. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1564 Thk Cornell Rrading-Courses arc larj^cr. Beans are tender when the pods will break with a snap and when there are no strings. Lima beans should be harvested w^hen the seeds are of larger size, but before they become too hard. Beans should be picked with the least possible injury to the pod and the plants, for it should be remembered that the pl
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1564 Thk Cornell Rrading-Courses arc larj^cr. Beans are tender when the pods will break with a snap and when there are no strings. Lima beans should be harvested w^hen the seeds are of larger size, but before they become too hard. Beans should be picked with the least possible injury to the pod and the plants, for it should be remembered that the plants are tender, living things, and they should be treated as such. Beans may be put into any convenient receptacle as they are being picked, but a basket holding a peck or a half bushel is very serviceable. One picking may be followed by another in a very short time, and with some varieties of beans two pickings are all that can be made satisfactorily. After the frost has killed the plants, the patch. Fig. 2.— Harvesting snap beans should be cleaned up either by plowing or by burning or composting the weeds and vines. Yields.—Green, or snap, beans yield from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty bushels per acre, lima beans, not shelled, from seventy-five to one hundred bushels, and shell beans from ten to twenty-five bushels. BEETS The most valuable part of the beet plant is its root, which, in order to be of high quality, must be tender, smooth, and symmetrical. These high qualities are produced by rapid growth in a deep, rich, loose soil during a cool season. If the soil is very hard or shallow, the roots are short, have a tendency to branch, and are irregular in form. In growing beets good tilth is an important factor, for it produces quick growth. Beets are rather hardy and relatively easy to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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