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GARDEN FARMING 



GARDEN BEANS 



As has already been pointed out, garden beans naturally fall into 

 two distinct groups bush beans and pole beans. Each of these 

 general classes is again divided into kidney and Lima beans. The 

 kidney beans of both types are either wax-podded or green-podded 

 in character. Various forms of pods characteristic of the varieties of 

 beans of the kidney type are illustrated in figures 49 and 50. Lima 

 beans, as is indicated in the classification on page 125, are either of 

 the bush or pole type. The character of the so-called Lima beans 



FIG. 46. The shaded portions show where snap beans are grown 



varies considerably, but these differences are manifest chiefly in the 

 size and shape of the seed and in the habits of growth of the plant, 

 and will be discussed briefly under the Lima bean. 



The type as well as the variety of garden bean to be grown is 

 determined by the use to which it is to be put. If it is to be used 

 as a snap or string bean for early market, quick-maturing green- 

 podded or wax-podded varieties are selected ; if for canning pur- 

 poses, a different variety is selected, which may have either green 

 or wax pods. While as a rule green beans which are required late 

 in the season for table use belong to the pole type, the early beans 

 are usually of the bush type. 



