AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 117 



BEANS (English). 



French, Feve de Marais, German, Grosse Bokne. Spanish, Haba. 

 BROAD WINDSOR, LONG POD, &C. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Drop the seed at about three inches distance, in drills two 

 inches deep and two feet apart. 



Hoe often, drawing the earth to them a little from time to 

 time until they are in full bloom : then nip the end of each 

 stem an inch or two, and wait for the crop. 



Time : the earliest possible in spring both South and North, 

 or through the winter months in the former. 



These beans, if raised at all, should be planted in strong 

 moist soil at the times and in the manner above directed. 



They are used as shelled beans, being gathered when the 

 pods attain their full size, but while still green and tender. 



Though a favorite vegetable with some, they are rather a 

 coarse delicacy, and are not likely to be generally esteemed. 

 Commonly, too, they do not bear well with us, and if but a 

 slight drought come upon them in their growth, the black 

 aphis will eat them up. 



The horse bean is a small variety of this species, which in 

 Europe is raised extensively as a farm crop. It is commonly 

 mixed with oats in feeding horses, being considered very strong 

 food, and from its heating quality requiring to be used in mod- 

 erate quantities. 



BUSH BEANS. 

 French, Haricots nains. German, Stambohnen. Spanish, Frijoles. 



BUSH BEANS. DWARF BEANS. KIDNEY BEANS. CRANBERRY 

 BEANS. SNAPS. 



Early Mohawk. Early China. Union. Rob Roy. Valentine. 

 Large White Kidney. Marrowfat. Refugee, etc., etc. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow thinly in rows from eighteen inches to two feet wide, 

 and about an inch deep ; hoe often, drawing the earth a little 



