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French, who enumerate upwards of two hundred varie- 

 ties. The sorts usually cultivated in England are — 



Early YelloAV. Cream-Colored. 



Early Red-Speckled. Black-Speckled. 



Early Negro. Brown-Sp6ckled. 



Early AYhite. Scarlet Runner. 



Falmer's Eariy. Dutch White Runner. 



The first four are the earliest; the others are better 

 fitted for a general crop. As the plant is of tropical 

 origin, our climate is scarcely sufficient for the exten- 

 sive production of the ripe beans, which are the princi- 

 pal object in France and Italy ; but the immature le- 

 gumes are produced copiously, and are most in demand in 

 this country. 



In England it is seldom advantageous to sow kidney- 

 beans in the open ground before the middle or end of 

 April ; after which period succe&sive sowings may be 

 made every fourteen days to the end of July. The 

 plants are grown in rows two feet apart, and the earth 

 is carefully drawn to the roots. When, owing to the 

 nature of the season, great quantities of pods come at 

 one time, the superfluous produce should be gathered for 

 picking. Kjdney-beans are well adapted for forcing in hot- 

 beds or hot-houses; the climate of the peach-house,when it 

 can be obtained, being considered the best. The sow- 

 ings may begin in January; -they are made in pots, and 

 a supply may be thus obtained in the months of March, 

 April, and May. The Dwarf-speckled is often used in 

 hOT-houses, and the Early white in hotbeds. But per- 

 haps the best of all for this purpose is Vibert's variety, 

 or the Black Haricot of Flanders : the plant is naturally 

 of very dwarfish growth ; it flowers early ; the pods are 



