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THE BUSH LIMA BEANS 



EARLY thirty years ago a Lima bean grower in 

 California discovered, in a field of pole Lima beans, a 

 chance seedling of compact growth, about two feet high. 

 From this derived the large-seeded bush Limas. While 

 they do not yield as big crops as the pole or climbing 

 varieties, they have the advantage of bearing earlier, 

 occupying less space, and requiring less labor and atten- 

 tion to be grown to maturity. 



Bush Lima beans should be planted when both soil 

 and weather have become thoroughly warm say June 

 ist in the latitude of New York City. Plant the seeds in 

 rows three feet apart, with eight to eighteen inches be- 

 tween the seeds according to the fertility of the soil; 

 closer together in poor soil, more apart in rich ground. 

 Make furrows two to three inches deep and place seeds 

 eye down in the rows. If this point is disregarded, the 

 young seedlings are apt to "break their necks" in heavy 

 soil, trying to push through. 



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