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gomes, makes them look yellow ; and they, then 

 never produce a fine crop. Of the various sorts 

 of pole beans one sowing is enough ; for, if you 

 gather as the beans become fit for use, they con- 

 tinue bearing all through the summer, especially 

 the ,2#za-bean, which delights in heat^ and for 

 which no weather can be too dry ; and which 

 should never be sown till the ground be right 

 warm. The Dwarf sorts may be sown all sum- 

 mer, from the time that the ground becomes 

 warm to within seven weeks of the time that the 

 little frosts begin in the fall ; for, they will, at 

 this season, produce, for eating green, in six weeks 

 from the day of sowing. I sowed them on the 

 15th of August, and had several gatherings to eat 

 green before the 2d of October when the first 

 frost came. They were not cut ufi by the frost 

 till the 17th of October; and they kept bearing 

 till they were. A row or two sown every fort- 

 night, across one of the Plats (see Paragraph 60) 

 will keep any family, however large, well sup- 

 plied. And, perhaps twenty rows, across one 

 of the Plats, for pole-beans of all the sorts that 

 are desired, will be more than sufficient. It is 

 best to sow several sorts of these; for some bear 

 early and some later than others. As to thesarfl? 

 of Kidney beans, they are, as I observed before, 

 almost endless in number. I will, however, name 

 a few : the Dun, or Drab coloured dwarf beam is 

 the earliest. The same ground will bear and 

 rifien two crojis in one year, the last from the 

 seed of the first. The Yellow; the Black; the 

 Speckled; the Painted; white and red: these 

 are all Dwarfs ; but there are a great many others. 

 Amongst ruaners, or pole-beans, there are the 



