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ungathered bulbs has come to light, in May apply 

 the spade, and make an entire extirpation, and the 

 cleared ground will be in good time and good con- 

 dition for a full crop of turnips, cabbages, kale, or 

 brocoli. 



Kidney Beans. The dwarf varieties are the best, 

 as they bear well and need no support. The scar- 

 let runner is worthy of notice as a beautiful flower, 

 and useful, by its rambling growth, for ornamenting 

 any object which in itself might be a deformity. The 

 low growing sorts are sown towards the end of April, 

 in drills two feet asunder, three inches separate in 

 the drill, and covered in with two inches of mould. 

 Earlier sowings are apt to perish with frost : if a 

 succession of crops is wanted, more seed may be sown 

 any time in May or June. When eaten young and 

 tender, the pods are delicious, but if not taken in 

 time they become like tow in the mouth, and the 

 crop is entirely lost. 



Leeks. It is often questioned whether hare or 

 leek soup has the preference ; and the decision which 

 is usually given in favour of that one which happens 

 to be present shows that both are esteemed good 

 things, and that the leek makes one of the best soups. 

 The Scotch leek, as it endures the hardest winter, 

 and is the better for all the frost it gets, is undoubt- 

 edly the best variety for this country. Nothing can 

 be worse than a small, hard, ill thriven leek ; and few 

 things are better than one that is fully grown to the 

 thickness of a cane, blanched to the whiteness of 

 snow, and which falls in the boiling like stewed 

 apples. The first thing is to have seedling plants 

 in due season. In high situations, where they do 



