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cases where an extra early crop is desired, or where strong 

 plants are wanted early for protective purposes, the seed may 

 be sown from the beginning of December to the middle of 

 January in a cold frame from which frost is excluded. By 

 adopting this method of transplanting full even rows of strong 

 well-hardened plants can be set out during favourable weather 

 in the early part of March. 



For successional 

 crops one of the 

 Long-pods may be 

 sown at the end of 

 January and in 

 February, and one 

 of the Broad Wind- 

 sor type early in 

 March. For the 

 earlier sowings a 

 rather light soil is 

 preferable, but the 

 heaviest soil in the 

 garden may be de- 

 voted to the main 

 crop. If the Janu- 

 ary sowing is made 

 at double the cus- 

 tomary thickness 

 the extra plants 

 may be carefully 

 transplanted and 

 will then give a 

 successional crop 

 instead of the Feb- copyright, v. A. 

 ruary sowing. Seville Long-pod Bean. 



Sow in double rows, 9in. apart and 2ft. Gin. between the 

 double rows ; the seed should be 9in. apart in the row, those in 

 one row falling between those in the next. On heavy soil the 

 seed should be sown in drills Sin. deep, but on light soil it is 

 better to dibble them in ; after sowing make the seed-bed firm. 



When the plants are a few inches high draw the soil to the 



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