. BUSH LIMA BEANS CULTURE âLima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thorough- ly warm. Sow about the same time that maple trees unfold their, first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 2i feet apart, dropping the beans six inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean become its first seedUng leaves, and imless the Beans are placed "eye down" the j-oung plants find it most difficult to push through the soil. Frequently the neck of the seedhng is broken in t
. BUSH LIMA BEANS CULTURE âLima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thorough- ly warm. Sow about the same time that maple trees unfold their, first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 2i feet apart, dropping the beans six inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean become its first seedUng leaves, and imless the Beans are placed "eye down" the j-oung plants find it most difficult to push through the soil. Frequently the neck of the seedhng is broken in the attempt which of course stands for loss of the plant. In Ught soil, cover about one inch deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer appUed at the rate of 20 pounds to every hundred feet of row, when the plants begin to bloom, will materially increase the jdelds. HUl plants sUghtly early in the season to hold the pods ofl" the ground. One quart will plant 100 feet of row, J bushel t^tII plant one acre. INOCULATING CULTURE For Lima Beans. This method insures strong and rapid growth, and a decided increase in yield and is now mdely practiced with success. We list reliable brands on page 223. Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima (see illustration alongside). \'ery desirable on account of earliness, productiveness and its fLxed habit of growing in the dwarf or bush form. The plants are of strong, upright growth, and are completely covered with large pods, many of which contain four beans fully as large as those of the pole limas. The beans are flat in shape and of excellent qualitj'. One enthusiastic customer WTOte that we might well call it "Wonder," because it could be planted as late as j\Iay 30, and would yield bountiful crops. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. Lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 10 lbs., $ Burpee âImproved Bush Lima. Both pods and beans are of truly enormous size, some pods measuring five to sLx inches long. The plant grows in dwarf form, strong and vigorous
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