272 The Kitchen Garden'. [June. 



half, or four feet nfunder ; and allow for the dwarf kinds, 

 two feet and a half, or a yard dillance between drill and drill. 



In planting any kinds of kidney-beans, it will now be 

 proper, if the ground be very dry, to water the drills well 

 before you put in the beans. This fhould not be omitted 

 in a dry time, as it will promote the free fprouting of the 

 beans, and they will rife fconer and mere regularly. 



Now draw fome earth to the flerhs cf the kidney-beans 

 v/hich were planted laft month; for this will Ihengthen 

 the plants, £ind brin^ them forward greatly in their giowth. 



Likewife place flicks, or poles, to the running kinds of 

 k' Jney-beans. which were planted the beginning of May ; 

 ar.d let this be dene in proper time". 



This fhould be done as foon as the plants begin to fend' 

 out their runners, for ihey will then catch ihe flicks 

 readily. 



Afparagus, 



Afparagiis ftill continues in perfedion ; cbferving to 

 cut cr gather the buds, as.d:re6led laft month. 



But let it be remembersd, it is advifeable to terminate 

 the general cutting for that year foon after the twentieth 

 cr twenty-fourth of the month, otherwife it will greatly 

 v/eaken the roots; for io long as yoir continue to cut the 

 buds, the roots continue to fend up new ilicots, tho* 

 t\tTy time they will be fmaller; and the roots would io 

 greatly exhauft themfelves, as not to be capable of pro- 

 ducing any but very fm all buds next year^ 



Before the afparagus run up to ftalks, you fliould now 

 clear the beds perfedly from weeds j for that work cannot 

 be fo readily done after the ftalks have fhot up to a great 

 height. • 



Great care (hould now be taken to keep the afparagus, 

 planted laft fpring, perfeftly clear from weeds. 



And the young plants which were fown in the fpring 

 will now be up, and fliould be carefully hand-weeded. 



Teas and Beans, 



Peas may ftill be fown, and you may alfo plant beans. 



Though thofe peas and beans which are planted at this 

 fcafon do not always fucceed in bearing abundantly, it 

 will, however, -where there is ground at liberty, be worth 

 the trial, to put in a few of each, at two or three ditFe- 



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