Lima Beans 



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to rely largely on the Sieva kinds, none of which are very 

 high climbers and some of which, as Henderson and 

 Jackson, are nearly or quite ^^bush'' in form and in habit. 

 These Sieva beans are very heavy croppers and mature 

 in the short seasons of the 

 North. Although the beans 

 are not very large, the qual- 

 ity is good. The dwarf 

 Limas are excellent for 

 northern gardens. 



Bush beans are sown in 

 drills, the rows being 18 to 30 

 inches apart to allow of easy 

 tillage. The plants should stand 

 5 to 10 inches apart in the row. 

 One pint will sow from 75 to 

 125 feet of drill, depending on 

 the variety. In drills, 1 bushel 

 to 5 pecks is sown to the acre. 

 The tall or pole beans are usu- 

 ally grown in hills. 



Lima beans are usually 

 grown in hills 3 to 4 feet apart 

 each way. Five or 6 plants may 

 stand in each hill. 



The White Dutch Runner 

 bean {Phaseolus multiflorus) is 

 grown as the tall forms of the 

 common bean are. Used mostly 

 as shell beans, but sometimes 

 as snap beans. 



The Broad, Windsor, or 

 English Dwarf beans ( Vicia 



Faha) are erect-growing plants, p.^ Willow-leaf Sieva bean, 

 much raised in Europe, but lit- Full size. 



