. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. BEANS Dwarf or Bush One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill. The varieties of this class are tender, and will not bear much cold. Plant about the middle of April, if the ground is warm and the season favorable, and at intervals throughout the season for a succession, finishing about the 15th of August. 1 he best mode of culture is in rows 2 feet apart, and the beans 3 inches apart and 2 inches deep i
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. BEANS Dwarf or Bush One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill. The varieties of this class are tender, and will not bear much cold. Plant about the middle of April, if the ground is warm and the season favorable, and at intervals throughout the season for a succession, finishing about the 15th of August. 1 he best mode of culture is in rows 2 feet apart, and the beans 3 inches apart and 2 inches deep in the rows. Keep well hoed, and draw the earth up to the stem, but only when dry ; working them when wet with rain or dew will cause them to rust. If Beans are wanted by J/iail, add & cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart, for postage. GREEN PODDED VARIETIES. Sion House. One of the old forcing sorts, with mottled pods, long, flat and tender ; stringless. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts. Triumph Of the Frames. Splendid for forcing. Produces a mass of pale green pods beneath foliage ; is very dwarf, prolific and of rich, tender quality. Pkt. 15 cts.; pt. 35 cts.; qt. 60 cts. Long Yellow Six Weeks. {Flat-pod.) Very early and prolific; long green tender pods ; matures quickly. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 15 cts.; qt. 25 cts.; peck § Stringless Green Pod (Burpee's) {See cut) This variety is positively stringless and remains tender and crisp longer after maturity than any other variety. The pods are of pale green, long and straight, perfectly round and meaty, maturing with trie earliest of the green-pod varieties. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 35 cts.; i peck $; peck § Improved Extra Early Red Valentine. Our strain of this popular variety is the best, pods ready to pick, under favorable conditions, in thirty-two days from germination. It is one of the most profitable sorts for private use or market. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 15 cts.; qt. 25 cts.; peck § ; bu. § Extra E
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