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GROWING BEANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST 
npHERE is no difference in any of the essential de- 
■*- tails in growing beans as given on preceding and 
following pages, whether practised in the East or on the 
Pacific Coast. On the coast proper seeds may be sown 
between May 1st and 15th while in the interior lowlands 
of central and northern parts two weeks later proves a 
safer time. 
Beans are a profitable garden crop everywhere. On the 
interior mountain slopes with western exposure they do 
not thrive so well, because of prolonged drouths. In 
sections visited only by light frosts or none at all some 
of the bush beans assert their perennial nature and bear 
continually. 
The Golden State is the greatest Lima bean producing 
section of the world and two counties in the South fur- 
nish the bulk of the crop. All the varieties of beans rec- 
ommended under the different chapters are perfectly 
suitable for the Pacific Coast. 
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