44 POPULAR VEGETABLES 



subject to the attacks of green and black fly ; the 

 latter pest is troublesome to get rid of in dry seasons 

 and prevents the flowers setting. For an early crop 

 sow in pots or boxes under glass in January, and plant 

 out early in March. Pots, doubtless, are preferable, 

 as the roots are less disturbed at the planting out, but 

 with care they lift well out of boxes if the seed is not 

 sown too thickly. Use turfy loam and press the soil 

 firmly when the seeds are sown. Plants raised thus will 

 be quite two to three weeks earlier than the first lot 

 in the open ground ; they are very dwarf, flower 

 close to the soil, and if planted on a warm border, 

 two feet apart between the rows, give a good return. 

 Seed may be sown in the open ground any time 

 in February according to the weather and locality, in 

 rows three feet apart in well-enriched soil, using the 

 Longpod section for the first crop, another sowing 

 being made three weeks or a month later of the 

 larger-podding varieties on an open border. Later 

 sowings should be made in April and May, but these 

 should be of the Green Windsor type, and the site 

 for them must be cool when the garden soil is porous 

 or gravelly, indeed, for late supplies east or north 

 borders are preferable. Stop the plants early to 

 secure the first flowers that open at the base, and 

 give the plants moisture freely in dry seasons. It is 

 a good plan, in order to get a very late supply, to 

 sow the small Beck's Dwarf Gem or Cluster Bean in 

 shaded ground in May. It is a reliable variety, very 

 small, and may be grown thicker than the others 



