Title: (Catalog) : spring 1961
Identifier: catalogspring1961961wyat (find matches)
Year: 1961 (1960s)
Authors: Wyatt-Quarles Seed Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Nursery stock North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Seeds North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Vegetables North Carolina Raleigh Catalogs; Gardening Nort
Publisher: Raleigh, N. C. : Wyatt-Quarles Seed Co
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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107 Beans, Kentucky Wonder POLE SNAP BEANS 51 Kentucky Wonder Pole Wax The best wax pole bean. 65 days. Pkt. 25c; 14 lb. 50c; lb. 85c; 2 lbs. $1.50; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 65c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 57c lb., postpaid. 104 White Half Runner Wherever this bean is tried it immediately becomes popular because of the distinctively good bean flavor. Vines are bushy, short run- ners, very productive of short (4 to 5 inch) round, fleshy but stringy pods at maturity. 60 days. Pkt. 15c; 14 lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 3-9 lbs. @ 55c lb.; 10-24 lbs. @ 47c lb., postpaid. 106 Blue Lakes Stringless A white seeded, high producing stringless variety. Excellent for canning and freezing as well as using fresh. Pods are dark green, round, medium in length, smooth, straight, tender, and fleshy. Vines resistant to com- mon Mosaic and some strains of rust. 65 days. Pkt. 15c; 1/4 lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 52c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 44c lb., post- paid. 107 Kentucky Wonder or Old Hnmc^tonA favorite with home UllKfMCUU and market gardeners. Vig- orous grower and climber and a wonderfully heavy producer. The pods are 6 to 8 inches long, round, dark green in color, very meaty, tender and practically stringless. 70 days. Pkt. 15c; y. lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 3-9 lbs. @ 50c lb.; 10-24 lbs. @ 42c lb., postpaid.
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106 Beans, Blue Lake (Pole) 108 Kentucky Wonder (White Seeded) 191 Pods 81/2 inches long, thick and oval, dark green, tender and stringless at snap stage. A white seeded Kentucky Wonder type, recommended where rust is prevalent. 64 days. Pkt. 15c; 14 lb. 40c; 1 lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 52c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 44c lb., postpaid. 102 Genuine Cornfield f^jT^\F^ll bearing an abundance of nearly round stringless, straight, 6V2 inch beans. They are fleshy, tender and delicious at picking stage becoming some- what stringy later. 71 days. Pkt. 15c; Yz lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 50c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 42c lb., postpaid. 110 Nancy Davis or Striped Cron«ohnrk Excellent variety for planting icuscuu^rv with corn. A vigorous produc- tive, medium early variety that bears quantities of fat, round, fleshy pods. 72 days. Pkt. 15c; 14 lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 50c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 42c lb., postpaid. WYAn-mRLES BUSH LIMA OR BUTTER BEANS CULTURE: Plant well after danger of frost and when soil has warmed up. Seeds tend to decay in cold, wet soils. Select a loose well drained soil with a pH 5.5 to 6.5. Fertilize with 800 lbs. of 6-8-6 or 5-10-10 per acre (3 qt. per 100 ft. row). Mix fertilizer thoroughly with the soil or apply in bands 3 inches each side of and below the seed. Plant seed IV2 inches deep, 4 to 6 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. Sidedress with 15 lbs. of nitrogen per acre (','2 cup of Nitrate of Soda, or equivalent, per 100 ft. of row) when first blooms appear. Additional similar sidedressings at 3 week intervals will prolong bearing season. Fifty pounds of small seed varieties, or 75 lbs. of large seeded varieties per acre. About one lb. of the large seeded will plant 100 ft. of row. 63 Fnrrlhnnir 747 ^ distinct improve- OranOOK. Z.*rZ. ment over the stand- ard Fordhook, especially in setting beans. The vigorous plants have more foliage and will set pods in abundance even during hot dry weather. The beans have the same fine quality and are large and thick. 70-75 days. Pkt. 15c; lb. 40c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 52c lb.; 10 to :;4 lbs. @ 44c lb., postpaid.

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