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oped the bean into a vast number of different forms, which 
frequently show a disposition to revert or go back to some 
ancestral type, no matter how carefully the seeds may be 
kept. 
The pole beans, in general terms, yield larger crops and 
bear through a longer season than the bush beans. The 
green-podded beans, as a rule, are more prolific and more 
hardy than the yellow-podded or wax beans. The climbers 
demand a whole season, and bear until frost. The bush 
beans are mostly employed where two or more crops are 
demanded per year from the ground. 
The so-called cut-short or snap-short beans are those in 
which the whole pod, in its green state, is used for food. 
They are of both types, climbing and bush. The Lima forms 
include a number of distinct beans, differing greatly in size 
and shape and also in habit of growth. 
Location — In choosing a spot for bean culture the farm 
gardener should select good mellow soil that has been 
manured the previous year. Fresh manure produces an ex- 
cessive growth of vine at the expense of pods. 
Making Ready. — Much stable manure, which is rich in 
nitrogen, should be avoided. In good ordinary soil, with 
some rotted manure from the previous crop, the bean plant 
will do well. It will obtain nitrogen, in great part, from the 
air, as already explained. Old manure is very favorable as a 
starter, as it contains the minute organisms mentioned in the 
Pole Lima Beans. — We especially recommend Ford's Mammoth 
Podded Lima and Siebert's Early Lima. 
^ole Snap Beans. — Golden Andalusia Wax is one of the best yellow- 
pod pole beans, and Lazy Wife's one of the best green-pod sorts. 
Dwarf Lima. — Dreer's, Burpee's and Henderson's represent three 
distinct types. 
For full descriptions of beans, see "Johnson & Stokes' Garden and 
Farm Manual." 
