o8 E y U L flS H BROAD BEANS. 



ferable to a spade in turning in the manure, as it is less 

 'liable to cut or injure the roots, but even this should not 

 bo inserted more than five or six inches deep. In sections 

 of the country where the winters are severe, or there is 

 but little snow, it is prudent to protect the beds by a 

 covering of leaves, sea-weed, or long manure, three or four 

 inches thick, removing it early in the spring. 



The shoots should not be cut before the third year after 

 planting, and then but sparingly ; after that the yield will 

 be abundant. In the Middle States the cutting should 

 cease about the 10th of June, but in the Eastern and 

 Northern States it may be continued until the 25th of that 

 month. All the shoots that form seed berries should be 

 cut out as soon as the berries are formed, or the berries 

 stripped off, as the seed bearing is very exhaustive to the 

 plant, and causes the roots to send up weak shoots the 

 next season. 



A bed containing about thirty square yards will supply 

 from twenty-five to thirty shoots a day. 



All of the so-called varieties of asparagus appear to be 

 but one, except, perhaps, the variety known as Conovefs 

 Colossal. Good cultivation produces all the distinction 

 that there is between them. 



ENGLISH BROAD BEANS. 



This class of beans is largely grown in England and 

 Scotland, but in this country it does not succeed so well, 

 on account of the excessive heat. If, however, they are 

 sown very early in the open ground, or started in pots or 

 boxes in a frame or cellar and transplanted, a good crop 

 may bo had in June. They require a cool, humid climate, 

 and strong, moist soil moderately enriched ; if the soil is 



