514 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



Notes Upon Pole Lima Beans. 



Fifteen rows of pole lima beans were planted on May loth in 

 Plot I, Series II, and alternate hills were pruned from time to 

 time in an attempt to dwarf them. The remaining hills re- 

 ceived poles and were permitted to grow in the usual manner. 

 The following table gives some of the facts concerning this 

 group of beans. 



No. NAME AND SOURCE. 



65 Imp. Early Bearing. Burbank. ... 12 



66 ChaUenger. Cole 9 



67 Earliest Golden. Ham 6 



68 New Evergreen. J. & S 12 



69 Imp. Early Lima. Sal 4 



70 Ford's Mammoth. J. & S 6 



71 Ford's Mammoth. Wood 9 



72 King of the Garden. Cox 14 



73 Panmuffe Extra Early. Mau 2 



74 Seibert. Cox 10 



75 Seibert. J. & S 11 



76 Imp. Salem. J. & S 2 



77 Imp. ShotweU. J. & S 8 



78 Large White. Btl 4 



79 Imp. Pole. Wood 3 



It is seen that the " Panmure " {'j'^ and " Large White " (78) 

 were the most productive while the " King of the Garden " (72) 

 and " New Evergreen " (69) with the largest number of vines 

 gave small returns. The " Challenger " (66) led in the largest 

 average of seeds to the pod followed closely by " Ford's Mam- 

 moth " (70). The " Improved Early " (69) was particularly low 

 in this regard. 



The following numbers have large flat seeds not easily distin- 

 guished when shelled namely, Nos. 65, 67, 68, 71, 72, ']2)^ 74, 

 75 and 76. The smallest seeds are those of No. 79 while Nos. 

 66, 69, 70, ']'] and 78 are medium in size. 



It is interesting to note that the two most popular pole lima 

 beans, namely, "Large W^ite" (78) and "King of the Garden" 

 (72), gave such widely different results in the present trial. 



The column marked "October pods" contains the marketable 



