VEGETABLES DESCRIPTION AND CULTURE. 279 



Lima Beans are from the East Indies. There are the 

 green, the white, the speckled, and the small white or 

 Carolina. The white Lima is not quite so large as the 

 green, but, bearing with greater abundance, is to be pre- 

 ferred. It is also not quite so hardy and productive as 

 the Carolina, but is much larger and richer flavored, and 

 is the most grown for city markets. 



The following varieties are also suited to the climate 

 of the Houth, and are beans of excellent qualities: 



Black-Eyed Wax. — A very early and productive bean, 

 with long, straight yellow pods. 



New Extra Early Refugee. — A most productive 

 form, improved from the old Refugee variety; but much 

 earlier, and very prolific; excellent quality; quite tender 

 at nearly all stages of its growth; free from strings and a 

 favorite shipping variety. 



Wardwell Kidney Wax. — A dwarf variety; early 

 prolific; pods flat and stringless, waxy yellow; hardy and 

 productive; a good shipper. 



Henderson's Bush Lima. — This bean comes at an 

 early period in the season, when vegetables generally are 

 not abundant, filling a gap between peas and pole-beans. 

 The bean is small, but very productive, bearing until 

 killed by frost. 



Burpee's Bush Lima. — A larger plant than the last, 

 and not so early; but the pods and beans are larger, thus 

 making this variety popular and desirable. 



Carolina or Butter bean closely resembles the white 

 Lima, but is smaller, earlier, hardier, and bears much 

 more abundantly, and though not quite so rich, is for 

 general culture the best running bean. 



Wood-ashes and bone-dust, or superphosphate of lime, 

 will supply the soil with the most necessary elements for 



