Gardening for Amateurs 



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Bean, Broad. This is a homely old 

 vegetable, and, like all others, it pays for 

 well-cultivated soil ; the Beans are then of 

 better quality than when grown in poor soil. 

 The Longpod varieties are the earliest, and 

 the first sowing of these should be made in 

 a warm border early in November, the second 

 in January, and the main crop in February. 

 The seeds are placed in sets of double rows 



freshly gathered from the home garden. Let 

 the ground be well prepared the previous 

 autumn or winter by deep digging and liberal 

 manuring, the position being well sheltered 

 from cold winds, as the plant is tender. It 

 is not safe to sow the seed out of doors until 

 May 1st, on account of danger from frost ; 

 but an earlier crop can be obtained by sow 

 ing in pots in cold frames early in April and 



A good crop of Runner Beans. 



2 feat apart, 4 inches deep and 6 inches 

 * * * * 

 apart in the row, thus : 



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In hot, dry weather Broad Beans are much 

 infested with black fly. The best way to 

 prevent this is by cutting off the tops of 

 the plants a few inches above where the 

 blossoms are as soon as they have done 

 flowering. 



The Windsor is the best flavoured kind, 

 but the Longpod is the earliest and most 

 productive. For exhibition one of the 

 best is Green Giant. 



Bean, French As a summer vegetable 

 the French Bean is highly prized when it is 



planting out about the middle of May, when 

 danger from frost is over. Sow (or plant) 

 in rows 18 inches apart ; if the Canadian 

 Wonder variety is sown, 2 feet apart is 

 better ; the seeds should be 3 inches deep 

 and the same distance apart. Sow every three 

 weeks in succession, but not later than the 

 first week in August. The French Bean can 

 be forced during the winter and spring if 

 a heated glasshouse is available by sowing 

 at intervals from August onwards. Osborn's 

 Forcing is a useful variety for growing under 

 glass ; for out-of-door crops choose Canadian 

 Wonder and Negro Longpod. 



The climbing French Beans are popular 



