Well tended beans are a highly productive crop. Kept watered and picked regularly, one of our generous packets of green bean seeds will provide 20 plus pounds of beans over a season. Canned, pickled or frozen, they are easy to put up for winter.

Planting should be delayed until all danger of frost is over. Bush beans are earliest and most hardy. In garden culture, beans are usually planted about 2 inches deep in rows 20 inches apart, and 3 inches apart in the row, in field culture, in drill rows 20 to 30 inches apart to cultivate with tractor. Until blossoming season, frequent but shallow cultivation should be given. Deep cultivation after the plants show bloom is very apt to ruin the crop. Do not disturb plants when covered with dew. One pound will plant 100 feet of drill, and sixty pounds is sufficient for one acre of bush types. Allow 50 foot row per person. To afford a regular succession of crops throughout the season, plant every two weeks after the first planting until midsummer. Minimum soil temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit at 4 inch depth.

Control weeds with mulching or cultivation until blossoming season. Beans need the most water when blooming and setting fruit. If allowed to dry out, beans will be tough and stringy. Pick young, tender beans frequently, about once a week, to insure the best quality.

One pound of bean seeds will plant a 100 foot row and sixty pounds of seed will plant an acre. Our packets are 1/3rd cup, or nearly 2 ounces.