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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 4, 
A DWARF LIMA BEAN. 
1 send the picture below to empha¬ 
size the product of my garden, a Dwarf 
Lima bean. Last season (1903) it grew in 
the same hill and alongside the pole which 
carried a full vine of the Panniure variety. 
It surprised me on clearing off the vines 
and storing the poles October, 1903. As 
I pulled the pole up with the attached 
vine this little fellow seemed like an or¬ 
phan; his big brother that protected him 
was gone. Through the season I had gath¬ 
ered from both without discovering this 
little orphan. Carefully looking through 
DWARF LIMA BEAN 
his clothes, I found one ripe pod contain¬ 
in'' a single bean, which was planted last 
May 21, with some misgivings as to re¬ 
sults. It grew and flourished as a sturdy 
orphan should, maintaining its dwarf 
character the entire season, not paying any 
attention to its close neighbors on three 
sides “to climb higher.” The crop was 
gathered October 10, 1904; 27 pods, con¬ 
taining 69 beans. Four of the pods had 
four beans each, two pods only with one 
each; the rest two and three beans respec¬ 
tively. Photographed behind this “or¬ 
phan stood a three-year-old Missouri 
boy, a sturdy lad showing no indications 
he will ever be a dwarf physically or men¬ 
tally. This dwarf bean stands erect, com¬ 
pact in growth; beans well inside the 
bush. E. HOLLISTER. 
Missouri. _ 
SOME ONION NOTES. 
Cure for Maggot. 
W. II. A., Manistee, Mich .—Is there a rem¬ 
edy for Onion maggot? The last two years 
I planted one acre of sets they came up well, 
and grew well for a while. The maggot got 
in the root and killed the whole lot, also took 
my seed onions the last two years, which Is 
a big loss to me. I hunch all my onions for 
market. Cutworms and wire worms damage 
my crops ulso. 
Ans. —The Onion maggot caused serious 
damage in this section last season, and 1 
would be glad if there was a remedy 
which would be practical to use in field 
culture, but beyond a little experimenting 
in a small way on garden plots nothing 
has yet been found. Carbolic acid emul¬ 
sion often gives satisfactory results. Dis¬ 
solve one pound hard soap or one quart 
soft soap in one gallon boiling water; add 
one pint of crude carbolic acid, and emul¬ 
sify by agitation. One part emulsion is 
used in 30 parts water applied at the 
root. I can say, however, that W. 
H. A. need have no further fear 
of cutworms if he will use the Paris-green 
and bran mixture. To 100 pounds wheat 
bran mix one pound of Paris-green, stir¬ 
ring in enough water thoroughly to 
dampen all the bran, which can then be 
sown broadcast like buckwheat. This 
remedy he will find effectual. 
Soil, Fertilizer and Yield. 
Reader (No Address ).—What Is the best 
soil to raise onions? What is the best com¬ 
mercial fertilizer for onions? What is con¬ 
sidered a fair yield per acre? What is the 
best variety to raise for the New York mar¬ 
ket? What kind of tool is best to harvest 
them ? 
Ans.—I should consider the best soil 
in which to raise onions a deep loam well 
enriched, though almost any well drained 
soil is used by growers in this section. 
For best results the ground should be 
prepared in better condition than for av¬ 
erage farm crops; 2,000 pounds of a com¬ 
plete fertilizer having an analysis of say 
four per cent ammonia, nine per cent 
phosphoric acid and six or seven per cent 
potash should be used, or one-half the 
above quantity if a fair dressing of good 
barnyard manure is used. Three hundred 
bushels is a good average yield of onions 
for one acre, though a yield of 500 or COO 
bushels is not unusual where the condi¬ 
tions are favorable. The Southport strain 
of Globe is the best variety to raise, and 
always brings the highest prices in the 
New York market. Our onions are all 
pulled by hand, though there is a tool for 
the purpose which cuts in under the 
onions, which are then gathered in wind¬ 
rows with a rake. Joseph adams. 
Connecticut. 
Put the 
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in Your 
Pocket 
m 
Squire's Daughter (to Gardener’s 
Wife, who suffers from chronic rheuma¬ 
tism) : “Have you ever tried Swedish 
massage, Mrs. Brown?” Mrs. Brown: “I 
have heard say it be very good for the 
rheumatics, Miss; but we don't grow it 
in these parts.”—Punch. 
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