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advisable to try to grow them in the Northern 

 States,, especially not the true Lima beans. 

 The Sieva or Carolina bean is a Lima that may 

 be successfully raised in the Northern States if 

 due attention is paid to soil and exposure. It 

 is not so high a climber as the large, true Lima, 

 and therefore matures before the nights get too 

 cool. It is a comparatively early crop, quite 

 hardy for a Lima bean, truly annual, with thin, 

 short, broad leaves, and a lot of papery pods 

 much curved on the back, which burst open 

 when the beans are ripe. These beans or seeds 

 may be white, brown, or marked with red, but 

 are always small and flat. Challenger is the 

 favorite brand of Sieva bean. The true Lima 

 is larger, whiter, and may be speckled with red, 

 brown or black. The pods are fewer, thicker, 

 and do not split when the seeds are ripe, and the 

 vines are more easily injured by a touch of frost. 

 Both the true Lima and the Sieva Lima may now 

 be had in dwarf varieties. 



String and Lima beans are not the only sorts 

 in common use. The others are not picked until 

 fully ripe, when the pods cannot be used. They 

 are known as " shell" beans, and there are several 

 kinds, all in high favor. These are mostly of 

 the pole variety and mature late in the season. 

 The preparation of the soil and the general 



