THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



Succession. Bush Beans, especially the string Beans, 

 are long yielders, bearing from six weeks to two months 

 under the best conditions. Successional sowings need not, 

 therefore, be much oftener than three weeks, to come 

 into bearing about the time the older plants begin to 

 yield less. Shell Beans oftener, about every two weeks. 

 The last sowing should be about the first of August; 

 later ones must run the risk of frost. 



Protection. Dwarf beans can be 

 carried through the early light frosts 

 with coverings of cloths. 



(b) POLE, OR RUNNING BEANS. 

 These are later than the bush Beans, 

 and are both more tender to frost and, 

 on account of their method of train- 

 ing, harder to protect. Pole Beans are 

 seldom planted for more than one crop, 

 as their yield is later, and, properly fed 

 and picked clean, they will usually last 

 till frost. 



Soil should be warmer than for bush 

 Beans, but not recently manured. A 

 shovelful of good compost in each hill 

 will give the necessary humus. 



Distances. Hills should be four 



Fig. 17. , 



Pods of Snap or leet or more each way. 



String Bean. The ^ , -, -i T_ 



good modern Depth, about two inches. 



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