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The crop comes quicker and is thus more satisfactory. For the 

 best use of limas and snap beans of different varieties, the 

 garden should be cared for during the summer. The crop 

 will pay for the trouble of summer care. 



The culture is easy, and the growth will be thrifty in rich, 

 warm soil. A good dust mulch should be kept about the 

 plants with a garden rake "or cultivator. The bush varieties 

 of limas (Fig. 103), and the bush or low varieties of snap 



Fig, 103.— Bush lima beans are easier to manage than the pole limas, but the yield 

 ia less. (New Jersey Station.) 



beans (Fig. 104), suit the school garden best, as the poles 

 for staking are not necessary. Any climbing varieties, as 

 Kentucky Wonder, may be planted in the rows of sweet corn 

 after the corn is well started. The vines are allowed to climb 

 on the com. 



Beets. — The beets are truly biennials, not bearing seed 

 until the second year; but as the crop consists of the fleshy 

 roots it is a quick producer for the school garden. Seeds may 

 be sown in rich garden soil in very early s|)riug. It is well to 

 soak the seeds for a few hours in slightly warm water just be- 

 fore planting. This softens the hard seed cases and hastens 



