60 BUSH BEANS. 



the three following are the best: Marshall's Early Dtvarf 

 Prolific, which grows from eighteen inches to two feet 

 high, branching out very freely at the bottom, and is very 

 productive (the rows should be two and a half to three 

 feet apart, with the plants four to six inches apart on the 

 row) ; the Royal Dwarf Cluster, which grows only ten to 

 fifteen inches high, is very productive and branches con- 

 siderably (the rows should be eighteen to twenty inches 

 apart, and the plants ten to twelve inches apart on the 

 row); and the Long Pod, which grows from three to four 

 feet high, is non-branching and very productive, but later 

 than the first two varieties named. The rows of Long Pod 

 should be three to four feet apart, and the plants four to 

 six inches apart on the row. 



BUSH BEANS. 



These will grow in any good garden soil moderately 

 enriched; if too highly manured it will cause them to run 

 to tops too much. The proper time for sowing them is 

 from any period after the 10th of May until the beginning 

 of August. It is better to sow them in drills than in hills ; 

 the drills should be about two inches deep, and from two 

 to three feet apart, according to the sort. The beans should 

 be dropped from two to three inches apart on the row. 

 As they progress in growth, hoe them carefully, and draw 

 up some earth to the stems. 



The varieties are very numerous, but for ordinary culti- 

 vation the following three sorts will be quite sufficient : 



Early Valentine; is early, tender and productive, gen- 

 erally being fit for use six weeks after sowing. It con- 

 tinues much longer in a green state than most other varie- 

 ties. 



