Pole Varieties — Scarlet Runner — Lima. 8i 



vanced stage of growth and earlier maturity; but this 

 is not extensively practised. 



The maturity of some of the later sorts can be hast- 

 ened by nipping off the tips of the runners when they 

 have reached a height of four or five feet. 



Red Cranberry is an excellent variety, of good qual- 

 ity, productive and stringless. The pods retain their 

 tender and palatable quality until they are quite enough 

 grown to shell beans. As a shell bean it is good while 

 green ; but is not often used after ripening and drying. 



White Cranberry is very similar to the cbove variety, 

 but not quite as productive. Some prefer it, however, 

 on account of its being a white bean. 



Pole Horticultural has perhaps a greater combina- 

 tion of good qualities than any other pole variety. It 

 is excellent as a string bean, unsurpassed for shelling 

 green, and, moreover, is one of the best varieties On 

 the list for cooking in the dry state. 



Indian Chief. — This bean is remarkable for its tender, 

 succulent, and richly colored pods, and is well worthy 

 a place in every garden. It is a very productive sort. 

 The pods remain tender and crisp a long time. The 

 seeds are not often used in the dry state — in fact, as 

 a rule, no black beans are used dry — but for a siring 

 Pole Bean this variety has no superior. 



Scarlet Runner {P. multijloriis) is rather late, and 

 should be planted as early as possible. In this country 

 it is produced mostly as an ornamental climbing plant. 



Lima Beans (/l lunatus) are very tender, and should 

 be planted after the ground is warm and mellow, say 

 about the first of lune. Or thev mav be started earlier 



