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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 
