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second cultivation, when the tendency to climb has manifested 

 itself, the plantation is supplied with poles from 5 to 6 feet high, 

 or with a trellis running from end to end of the row, which 



FIG. 53. Types of Lima beans 

 a, potato Lima, pole ; &, Sieva type, pole ; c, large, flat Lima, dwarf ; d, Sieva type, dwarf 



may be made by stretching two or three wires lengthwise of the 

 row and weaving between them strands of ordinary wool twine. If 

 the trellis is employed, the beans can be planted in practically 



