50 Southern Gardener^ s Practical Manual 



larger types are decided improvements in the matter of 

 size and quality over the smaller type, which is known 

 under the names of Carolina, Small Lima, Butter and 

 Sieva in the southern states. Of the pole varieties of the 

 large lima, the most popular are Seiberfs Early, Wood^s 

 Improved, Ford\s Mammoth Podded, Large White, Salem 

 Improved, Panmure Extra- Early and Dreer^s Improved. 

 Of the bush types of the large varieties, Wood^s Prolific, 

 Burpee^ s Bush and Thorhurn\s are standard, but none of 

 them are so early, prolific or reliable as Henderson^s 

 Small Bush Lima. The lima should be used more as a 

 shelled bean in winter than is practiced in the South. 

 The legume known as the cow-pea of the South, is really 

 a bean, and some of the varieties should be cultivated in 

 the garden as table beans. Of these, the Large Black 

 Eye, the Small Black Eye, the Mush and the running 

 variety of the Lady are excellent gathered when the beans 

 are just fully grown and boiled with meat. 



Lima beans require a higher temperature for germi- 

 nation than the Kidney beans, and hence must not be 

 planted until the soil has been warmed in late spring. 

 Even then it is best to plant upon beds raised above the 

 surrounding soil. They require a fertile soil and good 

 cultivation. Bush Lima beans are planted and cultivated 

 in the same manner commonly practiced with the bush 

 snap beans. A substantial trellis or strongly set poles 

 must be provided to support the pole varieties. They 

 will produce better on poles than on a trellis, on account 

 of better exposure to the sun. The beds should be pre- 

 pared and the poles set firmly into the soil three feet 

 apart and the seed planted around them. When the 



