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average family. Repeated plantings at intervals of three 

 weeks may be made until the first of September. Many 

 prefer the pole beans for the fall crop. The Creaseback 

 variety planted in the early spring, if regularly picked, 

 to relieve the drain upon the vines, will continue in 

 bearing until frost. Let a part of the crop ripen on the 

 vines, and harvest for use as dry shelled beans during 

 the winter. Neither beans nor any other vine -growing 

 plant should be cultivated while the leaves are wet. If 

 the fine soil adheres to the leaves, they will rust. 



LIMA BEANS 



Lima beans, like the snap -shorts, are grown in two 

 styles — bush and pole. Bailey, in his admirable work, 

 "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," makes three 

 classes, viz. : Large Lima, Dreer's Lima and Small Lima 

 or Sieva. Each of these has the bunch and running type. 

 The oldest of the three strains is the Small Carolina, or 

 Sieva, which is smaller than the others but more hardy, 

 and continues in bearing throughout the growling season. 

 It was long cultivated in the southern states as a climber 

 before Henderson produced the bush type. There is no 

 appreciable difference between the size or quality of the 

 beans from the bush and the vine type. The advantages 

 in favor of the bunch strain are that they are earlier and 

 more prolific and do not need the poles. If the beans are 

 not allowed to ripen, either strain wnll continue in bear- 

 ing until frost. The beans are small, clear wiiite in color 

 and of good quality. As dry-shelled beans, they make a 

 pleasant and very nutritious winter vegetable. The two 



