Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 Golden Cluster Wax Pole Beans. Stangen Bo/men, Ger. Haricots a rames, Fr. Frijol vastago, Sp. 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, to effect mor
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 Golden Cluster Wax Pole Beans. Stangen Bo/men, Ger. Haricots a rames, Fr. Frijol vastago, Sp. 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, to 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 Cluster Wax (See cut). This is a first-class pole bean. It bears profusely its long golden-yellow pods in clusters of 3 to 6 from bottom to lop of pole, and continues in bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. This variety endures all kinds of weather, wet or dry. For market it excels all others. The pods retain their tenderness long after the beans have attained a large size. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 40 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, unusually prolific and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 40 cts.; peck, $ GREEN POD. All varieties below : Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 15 cts.; qt. 30 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 of the earliest, used as a shell bean, green or dry. White Dutch Runner. An ornamental variety ; large white seed and beautiful clusters of white flowers ; good as a shelle
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