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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- 



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. 



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% 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. 



Multifiom Bean 



141. Pods of sieva bean (X %). 



The Multifloras are known in 

 this country mostly by the Scar- 

 let Eunner, with bright scarlet 

 flowers, and the White Dutch 



