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Any of the dwarf kinds may now be planted; such as the black, 

 brown, or red speckled, yellow, cream-colored, negro, Canterbury, 

 white, Dutch, Mohawk, refugee, and Battersea dwarfs. The cream- 

 colored, brown, speckled, yellow, Mohawk, and white, are the earliest 

 sorts, and should be particularly chosen for the first crop. 



Select for these a piece of light rich ground, for in such they will 

 always be most productive. Let drills be made for them with a hoe, 

 about two feet and a half asunder, and an inch and a half deep ; 

 drop the beans therein at the distance of two or three inches from 

 one another, draw the earth evenly over them, and rake the surface 

 lightly to give the bed a neat appearance. 



These, upon a more extensive scale, may be cultivated to great 

 advantage, and to the saving of much labor by the plough, in which 

 culture the rows will require to be three or four feet asunder for the 

 convenience of ploughing and harrowing between them, for the de- 

 struction of weeds, and also for the landing of them with that instru- 

 ment. 



The various kinds of running or climbing kidney beans may also 

 now be sown in drills made four or five feet asunder, and the seeds 

 planted double the distance from one another of the dwarf sorts. 

 The large white Dutch, common white, and cream-colored runners 

 are excellent sorts for this purpose, they are very productive, boil 

 well, and eat very tender. 



When the plants come up and begin to push their runners, then 

 let some tall sticks or poles be placed to each row for them to climb 

 upon. The runners will soon catch hold and twine themselves natu- 

 rally around the stick or poles, to the height of eight or ten feet or 

 more ; or if some are planted in a row close against a wall or any 

 high fence or building, you may suspend strong pack-thread from 

 above, six mches distant, fastened tight at both ends, the lower of 

 which may be tied to the main stem of the beans, and the runners 

 will readily ascend around the strings. 



The scarlet runner, though in Europe considered one of the best 

 bearers, and very good for the table, is here neither productive nor 

 esteemed, and is cultivated exclusively for the beauty of its flowers, 

 and for covering arbors, &c. 



CAROLINA AND LIMA BEANS. 



What is commonly called the Carolina bean, is only a small and 

 early variety of the Lima bean : it may be planted in the first week 

 of this month, or in the last of April, if a favorable season, and the 

 ground sandy and dry ; they may be cultivated in the same manner 

 as above directed for the running kidney-beans ; or, in hills, as they 

 are called, at the distance of four feet every way, planting five or six 

 good beans in each hill, a few inches apart, and covering them about 

 an inch and a half deep. When the plants are up a few inches, or 

 before, if more convenient, place two or three tall poles to each hill 

 for them to climb on, and as they advance in growth, draw the earth 

 around the hills up to their stems. 



The Lima beans should not be sown in the middle States before 



