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not quite two inches deep and three or four inches apart, 

 with an interval between the drills of three or four feet. 

 When a few inches high they should be hoed, and when 

 in full bloom the tops can be broken off, that the vigor of 

 the plant may be directed to filling out the pods. Some 

 of the varieties of the English Dwarf are known as Early 

 Mazagan, Broad Windsor, Sword Long Pod, Green Non- 

 pareil. 



Kidney Dwarf Beans. These beans are from India, 

 South America, and warm climates, and require care and 

 a rich soil. They may be planted either in hills or drills. 

 The drills should be two or three feet apart, and the beans 

 some inches asunder. They should be carefully hoed as 

 they grow, and the earth be drawn about their stems from 

 time to time. 



Among this family of beans are the delicious Cranberries ; 

 also the Refugee, or One Thousand for One, which is usually 

 planted in hills. 



Some of the early varieties are Early Dun-colored Quaker, 

 Early Valentine, Early Mohawk, Early China Dwarf, Early 

 Yellow Six-weeks, Early Rob Roy, Early Black Dwarf. 

 The Early Mohawk is considered the . hardiest of these 

 varieties. 



The Yellow, White, and Red Dwarf Cranberry, and the 

 Warrington or Marrow Bean, are all delicious table veg- 

 etables. . * 



J3eans, Pole. These species are also planted in hills or 

 drills ; the same distances, as already mentioned above, being 

 preserved. Tall poles, ten feet high, are inserted in each 

 hill, or along the drills, and the beans planted around them. 

 In planting the Lima Bean, it is best to put not less than 

 seven or eight in each hill, as these species of beans are af- 

 fected by damp weather, and often rot in the ground. They 

 can afterwards be thinned, so as to leave but three or four 

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