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when bent. Beans are apt to shrink in the package, 

 and a little wilting prior to packing, in this case, 

 is less objectionable. The beans should be laid reg- 

 ularly in the crate, well shaken down, and firmly packed. 

 The crop lasts some three weeks, and about six pickings 

 are usually made. A fair yield per acre, is one hundred 

 and fifty crates, although more are sometimes made, and 

 the prices range from one dollar to four dollars per crate, 

 according to earliness and demand. 



INSECTS. 



Beans are such an early crop, and the pods are picked 

 at such an early stage of growth, that the insects infest- 



Fig. 19. BEAN WEEVIL (Bruchus fabce). 



ing them rarely damage the market-gardener's crop to 

 any extent. 



They are as follows: 



First. The Bean-weevil (Bruchus fabce.) 



Second. The Yellow Bear Caterpillar, the larva of 

 the Miller-moth (Spilosoma Virginica). 



Third. The Fall web-worm (Hyphantria textor). 



Fourth. The Blister-beetles, such as the Striped 

 (Lytta vittatd), the Ash-colored (L. cinerea), and the 

 Margined Blister-beetles (L. marginatd), which are, how- 

 ever, more hurtful to the Irish potato. 



