igo — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



Perfection or Flageolet W^ax resembles the preceding, but 

 is characterized by remarkable vigor of plant and productiveness. 



Ivory Pod Wax. A moderate grower only, but producing 

 tender, exquisitely delicate, white, waxy pods in great profusion, 

 and during a longer period than most other bush sorts. 

 Especially valuable for the home garden. 



POLE OR RUNNING BEANS. 



The running or pole varieties are still tenderer than the 

 bush sorts, and should not be planted until the weather has 

 become thoroughly settled, and the ground warm in spring. 

 Seed, when planted in cold, wet ground, is much more liable to 

 rot than to germinate. All, especially that king of beans, the 

 Lima, need high culture, and succeed best in rich, sandy 

 loam, but can be grown in any rich, warm soil. The Limas 

 are one of those crops that find ready sale in almost any 

 larger market, and in suitable localities are grown with fair profit. 



The usual way of proceeding is to set poles four feet 

 apart each way. These poles, as used by most growers, are 

 from eight to ten feet high, which I think is from two to four 

 feet more than is really necessary, or even of advantage. The 

 height of pole should correspond with the length of the season 

 in any given locality, five or six feet being fully sufficient, and 

 better than more, for the short northern season. At the south 

 they might be a foot or two longer, as this will have a tendency 

 to lengthen the bearing period. 



The hills, previous to setting the poles, should be made 

 rich and porous, by mixing a shovelful or two of well-rotted 

 compost with the soil. Five or six seeds are then to be planted 

 in a circle around each pole. Press each one firmly into the 

 soil, nearly or fully two inches deep. All our old precepts 

 agree in recommending to place the seed eye downward. Prof 

 Halstead, upsetting this old theory, proves that the seeds should 

 always be planted flat on their side. In practice, however, it 

 seems to make little, if any difference, and in drill planting I 

 simply scatter the seed in the furrow and cover them up with 

 feet or hoe. 



Thorough cultivation and frequent hoeing will make the 

 young plants grow rapidly and vigorously, and soon the vines 

 will require tying to the poles. The pods are gathered as the 

 seeds in them get large, and shelled for market or the table. 

 In some localities the beans are sold in the pod. The ripe beans 

 also find a willing market at from ;^4.oo upwards per bushel, 

 and the crop is generally a profitable one in either case. 



In my own practice I prefer to grow the Limas and 

 other running sorts on a trellis instead of poles. The 

 illustration on next page shows a small section of what 



