200 BEANS. 



requires a season of fifteen weeks from the time of planting ta 

 bring it to maturity. 



Case Knife. — This is an exceedingly prolific variety, requir- 

 ing about the same length of season as the White Cranberry, and 

 like it of a clear white color, and of excellent quality as a shelled 

 bean, both green and ripe. 



Concord. — On account of its early maturity, as well as its 

 general good qualities, this variety is deserving of attention in 

 our Canadian climate. Planted after the commencement of 

 warm weather, it "will begin to ripen in about ten weeks. It is 

 a healthy and productive sort, of excellent quahty as a. shelled 

 bean both in the green and ripe state, but is not valuable as a 

 string bean. 



Lima Bean. — ^This variety is universally esteemed to be the 

 best of all this class, but unfortunately our climate is too short 

 for its maturity. Often the frost comes just as the beans are 

 becoming large enough for use, and as it is also one of the most 

 tender of all the pole beans, the labor of a whole summer perishes 

 just at the point of fruition. Yet there are some parts of our 

 Dominion, particularly the more favored sections of Ontario bor- 

 dering on the lakes, where this bean can be successfully grown ; 

 also, by taking a little pains to start them about the tenth of 

 May, under a sash, and then transplanting them into the open 

 ground after the weather has become quite warm and settled, the 

 season of growth may be so lengthened that beans may be had 

 large enough for the table, even though they may not ripen. 

 We have been most successful in planting them upon pieces of 

 inverted sod, cut about two inches square, and placed either 

 under a sash, or in some warm, sunny comer, on the south side 

 of a building or of a high board fence. When the weather has 

 become fully settled into summer, the beans are removed, with 

 the bit of sod in which they are growing, to the permanent 

 ground, AVithout in the least being checked in their groAvi-h. 

 This ground should be in a Avarm and weU sheltered part of the 

 garden, and where the soil is warm, dry, and rich. 



