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KIDNEY BEANS. 

 The cultivation of Kidney Beans (Red Peas) is well understood 

 here, as they form one of the principal crops grown by the 

 ^peasantry, but they are grown as a field crop and the pods are 

 allowed to ripen on the plants. They should be grown in rows at 

 least 2 feet apart, and the plants 9 to 12 inches apart in the rows. 

 Quantity of Seed. — A little over half-a-pint of seed will plant a 

 row a chain in length. 



Varieties. — Carter's White Advancer, Carter's Newington Wonder, 

 Monster long podded Negro, Improved Golden Wax, Flageolet Wax, 

 Henderson's Earliest Valentine, Cylinder Black Wax, Yosemite Mam- 

 moth Wax, Early Warwick, Early Molunvk. 



Prices of Seed.— 'English ranges from lOd. to 2s. per quart; 

 American 25 to 60 cents per quart. 



KOHL RABI. 

 This vegetable holds a place intermediate between the cabbage 

 and the turnip. It is very hardy and resists drought better than 

 the turnip. 



Sow the seed thinly in a seed bed, and when the young plants 

 are a couple of inches high they should be transplanted into any 

 good, well-manured piece of ground, planting them about 9 inches 

 apart in the rows, and the latter 18 inches asunder. If the weather 

 be dry, water should be given till the plants take fresh root. 

 With the exception of weeding and stirring the ground 

 occasionally, no further cultivation is necessary. 



LETTUCE. 

 The soil for lettuce should be well manured with good rotten 

 ■manure. The seed should be sown in drills about 15 inches apart, 

 and as soon as young plants are large enough to handle they 

 should be thinned out to about 12 inches. The plants removed in 

 thinning should be transplanted at the usual distances and they 

 will be ready for pulling from two to three weeks after those left 

 in the seed drills. After transplanting it will be necessary to 

 water the plants for some days till they get established. 



The surface of the soil between the rows should be kept stirred 

 during growth, and an occasional application of weak liquid 

 manure, when the plants begin to form heads, will be beneficial. 



Quantity of seed required. — Half an ounce of seed will sow a drill 

 one chain in length. 



Varieties.— Boston Market, Tennis Ball Black Seeded, All the Year 

 Round, Henderson's New York, Perfected Salamander, Big Boston, Vir- 

 ginia Solid Header, Largest of all, Yellow Seeded Butter, Golden Queen. 

 Price of seed.— American to to 30 cents per ounce. 



MUSK MELONS. 

 Melons thrive best in a moderately enriched light soil ; the hills 

 should be from three to six feet apart each way, according to the 

 richness of the soil, if the soil is poor or sandy, plant at four feet. 

 Previous to planting, incorporate well with the soil in each hill a 

 couple of shovelsful of thoroughly rotted manure; plant twelve or 



