84 BEANS. 



is the hardiest, and may sometimes succeed well, if planted 

 about the middle of April. 



One quart of Kidney Beans will plant from three hundred 

 and fifty to four hundred hills, according to the size of the 

 Beans, allowing four Beans to each hill, or from two 

 hundred and thirty to two hundred and sixty feet of row, 

 allowing six Beans to every foot. 



These Beans should not be suffered to get old and tough 

 before they are gathered; be careful in trimming them, lo 

 strip off the strings ; to effect this desirable object, break 

 them across ; and, in order to preserve their greenness, soak 

 them in salted water for a short time, then put them into 

 the water while boiling, which should be previously seasoned 

 with salt. When they are tender, which will be in from 

 fifteen to twenty minutes, take them up, and drain them 

 through a colander, in order to render them capable of 

 absorbing a due share of gravy, melted butter, &c. 



BEANS. (Pole or Running.) 

 HARICOTS A RAMES. 



Phaseolus jLimensis. 



VARIETIES. 



Lar^e White Lima. | Carolina, Lima, or Sky. 



Phaseolus MuUiflorus. 



VARIETIES. 



Scarlet Runners London Horticultural. 



White Dutch Runners. French Bicolour. 



Dutch Case Knife, or Princess. 1 Red Cranberry. 



Asparagus, or Yard Long. White Cranberry, 



These species and varieties of Beans may be planted early 

 in the month of May, and in June, either in hills three feet 

 distant from each other, or in drills about two inches deep, 

 and the beans two or three inches apart in the drills. The 

 poles should be eight or ten feet long, and may be fixed in 

 the ground before the Beans are planted. 



The varieties of Lima Beans should not be planted in 

 the open ground until the second week in May, unless the 



