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Peas and Beans 



harden, and the pods are not eaten. Some of the best of 

 these shell beans are pole or running varieties, the Cran- 

 berry or so-called Horticultural Lima, White Creaseback, 

 Kentucky Wonder or Old homestead, Dutch Case-Knife 

 (Figs. 136, 137, sometimes erroneously referred to the Mul- 



tiflora Group), being amongst 

 the most popular. Pole beans- 

 require that the plants stand 

 farther apart in the row, usu- 

 ally 1 foot or so, and the rows 

 2^2 to 3 feet, for intensive culti- 

 vation. It is usually recom- 

 mended that they be planted in 

 hills 3 or 4 feet either way, with 

 a pole to each hill. When 

 planted in rows, wide wire fenc- 

 ing may be used for support. 

 Pole beans require the entire 

 season in which to make a crop. 



MuUi flora Bean 

 The Multifloras are known in 

 this country mostly by the Scar- 

 let Eunner, with bright scarlet 

 flowers, and the White Dutch 

 Eunner, with white flowers. The pods may be eaten as 

 snap beans, but usually they are grown to the shell-bean 

 stage. These varieties are high climbers, making good 

 screens. They may be planted along fences or lattices as 

 are other pole beans, or in hills 3 or 4 feet apart. There 

 are bush varieties, but little known in gardens. 



Pods of sieva bean (X %). 



