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In the Middle States, when sown successively from the 
last of February to the 10th of May, crops of young 
green peas may be had constantly from May to the end 
of July. About the middle of August, peas may be 
planted again, previous to which it is best to soak them in 
water for twenty-four hours. Water the rows before plant- 
ing if the ground be dry, and watering the peas whilst 
growing will tend to keep off the mildew, so apt to attack 
them in dry weather towards the close of summer. 
The Garden Bean——Among the kinds known in the 
United States as Bunch-Beans, or, from their valuable 
characteristics of crispness, Snap Shorts, are the following : 
Early Mohawk, Early Sia-Weeks, Early Valentine, 
Yellow Sia-Weeks, Late Valentine, or Refugee, Black 
Valentine, Royal White Kidney, and China Red-eye. 
The Early Valentine variety is extensively cultivated for 
the Philadelphia market. The pods are round, and con- 
tinue on the vines fit for culinary purposes a long time. 
Bush-beans of the kind just named may be planted in the 
Middle States from the first of April till the last of Au- 
gust. The first planting is very apt to be nipped by the 
frost. 
Climbing beans, commonly called Pole Beans, are exten- 
sively cultivated in the United States, especially that 
called the Lima, of which there are two varieties, the 
white and the green, the lattcr being the largest, but the 
white producing the most certain crops. When eaten, both 
kinds are taken from the pods like peas. 
In the vicinity of Philadelphia, where they are raised 
very abundantly, Lima beans are planted in the last week 
in April, in hills three and a half by four feet apart, pre- 
cisely like corn. The hills should consist of good rich 
soil, raised only a few a the general level, with 
