POD. All varieties below : Pkt,, 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 40 cts.; peck, $ Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Equally good as a snap-short or shelled bean in the green or dry state. White Dutch Case-Knife. One
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