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appears pinch off the tops affected and burn them. The 

 topping of broad beans increases the size of the pods 

 and beans and hastens maturity. In hot dry seasons 

 a light ' mulching ' of strawy manure and occasional 

 syringeing overhead is always beneficial. 



Dwarf Beans. Dwarf or French beans should be 

 planted or sown on well and deeply worked soils which 

 have been manured in the winter. A dressing of lime 

 is beneficial to all legumes. 



Successional sowings should be made from May 1 to 

 the middle of July. Sow in rows 2 feet apart and from 

 2 to 3 inches deep. When the plants are well above 

 ground thin them out to 10 or 12 inches apart in the 

 rows. Hoe the ground frequently and well. When the 

 pods are formed a mulching of strawy manure can be 

 given in hot dry seasons. 



Periodical syringing overhead will keep the plants 

 free from ' red spider ' and will promote healthy growth. 



Of the many varieties grown and recommended we 

 have not found a better than ' Canadian Wonder '. 



One pint of seed will sow 160 feet run, and the yield 

 in a good season has been 4 bushels (256 lb.) 



Plants mature in about twelve weeks ; in good sea- 

 sons we have gathered beans ten weeks after sowing of 

 'Wiffiams's Early Dwarf and ' Ne Plus Ultra' 

 varieties, and we have also gathered from the same 

 plants for ten weeks. 



Runner Beans. A rich loam dug up roughly in the 

 winter and re- dug in the spring mixed, where the seed 

 is to be planted, with plenty of good well-rotted manure 

 suits runner beans well. Plant the seed during May and 

 June in rows 12 feet apart, with the seed 9 inches apart 

 if the beans are to be ' staked ', and a dwarf crop, such 



