Peas Beans 383 



cc. Wrinkled peas. 



(Pod as in 0.) 

 BB. Seeds green, bluish, etc. 



(Divisions as in B.) 

 AA. Half dwarf; plant 2-4 feet high. 



(Divisions as in A.) 



AAA. Dwarf; plant not exceeding 2 feet. 

 (Divisions as in A.) 



For insects and diseases, see : 



Pea-weevil or bug, Farmers' Bull. No. 45; Florida No. 36. 

 The leading pea pest. Kill the insect in the dry peas by 

 bisulfide of carbon. 



Moth, Canadian Exp. Farms Kept. 1894, p. 187; 'Kept. 1897, p. 

 194. Picking early, and rotation. 



Powdery mildew, N. J. Rept. No. 14, p. 357. Fungicides in 

 spray. 



Louse, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., Bull. 26; Del. Bull. 49. 

 Device is used for brushing lice off, the cultivator follow- 

 ing. 



BEANS 



Garden beans represent several species, but all the com- 

 mon kinds are very tender to frost and require a warm 

 season and sunny exposure ; seed is sown where the plants 

 are to grow ; usually grown in drills, except the tall 

 kinds; the common bush beans are partial -season plants. 



The common bean is grown in two general types: 

 the bush bean, and the pole bean. In this country the 

 bush bean is by far the more important since its grow- 

 ing obviates the labor and expense of providing support 

 on which the plants may climb. Bush beans are grown 

 both as a field crop and a garden crop. As a garden 

 crop they are used mostly as "string" beans, the pods 

 being picked when they are two -thirds grown, and the 



