. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Cincinnati. 12 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, O. BEANS—Pole or Running. These are more tender, and require rather more care in culture than the Bush Beans, and should be sown two weeks latei. They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with short manure in the hills, which are formed, according to the variety, from three to four feet apart: from five to six seeds are planted in tach
. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Cincinnati. 12 J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, CINCINNATI, O. BEANS—Pole or Running. These are more tender, and require rather more care in culture than the Bush Beans, and should be sown two weeks latei. They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with short manure in the hills, which are formed, according to the variety, from three to four feet apart: from five to six seeds are planted in tach hill, about two inches deep. As the matured bean is used mostly, the season is too short for succession crops in the North, though it is advantageous to plant succession crops in the Southern States, where the season of growth is often from March to November. Rough cedar or similar poles, about seven or eight feet long, should be used for beans to climb on. They should be set in the ground at least eighteen inches, so as to prevent being blown over. One quart to 150 hills, ten to twelve quarts to the acre in drills. Add Tex Cents per Pint and Fifteen Cents per Of art if to be Sent by Mail. White Creaseback. Best of all pole beans. It is a good grower, O Southern Prolific. Produces, in clusters, excellent snap-short and very productive. Pods five to six inches long, per- fectly round, with a crease in the back. The pods are stringless, very fleshy, and of superb quality. 5c pkt.', 20c pt., 35c qt. Horticultural Wren's Egg, or Speckled Cranberry . Produc- tive and tender. Is an excellent corn bean. 5c pkt-., 15c pt., '25c qt. Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. This we regard as far ahead of any other green pole bean. In our trial grounds last summer, it was fit for the table on August 1, which was at least ten days earlier than any other green sort. It is enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clus- ters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless, and the p
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