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ers than the bush types. Limas are usually planted 

 in rows from three to four feet wide and from i8 to 

 36 inches apart in the rows. They are supported 

 on either poles or trellis. When poles are used 

 they should be from six to eight feet in height. The 

 common practice of tying four poles together gives 

 better support, but interferes with proper cul- 

 tivation. A trellis may be readily made by 

 driving stakes in the row every 15 or 20 feet, 

 leaving them about four feet above the surface of 

 the soil. A wire may then be placed within a foot 

 ■of the bottom and another near the top of the stake 

 and strings stretched from wire to wire in a zigzag 

 manner. Lima beans are marketed both dry and 

 green, and in the latter form both in the pods and 

 shelled. Green shelled limas are considered quite 

 a delicacy in many markets and bring correspond- 

 ingly high prices. 



The use of the lima bean is limited somewhat by 

 the fact that many people do not realize that it can 

 be used in exactly the same way as the small field 

 beans, and, in many cases, with better results. 



There are two common enemies of the bean of 

 sufficient importance to deserve mention here. An- 

 -thracnose, or what is commonly known as rust, is a 

 ■disease everywhere found attacking the waxed, 

 podded types especially. Few forms, however, are 

 ■entirely free from the trouble. This disease may be 

 controlled to a considerable extent by spraying with 

 bordeaux mixture, but the labor and cost involved 

 prohibit its use under ordinary conditions. Spe- 

 cial precautions should be taken to secure disease- 

 free seed. Something may be accomplished by 

 gathering and burning all of the affected vines in 

 the fall of the year. 



