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beginning to gather and whiten in the heart, should be tied up with 

 strings oi bass, which will forward their whitening, and render 

 them crisp and tender for eating; but this must be done only by 

 degrees, or as they are wanted, for it greatly promotes their shoot- 

 ing to seed. 



Sowing small Sallading. 



Sow a variety of small sallading every week or ten days, for 

 these, at this season, shoot on to seed very rapidly, such as cresses 

 or pepper-grass, lettuce, rape, radish, mustard, &c. Sow the seeds 

 in shallow drills on shady borders, cover them lightly, and give 

 them occasional waterings. 



Kidney -Beans. 



A principal crop of kidney-beans should be planted in the first 

 week of this month, and successional crops about the middle, and 

 also towards the end thereof. 



Any of the dwarf kinds may now be planted; such as the black, 

 brown, or red speckled, yellow, cream-coloured, negro, Canter- 

 bury, white, Dutch, and Battersea dwarfs. The cream-coloured, 

 brown, speckled, yellow, and white, are the earliest sorts, and 

 should be particularly chosen for the first crop. 



Select for these a piece of light rich ground, for in such they 

 will always be most productive. Let drills be made for them with 

 a hoe, about two feet and a half asunder, and an inch and a half 

 deep; drop the beans therein at the distance of two or three inches 

 from one another, draw the earth evenly over them, and rake the 

 surface lightly to give the bed a neat appearance. 



These, upon a more extensive scale, may be cultivated to great 

 advantage and to the saving of much labour by the plough, in which 

 culture the rows will require to be three or four feet asunder for 

 the convenience of ploughing and harrowing between them, for the 

 destruction of weeds, and also for the landing of them with that in- 

 strument. 



The various kinds of running or climbing kidney-beans may 

 also now be sown in drills made four or five feet asunder, and the 

 seeds planted double the distance from one another of the dwarf 

 sorts. The large white Dutch, common white, and cream-coloured 

 runners are excellent sorts for this purpose, they are very produc- 

 tive, boil well, and eat verv tender. 



When the plants come up and begin to push their runners, then 

 let some tall sticks or poles be placed to each row for them to climb 

 upon. The runners will soon catch hold and twine themselves 

 naturally around the sticks or poles, to the height of eight or ten 

 feet or more; or if some are planted in a row close against a 

 wall or any high fence or building, you may suspend strong pack- 

 thread from above, six inches distant, fastened tight at both ends, 

 the lower of which may be tied to the main stem of the beans, and 

 the runners will readily ascend around the strings. 



