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which will be in about twenty minutes ; take it up before it 

 loses its true colour and flavour, and serve up on toasted 

 bread, with melted butter, c. 



BEANS, (English Dwarfs.) 

 FETE DE MARAIS. Vicia faba. 



VAKIETIES. 



Early Mazagan. 

 Early Lisbon. 

 Early Long Pod. 

 Large Windsor. 

 Large Toker. 

 Broad Spanish- 



Sandwich Bean. 

 Greeen Genoa. 

 Dwarf Cluster. 

 White Blossom. 

 Green Nonpareil. 

 Sword Long Pod. 



THE principal cause of these garden Beans not succeed- 

 ing well in this country, is the summer heat overtaking them 

 before they are podded, causing the blossom to drop off" 

 prematurely ; to obviate this difficulty, they should be 

 planted as early in the year as possible ; as recommended 

 in the article, " Forwarding Broad Beans." They are gene- 

 rally planted in England, from October to April, for early 

 crops, and from that time to July, for late crops. It some- 

 times happens that autumn plantings are injured by the 

 extremity of their winters, but they never miss having an 

 average crop. 



In the Eastern, Western, and Middle States, if a few of 

 the best varieties of these Beans be planted in the open 

 ground, as soon in the season as it can be brought into 

 good condition, they will come into bearing in regular suc- 

 cession, according to their different degrees of earliness, 

 and plantings may be repeated every ten days of the first 

 spring month ; but it is only from those that are planted 

 early, that any tolerable produce can be expected, as they 

 become deficient in quality, as well as in quantity, on the 

 approach of extreme warm weather. 



In the Southern States, they may be planted in succession 

 throughout the autumn and winter months, which will cause 

 them to bear early in the ensuing season. 



