56 BEA:5rs. 



Horticultural Cranberry. 



The Running or Pole Beans arc not so hardy as 

 the Snap Beans. In the latitude of ISTew York they 

 should not be planted in the open ground before the 

 middle of May. With a wet, cold Spring, Lima 

 Beans frequently rot if planted early, and sometimes 

 the gardener is obliged to plant them over three 

 different times before he can get a set of plants. 



Pole Beans will succeed best on a deep, rich, 

 sandy loam that has been thoroughly worked before 

 putting in the seed. When grown for market, earli- 

 ness has always to be taken into consideration, and, 

 to forward the ripening, many methods have been 

 practised by wide-awake gardeners. Some plant the 

 Beans in moderate hot-beds, in April, and by this 

 means get plants two or three inches high by the 

 middle of May. Other gardeners adopt a more sim- 

 ple and practical method. Inverted sod is placed in 

 the cellar, then cut into small squares, and a single 

 Bean planted in each square. When the weather is 

 settled, the sods with the growing Beans are planted 

 around the hills. Where this plan is carried out, all 

 risk of the Beans rotting is avoided, and there will be 

 a difference of two weeks in the date of ripening. 



When ready for planting, the ground is marlccd 

 out four feet each way. At each intersection a hole 

 twelve inches deep is made with a crowbar, and a 

 cedar pole is set firmly in each of these holes. A 

 forkful of well-rotted manure should be placed 

 around each pole, and covered with about two or 

 three inches of fine soil, making a hill around the 

 pole two inches higher than the siUTOundiiig surface, 



