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but is always of moderate Growth, 

 fo that the' Air can eslily pafs be- 

 tween the Rows, and keep them 

 from rotting: It is alfo a plentiful 

 Bearer, and the beft: Bean of all the 

 reft for eating. 



The third Sort is alfb a plentiful 

 Bearer, and never rambles, grow- 

 ing upright in form of a Shrub j 

 but the Beans are much larger than 

 the laft, and are not fb well co- 

 lour'd, nor do they eat near ib firm 

 and crifp i for which Reafons they 

 are not fo generally efteem'd. 



Thefe Plants are propagated from 

 Seeds, which muft be fbwn in the 

 Place where they are to remain j for 

 they will not bear tranfplanting, ex- 

 cept it be done while they are very 

 young i and this being pretty trou- 

 bieibme, is very feldom pra6tiied, 

 unlefs for a few early Planrs under 

 warm Hedges or Walls j but it is 

 not worth while for the general 

 Crops. 



The Seafbn for putting thefe 

 in the Ground, is the latter End of 

 Marchj or the Beginning of April, 

 for an early Crop j but thefe lliould 

 have a warm Situation, and a dry 

 Soil, otherwife they will not fuc- 

 ceed: you fhould alio obferve to 

 put them mco the Ground at a dry 

 Seafonj for Wet Co early in the 

 Seafon will rot the Seeds in the 

 Ground. The manner of plant- 

 in;^ them, is, to draw fhallow Fur- 

 rows with a Hoe, at about two 

 Feet and an half Diftance from each 

 other, into which you fhould drop 

 the Seeds about two Inches afun- 

 dcr i then with the Head of a 

 Rake diavv the Earth over them, 

 fo as to cover them about an Inch 

 deep. 



If the Seafon be favourable, the 

 Plants w:ii be^ n to appear in about 

 a W.ck's time after lowing, and 

 ioun After will raiie their Heaus 



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upright i therefore if the Sterna 

 thereof are pretty tall above-ground, 

 you fliould gently draw a little 

 Earth up to them, obferving to do 

 it when the Ground is dry, which 

 will prefervc them from being in- 

 jured by fl;iarp Winds j but you 

 fliould be careful not to draw any 

 of the Earth over their Leaves, 

 which would rot them, or at leaft 

 greatly retard their Growth. After 

 this they will require no farther 

 Care but to keep them clear from 

 Weeds until they produce Fruit, 

 when they fhould be carefully ga- 

 thered two or three times a Week j 

 for if they are permitted to remain 

 upon the Plants a little too long, 

 tiie Beans would be too large for 

 eating, and the Plants would be 

 greatly weaken'd thereby. 



This firfl. Crop of Kidney-beans 

 will continue a Month in good 

 Order, during which time they 

 will produce great Plenty of Beans; 

 therefore, in order to have a Suc- 

 ceiTion of them throughout the 

 Seafon, you fliould fow at three 

 different Times, njiz.. in March or 

 April, in Ma^, and toward the 

 latter-end of June j which laft Crop 

 will continue until the Frofl comes 

 on, and deflroys 'em. 



There are fbme Perfbns who 

 raife thefe in Hot-beds, in order to 

 have them very early : The only 

 Care to be taken in the Manage- 

 ment of thefe Plants, when thus 

 rais'd, is to allow them Room, and 

 give them as ifTuch Air as can be 

 conveniently, when the Weather is 

 mild j as alio to let them have but 

 a moderate Heati for if the Bed 

 be over-hot, they w;ll either burn, 

 or be drawn up fo weak as never 

 to come to good. 



The Manner of making the Hot- 

 bed being the fame as for Cucum" 

 kirsi ^c, need not be repeated in 



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