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them in salted water for a short time, then put them into 

 the water while boiling, which should be previously seasoned 

 with salt. When they are tender, which will be in from fif- 

 teen to twenty minutes, take them up and drain them through 

 a colander, in order to render them capable of absorbing a 

 due share of gravy, melted butter, etc. 



BEANS. (Pole or Running.) 



Haricots a rames. 



These species and varieties of Beans may be planted early 

 in the month of May and in June, either in hills three feet 

 apart or in drills about two inches deep,, and the Beans two 

 or three inches apart in the drills. The poles should be eight 

 or ten feet long, and should be fixed in the ground before the 

 Beans are planted, so as not to injure the roots in making the 

 holes. 



The varieties of Lima Beans should not be planted in the 

 open ground until the second week in May, unless the season 

 be very favorable and the ground warm. As these Beans 

 are apt to get rotten by cold and damp weather, let six or 

 eight be planted half an inch deep round each pole, and after- 

 ward thinned, leaving three or four good plants in a hill, 

 which should be full four feet distant from each other every 

 way. 



Lima Beans require richer ground than any of the other 

 sorts. A shovelful of rich, light compost, mixed with the 

 earth in each hill, would be beneficial. If any varieties are 

 wanted before the ordinary seasons, they may be planted in 

 flower-pots in April, and placed in a greenhouse or garden- 

 frame ; and being transplanted with the balls of earth entire, 

 will come into bearing ten or fourteen days earlier than those 

 planted in the open ground. It will require about a quart of 

 Lima Beans to plant one hundred hills. A quart of the 

 smallest-sized Pole Beans will plant three hundred hills and 



