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and cooked as “ green shelled beans.”” When cooked 
with kernels of sweet corn cut from the cob, they make 
the well-known dish called “ succotash.” If the seeds 
ripen fully, they may be used as “ dry beans,” but dry 
beans can be bought in the market much cheaper than 
they can be produced in the home garden. 
Edible pods will be produced by some of the bush va- 
rieties in about 30 days after date of planting. Plant 
for successive crops at intervals of about 2 weeks until 
within 40 days of the probable date of the first killing 
frost of autumn. 
The bush varieties are usually grown in hills with 3 to 
5 plants in a hill, and the hills about 12 to 15 inches 
apart. In asmall garden the rows may be 2 feet apart. 
The bush varieties are the easier to grow. All kidney 
beans may be planted as soon as danger of frost is past. 
Pole varieties bear longer and somewhat more abun- 
dantly. There are numerous good varieties, but Ken- 
tucky Wonder is perhaps the favorite. The vines should 
be supported on poles or by a trellis or fence. 
Lima beans. The dwarf varieties are easiest to grow 
in the home garden, as they need less space and require 
no support. These may be planted in hills, or in contin- 
uous rows like the dwarf varieties of kidney beans. 
Pole Limas are usually grown in hills. Remove the 
soil to the depth of about 8 inches and a diameter of 10 
inches, place two shovelfuls of well-rotted manure in the 
hole, cover with soil, and plant 5 or 6 seeds 13 inches 
below the surface, placing the seeds on edge with the 
“eye” down. The hills should stand about 3 or 4 feet 
apart. Supports should be set in the ground at the 
