THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Lima. These are planted the same as other bush 

 beans and given the same culture. They come 

 fairly true from seed and are heavy producers. 

 They make an excellent dry bean for winter use. 

 They come quite true from seed, but occasionally 

 a plant will show a disposition to run, and when 

 this is noticed, it will be well to pull it up, as it 

 will tangle up the other plants and interfere with 

 their cultivation and gathering. 



One quart of bean seed will plant a hundred 

 feet of drill and give sufficient beans for a good- 

 sized family. They may be planted for a succes- 

 sion of string beans up to the fifteenth of August. 

 Pole varieties yield much larger crops than the 

 bush forms, and by training to strings, wire net- 

 ting, etc., may be planted close up to the garden- 

 fence or the poultry-yard, or serve as a screen to 

 hide outbuildings or parts of the garden if desired. 

 The expense of poles is, however, avoided by plant- 

 ing only the bush varieties. 



The varieties most generally cultivated are the 

 following : 



r Dwarf Golden Wax. 



Wax string beans. < Yellow-eyed Golden Podded. 

 (Black Wax. 

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