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with the furface of the ground, as the froft will not injure 



them, but he lure to cover their roots well. 



Preparing the fummer-crops in this manner forwards 

 them much. 



Next to thefe, vou may, in February^ fow the Spa- 

 nifh, <'-reen Genoay and the Sandwich Bean ; and after 

 thefe, once every three weeks, fow the Toaker or Toc- 

 kay, the Turkey^ the Wind/or, and Nonpareil Beans, 

 from March until the middle of June, in order to have 

 a fuccefTion of them as late as you can; jou may plant 

 them among your rows of Cabbages, or in fields by 

 themfelves, giving them four feet diftance, row Irom row, 

 and fix inches to the largeft. Bean from Bean ; I always 

 pJiinted two Beans together, in holes two or three inches 

 deep, and obferved to top them when they were in 

 full bloom, as I have found fuch pruning to help their 

 fruit to fet more plentifully, than if their long ftalks 

 were allowed to ramble at large. The Green Genoa 

 Bean I allowed to be quite ripe before I gathered it, 

 as I preferved it for winter-ufe ; and when pulled, 

 dried them. In winter I fleeped them for fome days 

 to foften, boiling them with bacon and fowl ; they 

 not only retain their colour, but eat as well as in fum- 

 mer. 



BEANS (KIDNEY) 



AS I have already treated of raifing Kidney-beans 

 upon hot-beds, I fhall not repeat it here. The 

 beft kind for a good crop, is the Batterfeay the Dwarfs 

 being only for the hot-bed-ufe. There are fome gar- 

 deners who advife planting the Batterfea upon a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, and after they have germinated, by 

 fhowing their root fpringing at the eyes of the Bean, 

 immediately to tranfplant them into the open ground, 

 whereby (fay they) you will have fruit earlier by a 

 fortnight, than if they were fown in the natural earth. 

 This may happen in mild fprings i but this plant being 

 very tender, I have often obferved their roots to decay, 

 v/hen they have been thus tranfplanted. The method 

 ' I ufcd 



