Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: POLE or RUNNING BEANS Green Pod Varieties, Continued 12 7 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for shell beans exclusively, for, unless used while quite young, pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but become streaked with red when mature. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 131 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental, for its attractive flower clusters. The shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: POLE or RUNNING BEANS Green Pod Varieties, Continued 12 7 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for shell beans exclusively, for, unless used while quite young, pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but become streaked with red when mature. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 131 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental, for its attractive flower clusters. The shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as shelled Limas. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. Wax Pod Varieties 137 Kentucky Wonder Wax. A yellow podded 'Kentucky Wonder,' which bears a large quantity of rich golden-yellow pods from the time the plant is about half grown until it is killed by frost in the fall. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. 136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Introduced by us over 40 years ago. The hand- some pods are 6 inches long by \ inch broad, and are borne in clusters of 4 to 6 and hang on the plants literally by the handfuls. Those pods that are not gathered while young will ripen a very useful white product of dry shell beans. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $, prepaid. BUSH LIMA BEANS Culture—Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. Sow about the same time that maple trees unfold their first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 2| feet apart, dropping the bean six inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean become its seedling leaves, and unless the Beans are placed 'eye down' the young plants find it most difficult to push through the soil. In light soil, over about one inch deep, less on heavier soils. A
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