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Gather the pods always while moderately 

 young, not let them remain to grow old, and 

 the plants will bear longer in proportion. 



Earliefl crops of dwarf kidney beans are 

 obtained by fowing in hot-beds, and hot- 

 hoiifes in VVinter and Spring. 



Some early dwnrfs may be fowed in a hot- 

 bed, under frames and giailes, in February, 

 March, and April, or in the two latter 

 months in a hoc-bed arched over with hoops 

 to cover with mats of nights and bad weather, 

 fowing either tnickly in a fmall hot- bed ; and 

 when the plants are an inch or two in growth 

 tranfplanted into a new and larger hot-bed, 

 to remain, planted in rowj crofs ways, iifteea 

 inches diilance, or the beans may be fowed ir^ 

 that order at once, in a larger hot-bed, to 

 pontinue. Give the plants air every mild 

 day ; occafional gentle waterings ; they will 

 produce moderate crops in March, or Aprif 

 and May, till June, when they will be fuc«. 

 ceeded by the early natural crop5. 



Buc in hot-houfes are obtained early in 

 greater perfe(5lion, and iefs trouble : fowing 

 the beans in January, February, March, and 

 April, in pots of rich light earth, four in 

 each pot, the pots being previoufly placed it; 

 the hot-houfc, iney will ^bon come up, when 

 give the plani> frequent waterings, and they 

 will bear plenty ip Spring, till May and June, 



Runner kidney beans are planted in May 

 and June, feldom earl er, as they are tenderer 

 than the dwarfs, and the beans very liable to 

 fot by wet and cold j the beginning, or mid- 

 dle 



