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in late May for security, though I always risk a sowing in April, and 

 seldom lose it. Sow again every two or three weeks until August. 

 Set the seed an inch or more in depth. Thin to four inches. 

 Cultivate well, but do not brush against the plants if they are wet, 

 especially if young. This care should be taken with all beans. 

 Sow pole beans in rows three or four feet apart, or set them in 



a row at the back of a 

 small garden. They may 

 be either in hills, two feet 

 apart, with a pole set 

 firmly in each hill ; or they 

 may be in a row, with a 

 trellis running the length 

 of it. Excellent trellises 

 may be made of stakes 

 and string; they give 

 more air and sun to the 

 plants. Thin the plants 

 to six inches in the row, 

 four plants to the hill. 



Pick all beans when 

 young, whether for snap 

 beans or shell beans. 

 They are much more deli- 

 cate so. When ripe they 

 may be dried and stored 

 FIG. 177. " Turnip " beets. for the winter. 



Cutworms are often 



troublesome with beans. Bait or dig for them. The only other 

 serious trouble is a rust or spot on the pods. The best remedy is 

 good seed and good feeding. 



For variety, get a wax-podded as well as a green-podded string 

 bean. The earliest lima is the Henderson's Bush, a small bean of 

 which the tall variety is the Sieva. Large limas are Burpee's 

 Bush (dwarf) and Challenger (tall). A reliable shell bean is the 

 Horticultural, both tall and dwarf. Much better is the Flageolet, 



