BEANS. 41 



BEANS. (Kidney Dwarfs.) 

 HARICOT. Phaseohis vulgaris, etc. 



VARIETIES. 



Early Denmark. 



Early Mohawk. 



Early Valentine. 



Early Yellow Six Weeks. 



Early Dun-coloured, or Quaker. 



Early Chini Dwarf. 



Early Rachel, or Quail's Head. 



Early Rob Roy. 



Early Black Dwarf. 



Large White Kidney Dwarf. 



White Cranberry Dwarf. 



Red Cranberry Dwarf. 



Yellow Cranberry Dwarf. 



Refugee, or Thousand to One. 



Marble Swiss Bean. 



Royal Dwarf Kidney, or French. 



THESE varieties of Beans, being natives of India, South 

 America, and other warm climates, will not endure the least 

 cold, and it is therefore always hazardous to plant them in 

 the open ground until settled warm weather. The earliest 

 varieties, if planted toward the end of April or the first week 

 in May, will come to perfection in from six to eight weeks 

 after planting. Some of the later varieties will keep longer 

 in bearing, and are esteemed by some on that account. 

 These, with some of the early varieties, may be planted in 

 the months of May and June ; and if a regular succession 

 of young beans be required throughout the summer, some 

 of the varieties should be planted every two weeks, fron^the 

 last week in April until the beginning of August.* 



These Beans require a light, rich soil, in which they should 

 be planted in hills, three or four in a hill, or drills about two 

 inches deep, and the Beans two or three inches from each 

 other ; the drills may be from two to three feet apart. The 

 Refugees do best when planted in hills. As the Beans pro- 

 gress in growth, let them be carefully hoed, drawing some 



* Some gardeners, anxious to have Beans early, are apt to begin plantirtg 

 too soon in the season, and very frequently lose their first crops. It should 

 be recollected, that these Beans are next to Cucumbers and Melons as re- 

 gards tenderness, and will always grow quicker and yield better, if the 

 planting be delayed until settled warm weather. The Early Mohawk is 

 the hardiest, and may sometimes succeed well, if planted about the middle 

 of April, but it is much safer to delay the planting of any quantity until 

 towards .he end of the month. 



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