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Varieties. 



Some of the best varieties of the runner bean are: 

 Aroostook Bush (called Lima), Scarlet Runner Pole, 

 White Dutch Runner Pole. Other varieties may be 

 obtained from European seedsmen. 



Enemies of beans in general. 



The bean weevil injures the green pods and also the 

 stored seed. It may be destroyed in the latter by treat- 

 ment with carbon bisulfide. 



Cutworms often destroy seedling beans and are best 

 kept under by the use of poisoned bait. 



Anthracnose appears as brown sunken blotches on the 

 leaves and pods. It can be checked by spraying the seed- 

 lings with bordeaux mixture and by rotation. It is 

 infectious and is frequently carried by the seed. 



Sclerotium blight, which produces wilting and death, 

 may be prevented by spraying the soil around the stems 

 with ammoniacal copper carbonate. 



Bacterial blight occurs as brown watery patches, which 

 dry up. It spreads quickly. All diseased plants should 

 be destroyed and rotation practiced. Downy mildew of 

 lima beans pods may be checked by bordeaux mixture. 



Bulletins. 



Beans, U. S. D. A., Farmers' Bulletin 289. 



American Varieties of Garden Beans, U. S. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, Bulletin 109, September, 1907. 



American Varieties of Beans, N. Y. Agr. Expt. Station, Bulletin 260, 

 November, 1908. 



