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cess of water. For hand-hoeing the rows can be 15 to 18 

 inches apart, and for horse cultivation two feet. About 

 four inches apart in the drill, and covered from one to two 

 inches, according to soil and season, is ordinary practice. 

 The plants can also be grown in hills. If the ground is in 

 good condition the seed can be planted before the lighter 

 frosts of spring are all over, and by slight covering they 

 can be carried through. The bush varieties will endure 

 more cold and more heat than the climbing sorts, but any 

 considerable planting should wait until the frost danger 

 for the locality is over. Later plantings should be made 

 at short intervals, for succession and irrigation must usu- 

 ally be resorted to quite early in the summer, except on 

 moist land or on the immediate coast. 



Bush beans are usually divided into two groups : those 

 with green pods and those with waxen, or light yellow 

 pods. The following are favorites in this State : 



Early Mohawk, hardy and early for early chop, large 

 flattish pods. 



Dwarf Horticultural, vigorous grower, large leaves; 

 pods medium, curved ; beans, pale pink marked with red. 



Burpee's Stringless, green pod, early, straight, roundish 

 pod, brittle and stringless. 



Extra Early Valentine, said to be fit to gather in 35 to 

 40 days from planting, green pod, medium sized, fleshy, 

 keeps green longer than most kinds a favorite in the 

 Sacramento valley and popular for canning. 



Extra Early Refugee, popular with early vegetable ship- 

 pers, round pods, bright green, very productive, largely 

 grown in Vacaville and other early regions. 



Long Yellow Six Weeks, pods long, early, very produc- 

 tive, excellent quality ; popular in southern California. 



Golden Wax, early, strong grower, long pods, very brit- 

 tle and stringless, popular in the Sacramento valley, coast 

 valleys and southern California. 



Davis White Wax, broad pods, clear light yellow, pro- 

 ductive, tender and delicate flavor. 



Wardell's Kidney Wax, long, flat and showy tender 



