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rather light, gravelly soil; and it should never 

 be planted in very heavy land. Beans are 

 extremely sensitive to frost and cold. The bush 

 beans are rather more hardy than the pole vari- 

 eties, but nevertheless should not be planted 

 until settled weather; say, in this section, about 

 the first week in May. Nothing is gained by 

 putting them in when the weather is cold, or the 

 land damp and soggy, for they are a crop that 

 never recovers from a set-back received early in 

 the season. Whenever the land has become 

 light and warm, select a dry and sheltered location; 

 and on the ground lightly manured, and in good 

 condition of tilth, plant in drills or rows. Hoe 

 often, but only when dry. Plant at intervals till 

 last of July for a succession. 



In manuring for this crop, we have found it 

 works well to give the land a fair dressing of 

 manure (lightly worked into the soil) and then 

 give a light application of some fertilizer, say 

 wood ashes, or Bowker's Special Phosphate, in 

 the drill at the time of planting. This seems to 

 give the crop a quicker and better start than it 

 gets where manure is applied directly in the drill. 

 The distance apart for the rows should be from 



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