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Market Gardening. 



They should invariably be 



planted in hills which should 



be about three feet apart with 



rows four feet apart. From 



five to six seeds should be 



placed in each hill, with the 



eye downward ; and should be 



, covered to about the same 



depth as is directed for bush 



— or snap beans. A quart of 



seed will plant a hundred and 



f.fty hills ; the poles should be 



set at the time of planting. 



They succeed best in sandy 

 loam, which should be liberally 

 enriched with short manure in 

 the hills. Three plants in a hill 

 are as many as should be al- 

 lowed to grow, and with the 

 vigorous growing kinds on 

 strong soil it is better to have 

 only two. The thinning should 

 be done when the plants have 

 become well established. They 

 bear transplanting well, and this 

 affords a means of filling up 

 around the poles wherever they 

 miss or fail to come up. They 

 can also be started in frames 

 and transplanted to the open 

 ground, so as to secure an ad- 



