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however, are preferred by some, chiefly as more 

 fruitful. Trials must determine taste; but I may 

 observe, that the white blossom bean is a very good 

 one if eat young. 



Close under a warm wall (to which they should 

 be kept by packthread) some mazagam may be put 

 in the ground early in October ; but at the latter end, 

 and the beginning of November, is surest, when they 

 commonly succeed at some distance from the wall, 

 earthing them up regularly as they proceed in growth. 

 Crop the tops off as soon as the lower blossoms are 

 full out, or begin to fade : This forwards them. 



Put the small sorts of beans in three inches deep, 

 and four asunder, in single rows; or six inches 

 asunder every way, in double rows ; and let the 

 rows, in the first case, be two and a half, and in the 

 latter, three feet or rather more asunder. 



There is a dwarf bean (the Spanish, or fan- 

 cluster) that grows but a few inches high, which is 

 very convenient to put in, close under a south wall, 

 in October, and they will thus be but a few days (if 

 any) later than the mazagan sown in November. 



'Tis a good way to sow patches of beans in a warm 

 corner to stand the winter, placing them about an 

 inch from one another, and transplanting them at the 

 above distances, the first mild weather after Mid- 

 February or in March, to any sheltered part of the 

 garden, and if under a south wall (not too near) it 

 will forward them, especially if watered in a dry 

 time. Beans, sown in patches, may be easily co- 

 vered in severe weather, by a frame, c. Make 

 trenches to lay them in when transplanted ; pull not 

 off the bean adhering to the roots, shorten them a 

 little, and put them in rather highly covered over 

 the shanks. If planted aslant, they will soon get 

 erect ; but this is only permitted in case of a shallow 

 soil, or long shanks and roots. If dry, give water. 



