46 
A KITCHEN GARDEN 
trained np and tied till they begin to take hold for 
themselves. Be careful, in planting Lima beans, to 
push them into the soil with the eye down, for, as the 
first leaves are quite large and heavy, it assists them 
materially in breaking through the soil to plant them 
in this manner.* 
The Limas may be brought into bearing somewhat 
earlier in the season by placing pieces of sod, cut four 
inches square and about three inches thick, grass side 
down, in the hotbed, and planting four or five beans in 
each piece ; if this is done in the latter part of March 
they will be of good .size by the time it is warm 
enough to plant them out, which is done by plant¬ 
ing the piece of sod at the base of the pole, in hills, 
as prepared for the seed. If the end of the vine is 
pinched off when it is about four or five feet up the 
pole, it will assist the lateral shoots in blooming early, 
and consequently produce beans earlier, though, like 
all forcing methods, it will, to some extent, lessen the 
vigor of the vine, and most likely, to some extent, 
the amount of the crop. 
Bush Beans —Golden Wax .—This is one of the 
best bush beans; it matures early; the pods are 
of very handsome appearance, brittle and entirely 
stringless; it is a good bearer and makes an excel¬ 
lent shelled bean for winter use. 
Best of All Dwarf Bean .—This is a green-podded 
bean, and is probably the best for the first planting, 
as it is not only very early but also very productive; 
* See the method of covering the seed of Lima beans described by 
Miss L. M. Moll, and our note on the same. —Ed. 
