BEANS. 39 



BEANS. (English Dwarfs.) 

 FEVE DE MARAIS. Vicia faba, 



^ VARIETIES. 



Early Mazagan. 

 Early Lisbon. 

 Early Long Pod. 

 Large Windsor. 

 Large Toker. 

 Broad Spanish. 



Sandwich Bean. 

 Green Genoa. 

 Dwarf Cluster. 

 White Blossom. 

 Green Nonpareil. 

 Sword Long Pod. 



THE principal cause of these garden Beans not succeed- 

 ing well in this country, is the summer heat overtaking them 

 before they are podded, which causes the blossom to drop 

 off prematurely ; to obviate this difficulty, they should be 

 planted as early in the year as possible ; as recommended 

 in the article, " Forwarding Broad Beans." They are 

 generally planted in England, from October to April, for 

 early crops, and from that time to July, for late crops. It 

 sometimes happens that autumn plantings are injured by the 

 coldness of their winters, but an average crop is generally 

 obtained. 



In the Eastern, Western, and Middle States, if a few of 

 the best varieties of these Beans be planted in the open 

 ground, as soon in the season as it can be brought into good 

 condition, they will come into bearing in regular succession, 

 according to their different degrees of earliness, and plant- 

 ings may be repeated every ten days of the first spring 

 month ; but it is only from those that are planted early that 

 any tolerable produce can be expected, as they become defi- 

 cient in quality, as well as in quantity, on the approach of 

 extreme warm weather. 



In the Southern States they may be planted in succession 

 throughout the autumn and winter months, which will cause 

 them to bear early in the ensuing season. 



The best mode of planting is in drills, drawn two inches 

 deep, in which the seed Beans may be dropped two or throe 



