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In the Middle States, when sown successively from the 

 last of February to the 1 Oth of May, crops of young 

 green peas may be had constantly from May to the end 

 of July. About the middle of August, peas may be 

 planted again, previous to which it is best to soak them in 

 water for twenty-four hours. Water the rows before plant- 

 ing if the ground be dry, and watering the peas whilst 

 growing will tend to keep off the mildew, so apt to attack 

 them in dry weather towards the close of summer. 



The Garden Bean. — Among the kinds known in the 

 United States as Bunch-Beans, or, from their valuable 

 characteristics of crispness, Snap Shorts, are the following : 

 Early Mohawk, Early Six-Weeks, Early Valentine, 

 Yellow Six- Weeks, Late Valentine, or Refugee, Black 

 Valentine, Royal White Kidney, and China Red-eye. 

 The Early Valentine variety is extensively cultivated for 

 the Philadelphia market. The pods are round, and con- 

 tinue on the vines fit for culinary purposes a long time. 

 Bush-beans of the kind just named may be planted in the 

 Middle States from the first of April till the last of Au- 

 gust. The first planting is very apt to be nipped by the 

 frost. 



Climbing beans, commonly called Pole Beans, are exten- 

 sively cultivated in the United States, especially that 

 called the Lima, of which there are two varieties, the 

 white and the green, the latter being the largest, but the 

 white producing the most certain crops. When eaten, both 

 kinds are taken from the pods like peas. 



In the vicinity of Philadelphia, where they are raised 

 very abundantly, Lima beans are planted in the last week 

 in April, in hills three and a half by four feet apart, pre- 

 cisely like corn. The hills should consist of good rich 

 soil, raised only a few inches above the general level, with 

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