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Newingion Wonder; is a very dwarf growing variety 

 and wonderfully productive. The pods are very tender. 

 It is an excellent succession sort. The drills for this sort 

 may be two feet apart. 



Refugee; is a very productive, but not an early sort; 

 the pods are tender, of good flavor, and much used for 

 pickling. It withstands the late heats of summer better 

 than most other sorts. 



POLE BEANS. 



There are two classes of these beans those which are 

 used as string beans and those which are used as shelled 

 beans. The former are scarcely worth the trouble of grow- 

 ing, as their place is well supplied by the dwarf string 

 beans, which are much easier grown. 



They require a light, somewhat sandy soil, which must 

 be well enriched with manure in the hills in which they 

 are grown. The seeds should be sown about two inches 

 deep in hills three to four feet apart, with a stake or pole 

 eight or nine feet high set in the centre of the hill at the 

 time of planting. The planting should not be done before 

 the 15th of May and may be continued until the end of 

 June. If planted too early they will rot in the ground. 

 Five or six beans should be sown in each hill, and when 

 they have attained their second leaf, all but three or four 

 should be pulled up. The after cultivation consists in one 

 or two hillings up and keeping them clear of weeds. 

 Nipping off the ends of the shoots after they have reached 

 the top of the poles has a tendency to make the plants 

 more fruitful. 



If it is desired to have them earlier than they would pro- 



