WARM SEASON CROPS 



beans in the pod but they take up less room and 

 mature earlier than the pole Limas. 



The two best dwarf varieties for the home 

 garden are Fordhook and Burpee's Improved 

 Bush Lima. 



The distance between the rows should be 

 three feet, the seed planted two inches deep at 

 intervals of five inches in the row. 



The Pole Limas are planted in hills four feet 

 apart each way and three to five beans in a hill. 

 The pole should be set before the seed is 

 planted so that the growth of the plant may not 

 be disturbed after the germination of the seed. 

 Four poles may be set in the form of a wig- 

 wam, tied at the top. This method of setting 

 the poles prevents any possibility of their fall- 

 ing but the crop is lighter than when an indi- 

 vidual pole supports each vine. This is on ac- 

 count of the density of the foliage and because 

 part of the plants are shaded during the day. 



Dry Shell Beans. Dry beans are usually 

 considered a field crop, but there are many 

 small gardens that produce from five to 



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