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Title: Bean culture in California
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Hendry, G. W. (George Whiting), 1885-1944 Jaffa, Myer E. (Myer Edward), 1857-1931. Composition of California varieties of beans De Ong, E. R. (Elmer Ralph), 1882- Insect and other enemies of beans Albro, F. W. (Francis W.). Composition of California varieties of beans
Subjects: Beans
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of California, Davis Libraries

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ments of all varieties, and grows to perfection in California only in thewarm, humid climate of the southern coast region ; although tried againand again it has not succeeded in making a good impression in otherparts of the state. In the coast districts north of Point Conception.allefforts to cultivate it have been abandoned because of its late maturity.In the Lompoc Valley plantings made in May have not ripened and s California Culturist, Dec, 15, 1859, vol. 1, no. 11, pp. 475-476, 294 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION dried sufficiently to thresh until the middle of December, 235 daysfrom planting, and a planting made May 1, 1917, at Berkeley remainedgreen until killed by frost in December, 230 days from planting(table 8). A planting made June 4, 1917 on the coast of Del NorteCounty in the extreme northern part of the state was frosted beforethe pods filled. These and numerous other instances point to theconclusion that the Lima requires more heat units to ripen than are
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Fig. 2.—Bean pods. Left, Blaekeye. Upper row, left to right: Horse Bean,Lima, Bayo, Red Kidney, French White, Cranberry. Lower row, left to right:Lady Washington, Spotted Red Mexican, Red Mexican, Pink, Blue Pod. SmallWhite, Tepary, Garbanzo. BEAN CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA 295 provided in the coastal regions of central and northern California.All efforts to cultivate it as a field crop in the interior valleys of thestate have been equally unsuccessful, but its failure here cannot beattributed to a lack of heat. The vines have grown with vigor andluxuriance, and blossoms have been produced in profusion, but thedry heat has allowed only a scant setting of pods. Of the numerousvarieties tested at the University Farm at Davis, only the bush varie-ties have approached anything like a profitable yield, and similarobservations have been made in the Turlock district, and in theImperial Valley. (Table 5.) There are, however, limited areas where the climatic conditionsapproach those of the Lima b

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