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Thin to about four inches, or else to clumps of three 

 or four plants one foot or more apart. 



Culture. Do not touch the plants when wet. A 

 straddle-row cultivator, brushing the tops of a young 



16. Another type of Dwarf Kidney Bean. 



row after a rain or while the dew is on, will practically 

 ruin the crop. 



Fertilize as in opening section. 



Picking' begins according to the kind of Bean, from 

 forty-five days on, the string Beans being earliest. Pick 

 string Beans when they are large enough for use, shell 

 Beans before they dry and harden, but at full size. 



