Morris tribune., 1899-09-09
LIMA BEANS.

Disar continent Experienced in Getting
th. Three Healthy Plants to Each Pole.
This is a suitable time to make
up blanks in asparagus peas. use
three-year-old plants; dig deeply and
manure well for each plant. Seed may
alsu Le sown by people desiring to
raise their own plants, in rows twelve
inches apart.
Plant out seedlings of Prize Taker
If they are we'll hardened OFF. This
onion certainly deserves Its name, Ter
ct is the principal one used In CONS
petition exhibitions here.
Sow New Zealand spinach to take
the place of the ordinary varieties dur
ing the summer. This is not so hardy
as the common kinds being easily IN
jured my frose; but it grows and
thrives during the hot weather. AL
though much coarser than the other
varieties it is useful vegetable. It
has spreading or creeping habit OF
growth. Plant in rich, light soil three
feet apart each way. 1t will be well
to steep the seeds for couple of days
in luke warm water. One sowing is
enough for the season, as the plants
don't go to seed, but keep on growing.
The leaves only should be picked.
AS well as being one of the most i'm
portant, this is one of the tenderest
vegetables we grow, and very often
much trouble and disappointment are
experienced in getting the necessary
three healthy plants to each pole.
Sometimes the situation is unavoida-
BILE. the soil is heavy, or the position
very much exposed; and again if the
weather turns out wet or cold after
planting the seeds are liable to rot
even in the most favored places. I'm
der the above conditions have seen it
necessary to replant three times. SO
that considerable part of the season
was lost. A sure way to avoid this is
by planting five beans in four or five
inch pots, or in boxes three inches
asunder in the box, and placing them
in a cold frame. If that is not avail
able, warm sheltered place with a
sunny aspect will do, Just giving
enough protection against late frosts
and heavy rains, or they can be started
in living rooms.
A clever amateur of my acquaint,
ance is most successful in this way
raising all his plants of early vege-
tables and flowers in his kitchen win
doWs; he having three tiers of shelves
in each window with a saucer under
each pot to catch the drainage. The
seeds should get very little water until |
they terminate and become strong |
plants. Beans planted in rich, sandy |
loan on high ground facing south come |
in early. Plant in low, damp we'll |
drained land of above description for |
later crops They are, I think, the |
most satisfactory when planted in this |
position, as they bear heavier crops of |
Superior quality until cut down by |
frost. In the former case they come in |
earlier but generally get exhausted be-
fore the end of the season, and in very, !
dry weather the returns are light
Place the poles four feet apart each |
way; put a shovelful of old manure in |
each hill i'll dry situations. This is not |
necessary on low ground if it. has a
general manuring. In the case If seed
is used, plant six beans in hills raised |
three inches above the level of the |
ground after the 10th of May. On warm
land SOW from the beginning of the
month two inches under the level of |
the surface. Plants should not be put |
out until the weather becomes settled |
and warm and no danger from frost to |
be feared.
In planting beans out of boxes cut |
square of soil with each plant. pre- |
fer Ford's Mammoth to any other va
rietv Early Jersey is few days |
earlier