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. Dreer's garden book : 1906. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. CULTURE.—These require poles 8 to 10 feet long. The Benns should be planted the middle of May if the season is suitable. Lima B,eans are apt to rot if planted loo early. Set poles 4 feet apart each way, and plant 4 to 6 Beans, aliout 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, to effect more perfect gro
. Dreer's garden book : 1906. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. CULTURE.—These require poles 8 to 10 feet long. The Benns should be planted the middle of May if the season is suitable. Lima B,eans are apt to rot if planted loo early. Set poles 4 feet apart each way, and plant 4 to 6 Beans, aliout 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, to effect more perfect growth below. They succeed best in sandy loam, with a shovelful of rich, light and well-rotled compost to each hill, well incorporated. Lima Beans for early use may be grown in frames and transplanted. Packets of all varieties of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. POLE BEANS—^WAX POD. Golden Carmine Wax. (Seepages.) Ft., 30 cts. (posijiaid, 38 cts.); qt.,45 cts. (postpaid, 60 Cts.); 4 qls., $L50; peck, § Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Bears 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 by frost. Pt., 30 CIS. (postpaid, 38 cts.) ; qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $ ; peck, $ POLE BEANS—GREEN POD. Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. Produces pods in clusters ready for use in 80 days from planting. Pt., 25 Cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.) ; qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.) ; 4 qts., $; peck, $ White Creaseback, or Best of All. One of the earliest; productive, line quality. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, $ White Dutch Runner. Ornamental variety; bears beautiful clusters of white flowers. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid. 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cis.); 4 qts., .$; peck, $2 00. Scarlet Runner. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt, 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.) ; 4 qls., $; peck, $ Horticult
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