166 VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Waxen Podded Beans— Dwarf Golden Wax and Dwarf Black 

 Wax. 



Shell and String Beans.— Yellow Six Weeks, Early Mohawk, 

 Cranberry and Dwarf Horticultural. 



Japanese, Soy or Soja Beans.— These are easily grown, but 

 on account of their inferior quality are not much used here. 



Dwarf Lima Beans are highly esteemed by those who 

 know them and, although smaller in size than the pole Limas, 

 are supplanting them in this section and coming into quite gen- 

 eral use, on account of their being more certain to mature well 



and requiring less labor in cul- 

 tivation. They require the same 

 methods of cultivation as other 

 dwarf beans but should not be 

 planted until the land is thor- 

 oughly warmed. The best va- 

 rieties are known as Hender- 

 son's Dwarf, Durpee's Dwarf, 

 Jackson Wonder (black spotted) 

 and Kumerle Dwarf Lima. The 

 common dwarf shell beans are 

 early, productive and good, but 

 not so rich in quality as these. 



Pole Beans. — The twiningva- 

 rieties of beans are little grown 

 Figure80-Dwarf Lima beans. this section, as the improved 



dwarf kinds take their place 

 to a great extent. However, tall Lim.a beans are highly esteemed 

 by many and the dwarf varieties of this class are not so desirable 

 as the pole kinds. There is also a demand for such shell beans 

 as the pole Horticultural, Cranberry and Caseknife varieties. 

 Pole beans require stronger land than do the dwarf kinds. The 

 ordinary way of growing pole beans is to set poles six feet long 

 in hills four feet apart ^hch way. It is customary to put a shovel- 

 ful of good compost or rotted manure in each hill if the land is 

 poor. Seed should not be planted till the ground is quite warm — 

 the pole varieties are more particular in this respect than the 

 dwarf kinds. About six seeds should be planted two or three 



