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halfway between the bottom and the top. The distance between the rows 

 should be 21 in. or 2 ft., and between the plants 4 or 5 in. The best sort 

 for this work is the Seville Long Pod, and care should be taken to have 

 seed that has been saved in Spain, for it is a strange thing that none other 

 does so well. In spring the balks or ridges can be hoed down around the 



Fig. 460. Broad Bean germinating 



Fig. 461. Broad Bean in Flower and Fruit 



plants, and provides a useful shanking up to them in other words, a 

 support to the stems. In February small sowings of other Long Pod Beans 

 can be made on the flat in rows 2 ft. apart, and for the main crop the 

 Windsor Broad Bean will give satisfaction. As the Broad Bean does not 

 require the land in a high state of cultivation, it may be regarded by some 

 as a farmer's crop, yet it is grown by market gardeners too. [w. G. L.] 

 The Runner Bean (Phaseolus multiflorus). Although cultivated as 



