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JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE is cultivated for the root, 

 (which eats somewhat like artichoke bottoms) and it 

 is an ornamental plant, very like the perennial sun- 

 flower, with which it classes, but taller. Propagate 

 'in March, by planting cuttings of its root, as pota- 

 toes. The root is red, and full of indented eyes, 

 every one of which is sure to grow. Where it has 

 been once planted, it must be carefully dug up, or it 

 will not easily be got rid of. Any poor ordinary spot 

 of spare ground will do for it. Preserve the roots in 

 dry sand, when they can be no longer preserved in 

 the ground, immediately dug from which they are 

 much best 



KIDNEY BEAN we have two kinds of, dwarfs and 

 runners, each of which has a rather numerous va- 

 riety. Both sorts have their admirers, but the dwarf 

 sorts are more generally esteemed, and (in general) 

 more conveniently cultivated. 



Of the variety in the dwarf beans, some come 

 earlier than others ; but there is difference in opi- 

 nions, which is the best, as to earliness and quality. 

 The yellow and the black are, perhaps, as forward as 

 any. The early white is not long behind, and is of 

 superior flavour, but not so hardy as the yellow and 

 black, and some others. The white may therefore 

 be the second crop. The dwarf sorts come in 

 quicker than the runners. For the principal crop, 

 the Battersea and Canterbury beans are mostly 

 used by the market gardeners, being good and pro- 

 lific. 



Of the runners, or climbing sort, the common 

 scarlet and the white Dutch, are generally preferred, 

 and when mixed together, their blossoms make an 

 agreeable show, and bear a long time, if the beans 

 are gathered constantly as they get fit for use. 



The dwarf sorts of this vegetable may be had most 

 months in the year, by the united means of open cul- 



