Vegetable Seeds

Beans are an easy crop to grow, well suited to different types of soil, from heavy clays to light, sandy soil, provided that they are fertilized. Planted in early spring after frost dangers, and with successive plantings a week or ten days apart until mid-summer, an ample supply may be had for the table and canning. A bushel of snap beans canned will make about 9 quart jars.

A pound of seed is required for a 100-foot row and 75 lbs. to the acre. Usual distance allowed between rows is 30 inches for hand cultivation and 36 inches for power cultivation. Plants should stand two to four inches apart in the rows. Plant the seed about a half-inch to an inch deep.

Bush Beans
Plant every two weeks from April to August, at the rate of 1/2 pound to a 50 ft. row. Sow beans three inches apart, 1 1/2 to 2 inches deep, in rows two feet apart. Cultivate frequently, but never when the plants are wet.

Pole Beans
Pole beans are sensitive to cold and should not be planted until the ground is warm. Use poles six to eight feet long, set firmly three feet apart in rows four feet apart. If planted in hills, sow five or six beans in each hill. May also be planted with corn.

Bush Limas
Lima beans are very sensitive to cold, so the seeds must not be planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. They should be sown on well-enriched land, with the rows three feet apart, placing the beans six inches apart in the row.

Pole Limas
Plant four to six beans in each hill. Thin to the three best plants. A pound of seed plants 50 hills.

Shell Beans
Do not plant until late spring. Plant in rows two to three feet apart, spacing the seed two to three inches apart, and cover one to two inches deep. Use one pound for 100 feet, or 60 to 75 pounds per acre. Plants are erect, a semi-bush type.