PRACTICAL GARDENING 



ings covered with a bluish black membrane 

 when young. When ripe it turns black, 

 bursts, and the spores or reproductive organs 

 of the fungus are scattered. Gather and burn 

 before the smut boils turn black. 



Beans. The weather and soil must be rela- 

 tively warm before sowing the seed of "string" 

 or "snap/' broad, and shell beans. 



String or Snap Beans may be planted from 

 the last of May until the middle of August. 

 To secure a succession, plant every four weeks 

 either in drills or hills. If planted in drills set 

 the line, rake the surface of the soil fine fol- 

 lowing the line (Fig. 46), make a furrow 

 one and one-half to two inches deep and cover 

 with fine soil, pressing it down with the back 

 of the rake. (Fig. 47.) The rows should 

 be from twenty-four to thirty-six inches 

 apart. 



When planted in hills, three to five seeds are 

 placed in a hole two inches deep, one and one- 

 half feet apart in the row, and the rows two to 

 three feet apart. 



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