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the firft crop of marrowfat peas in drill three feet and a 

 half afunder. 



If you have any peas above ground, you fhould draw 

 fome earth to their items to protedl them from froll and 

 wet. 



Let this be done in a dry mild day, and let the earth 

 be broken fine before you draw it up to the plants. 



Beans, 



About the beginning or towards the middle of this 

 month, prepare alfo fomc ground, in'a ihehered fituati- 

 on, for a fuccelFional crop of fmall beans. 



Jf you have not planted any before, let them be 

 planted the beginning of the month ; but if they are to 

 fucceed the former plantation, the middle of the month 

 will be time enough, or it will eifedl a regular fuccef- 

 fion, if a few are planted both at the beginning and 

 towards the latter end of the month. 



Let fome of the mazagan beans be planted now, alfo 

 a good crop of long-pods and broad Spanilh beans for 

 a general fupply, the mazagans will come in earlier, and 

 the others will fucceed them regularly. 



Thefe beans fhouid be planted in rows, three or four 

 inches dillant in the row, and let the rows be two feet 

 and a half afunder, and plant the beans about two in- 

 ches deep in the ground See OSioher and November , Sec. 



If you have beans up, let care be taken to guard them 

 from fro ft. 



This is done by drawing earth up to their ftems as they 

 advance in height ; obferving to do it in a dry mild day, 

 and when the furface of the earth is tolerably dry. 



About the lail week in this month you may plant 

 fome large beans fuch as the Sandwich, Windfor^ and 

 Toker beans ; they will come in at a right time to 

 fucceed the fmaller forts of beans which were planted 

 thebreginningor middle of the month. 



Thefe large beans muft be planted in rows three fett 

 afunder, at live or fix inches diilant from each other, and 

 only about two inches and a half deep, at this feafon. 



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