82 The Gaedek. 



one foi'm or another it is universally esteemed. Of the com- 

 mon Bush, Snap, or Kidney bean there are many varieties. 

 Among the best are the Early Mohawk (a very hardy sort), 

 Early Six Weeks, Early Valentine, Early Dun Colored, Early 

 Pink Eye, Early White Marrow, Late Valentine, and the Royal 

 Kidney. The tender pods of all these sorts are eaten as string- 

 beans ; but they are also excellent taken from the pods after 

 they are nearly or quite grown, and boiled and prepared in the 

 same way that Lima beans usually are. Eor this mode of cook- 

 ing we prefer the Pink Eye and the Early White Marrow. 



Beans will thrive in almost any soil ; but for an early crop 

 it should be light and dry. If the ground be too wet, they are 

 liable to rot. Bone-dust, ashes, and super-phosphate of lime 

 are very useful as manures. The bean is destroyed by a slight 

 frost, and can therefore seldom be planted, in this climate, till 

 the middle of April, or even later. Plant once in two weeks 

 till the last of August, to keep up a succession for the table. 

 Plant in drills from eighteen inches to tAvo feet asunder, drop- 

 ping the beans two inches apart, and covering them about an 

 inch deep. Give them frequent and deep hoeings, drawing a 

 little earth to the stems. 



The Small White bean, so extensively used in New England 

 for baking, may be planted in any vacant spots in the garden 

 in June or July, and will require no care except to keep the 

 weeds down. 



3. The Common Pole Bean — Phaseolus Multijiorus. 

 Of the common running or pole bean {le haricot a rames of 

 the French), the best varieties are the Dutch Case Knife, London 

 Horticultural, White Cranberry, and Scarlet Runner. Plant 

 in hills from the first to the middle of May, and give them 

 poles when they begin to put forth runners ; or, better, set the 

 poles first, and plant the beans around them. Or they may be 

 planted in drills along a border, or on each side of a walk, and 

 trained on a slight trellis of laths and lines, and thus be made 

 ornamental as well as useful. 



