CHAPTER IX 



MID-SEASON VEGETABLES 



BEANS 



BEING somewhat tender, should not be 

 planted until the ground is warm in spring. 

 Corn-planting time will do for the field and 

 navy bean, but the white podded string bean and 

 the lima bean should not go into the ground 

 until all danger of frost is past and the gi'ound 

 is in growing condition. At the present ad- 

 vanced cost of seed — fifty-five cents a pound for 

 the string and lima sorts with postage added by 

 some dealers, it will not do to take any chances 

 by being in too much of a hurry to get seed into 

 the ground ; neither will it pay to buy seed of any 

 but reliable dealers. There has never been a 

 time when so much importance attaches to choos- 

 ing one's seed merchant wisely. Cheap seed 

 never pays, for the time lost in replanting seed 



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