202 CROP GROWING AND CROP FEEDING 



constant succession during the season. Bailey, in the Forcing Book, recom- 

 mends an English variety of bean called Sion House, but we have never tried 

 this sort, and cannot say from experience in what way it may excel the variety 

 above given. The bunches of beans to which we have referred should each 

 contain fifty pods, as that is the regulation size. A crop of beans can well 

 be taken from the benches of the cucumber house while the vines are grow- 

 ing and thus get something from space not in use. The proper temperature 

 .for the beans is about the same as for tomatoes, 60 to 65 degrees at night, and 

 15 or more degrees higher in sunlight. One good picking is about all that 

 can profitably be expected from forced beans. They like a good bottom heat, 

 hence the side benches over the heating pipes and near the glass is the place 

 for them. 



