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GROWING BEANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



HPHERE is no difference in any of the essential de- 

 - tails in growing beans as given on preceding and 

 following pages, whether practised in the East or on the 

 Pacific Coast. On the coast proper seeds may be sown 

 between May 1st and I5th while in the interior lowlands 

 of central and northern parts two weeks later proves a 

 safer time. 



Beans are a profitable garden crop everywhere. On the 

 interior mountain slopes with western exposure they do 

 not thrive so well, because of prolonged drouths. In 

 sections visited only by light frosts or none at all some 

 of the bush beans assert their perennial nature and bear 

 continually. 



The Golden State is the greatest Lima bean producing 

 section of the world and two counties in the South fur- 

 nish the bulk of the crop. All the varieties of beans rec- 

 ommended under the different chapters are perfectly 

 suitable for the Pacific Coast. 



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