22 HINTS AND HELPS 



a pint of wood ashes or one-half pint of sulphate of potash 

 or bone dust, into the furrow to every ten feet. Mix this 

 into the soil with a weeder or with a point of the hoe. 

 When this is done the furrow will be about one inch deep. 

 Place the beans three or four inches apart in the furrow, 

 one bean in a place, cover with the fine soil, and press 

 down with the back of the hoe. It will take them between 

 one and two weeks to come up. The two halves of the 

 bean furnishes food for the young plant, they are first to 

 come above the soil. The soil should be kept well-tilled 

 at all times, but avoid handling the vines on wet days. 

 The beans will be ready to eat in from six to nine weeks 

 after planting. Any of the Bush beans can be planted 

 from May ioth to July ist. 



Beans, Bush Lima. Bush Lima Beans are planted 

 the same as the other varieties of dwarf beans, except, 

 each bean is put four to six inches apart in furrow. The 

 pods should be picked when the beans in them are about 

 the size of a twenty-five cent piece. They are generally 

 considered much nicer than the ordinary shell bean. Bush 

 Lima Beans continue to blossom and bear pods until frost 

 comes. They should be planted about May ioth. If 

 planted before the soil is warm, they will never germinate. 

 It will take them three to six days longer than the other 

 beans to come up. 



Beans, Pole. The furrows for Pole Beans are made 

 not closer than three feet apart. The pole should be firmly 

 set, before the beans are planted and then four or five 

 beans planted in circle around it. These should be covered 

 about one inch, leaving the land level after the beans are 

 planted. One pint of wood ashes, or one-half pint of sul- 

 phate of potash or ground bone, should be worked into 

 the hills nt the rate of about one pint of wood ashes to 

 every ten feet of row. Pole beans of any kind generally 

 yield more than the Bush beans. If the first that ma- 

 ture are picked, they will continue to bear. They should 

 be planted at the same time as Bush beans, but it will take 

 them one or two w~eks longer, before they are ready to eat. 



