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in each hill will help the plant to a quick start. The 

 quantity should be small and not repeated. Apply as 

 soon as the seedlings appear, but not upon them. 



Poles or Trellises should be set before the seed is 

 sown. Single poles should be stout and deeply set, 

 trellises according to the ingenuity of the gardener. 



Fig. 19. Seedlings of Lima Bean. Two-thirds natural size. 



Pick as for bush Beans. With all kind of beans, 

 clean-picking will lengthen the yield. 



Row culture for pole Beans is practicable but not 

 usual. See under Scarlet Runner Bean, below. 



(3) Lima Beans. Limas (Phaseolus lunatus) divide 

 into pole and bush varieties, for the management or 

 which see above, with minor differences as here noted. 

 While the dwarfs are, as usual, earlier than the stan- 

 dards, Limas come slowest to maturity of all our beans, 

 and at the same time are the most affected by our hot, 

 dry summers. Early starting under glass (see above) 



