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go to the dealer. In depending on the market for 

 seed, choose the most reliable dealer. Use varieties 

 that have been tried out and found excellent, that 

 have become standard. It does not pay to use 

 "specialties/' new varieties, unless just a few are 

 tried for the pleasure of the experiment. It might 

 be helpful to name some varieties that have been 

 favorites. For limas, Early Leviathan pole 

 limas are satisfactory. The bush limas may be 

 grown, and they are somewhat earlier; but the 

 flavor is not usually so fine, and they are much 

 smaller and drier and the crop is not so large. The 

 extra trouble in growing pole limas, in securing 

 and placing the poles and training the young 

 growth, is forgotten when the beans are harvested. 

 For "snap" beans that are never string beans, 

 that break brittle and are plump and crisp, you 

 must get the Golden Scimitar Wax, if possible. 

 The crop has failed for a few years, and the Kefu- 

 gee Wax was substituted. That, also, is an excel- 

 lent variety. The kind to look for, if you hunt the 

 catalogue list, is the bean that is long and round 

 and golden yellow and that breaks with a snap. 

 That is my choice. Perhaps you prefer a green 

 bean. It must have the same qualities, aside from 

 the color. The salad bean should be green; it 

 makes a more attractive salad, to my thinking. 

 There are varieties offered, a long, slender, ten- 

 der bean of a fresh green color, just right for 

 salad. Or any snap bean may be used for salad, 



