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dwarf sorts may be sown all summer, 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. 



As to the sorts of kidney-beans, they are almost end- 

 less in number. I will, however, name a few : The 

 dim, or drab-colored dwarf bean, is the earliest. The 

 same ground will bear and ripen two crops 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. 

 Among runners, or pole-beans, there are the scarlet-blos- 

 som, the seed of which is red and black, and the seed- 

 pod rough. There is a white bean precisely like the 

 former, except that the bean and blossom are white. 

 The case-knife bean : this is the best bean of all to eat 

 green. Then th-je is the cranberry-bean of various co^ 

 lors as to seed. The Lima-bean, which is never eaten 

 green, (that is, the pod is never eaten,) and which is 

 sometimes called the butter-bean, has a broad, flat, and 

 thin seed of a yellowish-white color. 



BEET. 



It should be sown in the fall ; but, if not, as soon as 

 the ground is free from frost, and is dry in the spring. 

 The rows a foot apart, and the plants eight inches apart 

 in the rows. In order to hasten the seed up in the 

 spring (if sown then), soak it four days and nights in 

 rain-water before you sow it. Put it two inches deep, 

 cover it well, and press the earth hard down upon it. 

 Sow the seed pretty thick all along the drill ; and when 

 the plants come up, thin them to eight inches apart. 

 Hoc between tlie plants frLMjuently : but not very deep; 

 because these tap-rootud things are apt to fork if the 

 ground be made loose very low down while they are 

 growing. 



There aie yellow and white beets, as well as red ; but 



