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in the South for use while green, and figure 48 shows a good hill 

 of wax beans. 



A third factor entering into the production of beans of this type 

 is the canning industry. String beans are a staple canning product, 

 and while the canneries located in the cities which are large receiv- 

 ing and distributing points for truck crops depend to some extent 

 upon the purchase of the products in the open market, yet all of 

 them attempt to have grown in the immediate vicinity of their fac- 

 tories a considerable acreage of each of the staple products canned. 



FIG. 48. A good hill of wax beans 



As a result of this practice, beans are to some extent grown exclu- 

 sively for canning purposes, but not so much as tomatoes, peas, 

 and corn are. 



Soil for garden beans. Beans adapt themselves to a great variety 

 of soils and climates. In fact, garden beans, because they are of 

 rapid growth and reach marketable maturity within a short time 

 after the seeds have been planted, can be used at certain periods 

 of the year in localities where they cannot be successfully grown 

 as a staple field crop for dry beans. Because of this adaptability, 

 truck growers along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, from Texas and 

 Florida northward, are able to produce a marketable bean crop by 



