* THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 101 



Defiance, Juno, Improved Stratagem, Advancer, and the old 

 Champion of England; the latter should not be grown where it 

 cannot be given good supports, being a tall grower, but it is a very- 

 productive variety. 



Beans are of much easier culture than peas and will succeed 

 in soils where peas would be an utter failure; they can also be 

 picked over quite a long season; we have picked string beans as 

 early as June 28 and last year as late as October 12, which gives a 

 fairly long season. First sowings of string beans can be made from 

 April 20 to 25, and successional sowings made until August 1st 

 for late pickings. Triumph of the Frames and Plentiful are the 

 earliest varieties we have grown. Stringless Green Pod and 

 Valentine are excellent later sorts. Improved Goddard and Dwarf 

 Horticultural are splendid string and shell varieties. Wax beans 

 are handsome and sell well; their appearance helps them to sell, 

 but their flavor is far inferior to that of the green podded sorts. 

 Rustless golden wax and stringless white wax are reliable varieties. 

 Lima beans should not be sown until we get settled warm weather. 

 The dwarf varieties are of comparatively recent introduction, and 

 for the small grower are far to be preferred to the pole sorts. The 

 earliest of these is the small Henderson Bush Lima; many prefer 

 the flavor of this to all others ; it is hardier than the other varieties, 

 such as Burpee's and Dreer's, and a marvelous producer. Dreer's 

 Lima is a sure cropper in wet seasons but inferior in flavor to Bur- 

 pee's. Fordhook Lima is superior to the Burpee's in both size 

 and flavor and will eventually supersede it. 



Where poles are procurable the following are fine beans to grow: 

 Kentucky Wonder and Lazy Wife's for Snap; and Golden Cluster 

 is a good wax variety. The old Scarlet Runner makes long rough 

 beans which, however, are of excellent flavor, and the plants are 

 very ornamental, while in flower. The Sieva or small Lima and 

 King of the Garden Lima are the best of their kind, and produce 

 an enormous quantity of pods per pole. The best wood for poles 

 is cedar or hickory, these last for several years, while oak, birch, 

 and maple don't generally carry for more than one season. 



Potatoes are the most important of all garden vegetable crops. 

 They will succeed in a great variety of soils, if proper preparation 

 of manuring has been given, but the best soil is a deep, rich, friable 



