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can be adopted for sowing all "tender" vegetables for all 

 parts of the country, than the time at 'which our great sta- 

 ple, Indian Corn, is planted. This rule will be equally in- 

 telligible to the inhabitants of Maine and to those of South 

 Carolina, for all plant Corn and know, that our great 

 enemy to early vegetation, " Jack Frost," will, without 

 scruple, smite this " tender " vegetable if it be forced to 

 grow before his icy reign is past. In this section, we plant 

 Beans for first crop when w r e plant Corn, from 10th to 20th 

 May. But as the crop of Beans comes rapidly to maturity, 

 under favorable circumstances, in five or six weeks, it may 

 be sown any time from these dates until July, August, or 

 September, according to the temperature of the district. 



The culture in market gardens, is simply to draw drills 

 about 3 inches deep, and from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, 

 according to the richness of the soil ; the poorer the soil, 

 the closer they can be planted." The seed is dropped in 

 the drills 2 or 3 inches apart, and the soil covered in on 

 them with the feet ; this we find to be a quicker and bet- 

 ter method of covering in seeds of this size, than by the 

 hoe or rake. After the plants have grown an inch or 

 two, a cultivator is run between the rows, which gener- 

 ally is all that is necessary to be done, until they are 

 large enough to have a little earth thrown to each side of 

 the row by the plow, which completes their cultivation. 

 Beans, like Tomatoes and Peas, are easy of cultivation, and 

 not at all particular to soil, and are, in consequence, rarely 

 a profitable crop in the locality in which they are grown ; 

 hence the only way in which they are made profitable is, 

 by growing South and shipping North, they being easily 

 transported. Large quantities are grown in early soils 



