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PACKING AND SHIPPING. 



Pack in bushel hampers. If dirty, it is a good idea to 

 wash and drain them before packing. Be careful to see 

 that there are no dead leaves or other trash among them. 

 I preier to pick beans in the afternoon, packing them in 

 the crate and setting them in the shade until the following 

 morning. In this wa}' the beans shrink all they ever will, 

 and when you fill the crate up again it will go into market 

 full and be apt to net }ou an extra price. ]Make two grades 

 of them, marking the best one, if fancy, with yovn^ trade 

 mark. 



HOME USE. 



The Burpee's Stringless Green Pod makes a fine variety 

 for home use or for local market. Limas, both bush and 

 tall, do well in this climate, but do not yield much of a 

 profit when raised for shipment. Of the limas, the Hen- 

 derson Bush, Jackson Wonder and the Seiva Pole Bean 

 seem better suited to this soil. The pole green Ijeans also 

 do well here and come in fine during the summer if planted 

 in the cornfield when it is too hot to raise the other va- 

 rieties. The Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead is the 

 best of this kind. 



INSECTS AND DISEASES. 



The principal insects that attack the bean crop are the 

 roller worm and the green cabbage worm or looper, but 

 these can easily be destroyed by spraying with arsenate of 

 lead. The principal diseases of the bean are the mildew, 

 rust and blight. Use sulphur and lime dust spray just as 

 the beans are blooming, and again after the first crop is 

 picked, for the mildew. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture 

 w^ill usually check the rust and blight. A great many farm- 

 ers prefer to spray the plants from the time they form their 

 third leaf, until they begin to put on beans, as it is much 

 easier to prevent the disease than to cure it. 



