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House & Garden's 



Poles are the usual supports for the climb- 

 ing kinds of limas. Cedar is I lie best and 

 most durable wood. Set I he poles firmly 

 and let them stand about 6' high 



X an_\- well regulated garden calendar for 



the latitude of New York City, May 1st is 

 planting day for lima beans. On or about that 

 date everything should be ready, for where is 

 the vegetable garden worthy of the name which 

 has not its limas? 



These beans are among the most desirable 

 vegetable crops. The vines seldom fail to pro- 

 duce abundantly if conditions are reasonably 

 favoraljle and standard sorts have Ijeen planted. 

 There need be no waste of the crop, however, 

 for if the yield is greater than can be used on 

 the table while fresh, the surplus can be suc- 

 cessfully and without great trouble preserved 

 for use next fall and winter. 



The photographs and captions on this page 

 tell the tale of the principal steps in pole lima 

 culture. Choose a good variety like Early 

 Leviathan, and plant in hills 3' to 4' apart each 

 way. One-c|uarter of a pint of seed will be 

 enough to i)lant a row 50' long. This quantity 

 will cost you about twenty-five cents at any 

 good seed store. Succession plantings may be 

 made until the middle of June, to insure a 

 longer cropping season. 



Lima btaits should be planted 'with the 



"eyes" of the seeds down, five or six to 



a hill, in a circle around the pole. Cover 



them with about 1" of soil 





When the vines begin to show a tendency 



to climb they will need some assistance to 



start them properly 



As soon as the young plants are large enough to show 



their relative sturdiness, thin them out until only the 



three strongest remain in each hill 



Lima beans may be planted in among the 



corn, whose stalks will furnish them with 



support as well as shade 



