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ity; the Lazy Wife, of especially rich flavor; and 

 the McCasland, a new bean much praised both as a 

 string and a shell bean. 



Shell Beans 



It is a good plan to plant two sorts of shell beans 

 which have been found especially good, besides 

 those you try as an experiment. Follow the plan 

 of sticking to something you know to be good, but 

 always be ready to try any new plant which might 

 prove better still. In this way you avoid losing a 

 crop and also keep from getting in a rut. Staying in 

 ruts has been a costly habit among farmers all over 

 the world. 



Red Cranberry Shell Bean or Horticultural Bean. 

 — It is hard to get a shell bean which is surer to 

 give a good crop, even during a short season, than 

 the old-fashioned Red Cranberry bean, which now 

 appears all over the country, in excellent strains. 

 This bean is most desirable for eating as a shell 

 bean before it ripens, and after it is ripe and dry, it 

 is excellent for baking. It ripens quickly and is 

 very hardy. It ma)' be grown as a bush bean or a 

 pole bean. 



Lima Beans. — Several desirable Lima beans 

 brought out during the past few years have proved 

 valuable. In the northern states, where frost and 

 cold nights come frequently in early June and late 

 August, there is not much hope of ripening Lima 



