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producing dazzling scarlet flowers during the whole 

 summer. It is used mainly as a snap bean. Lima Beans 

 are usually planted only once in this latitude, as they 

 take nearly the whole season to mature. 



All kinds of running or pole beans have been usually 

 grown on poles eight or ten feet long ; but the new pea 

 vine trellis (see ^'Implements"), introduced in 1887, is 

 infinitely better and far more convenient. 



BEET {Bsta vulgaris). 



Sow in shallow drills twelve to eighteen inches apart 

 in April or May, dropping the seeds so that they will fall 

 an inch or so apart. When the plants have grown to the 

 hight of about two inches, thin out, so that they will 

 stand four inches apart. When the roots are three inches 

 in diameter they are fit for use. Of course they are used 

 when much larger, but the younger they are, the more 

 delicate and tender. Four ounces of each kind will be 

 sufficient for ordinary family use, unless successional 

 crops are wanted, when double the quantity may be used. 

 The kinds most used are Egyptian Turnip, Eclipse, and 

 Long Smooth Blood. 



BORECOLE OR KALE {Brassica oleracea var.). 



The rather indefinite name of *' sprouts" is given to 

 this vegetable about New York. It is sown here in Sep- 

 tember, in rows one foot apart, treated in every way as 

 Spinach, and is ready for use in early spring. Four 

 ounces of seed are sufficient to sow thret' hundred feet of 

 row. Two varieties of this, but little grown here, are 

 the Scotch Kale, or Curled Greens, and the Dwaif 

 German Greens. The former is of a deep green color, 

 the latter bluish purple. Both varieties are much curled, 

 almost like Parsley. The seeds of these arc sown in 

 May, and transplanted in July, just as we do late Cab- 



