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THE BUSH LIMA BEANS 
EARLY thirty years ago a Lima bean grower in 
■*- ^ California discovered, in a field of pole Lima beans, a 
chance seedling of compact growth, about two feet high. 
From this derived the large-seeded bush Limas. While 
they do not yield as big crops as the pole or climbing 
varieties, they have the advantage of bearing earlier, 
occupying less space, and requiring less labor and atten- 
tion to be grown to maturity. 
Bush Lima beans should be planted when both soil 
and weather have become thoroughly warm — say June 
1st in the latitude of New York City. Plant the seeds in 
rows three feet apart, with eight to eighteen inches be- 
tween the seeds according to the fertility of the soil; 
closer together in poor soil, more apart in rich ground. 
Make furrows two to three inches deep and place seeds 
eye down in the rows. If this point is disregarded, the 
young seedlings are apt to “break their necks” in heavy 
soil, trying to push through. 
