58 GARDENING FOR ALL. 
The beans are worth £15 to £25 per acre, and the 
cauliflowers a similar sum, or more sometimes ; and occasion- 
ally neither crop will realize the lowest of the sums mentioned. 
Earliness of the crop and sound judgment in marketing it are 
very important factors in the case. 
Runner beans which have been properly staked will 
undoubtedly give a much larger crop than an equal number 
of plants grown without stakes. In gardens of small size, 
where room can only be spared for one row, sticks will 
probably be a distinct advantage. If the sticks are not 
obtainable, or are too expensive, the cultivator may have a 
good crop of beans by growing them as just described. 
When sticks are used they ought to be first placed in the 
eround and the seed sown up to them. Want of water is 
injurious to beans. 
BEAN, Broad.—(Faba vulgaris.) 
The broad bean is a native of Egypt, Persia, and the 
borders of the Caspian Sea. It is a valuable and accommo- 
dating garden crop from a consumer’s point of view, but not 
from the grower’s. 
An acre will produce about one hundred and forty bushels 
as an average crop; and the wholesale price varies from four- 
pence to two shillings per bushel. If we take the mean of the 
two prices quoted, we have one shilling and two-pence per 
bushel, which will give a total average of £8 3s. 4d. per acre ; 
a price that barely pays the grower for his outlay. 
The most suitable soil for broad beans is a rather heavy 
one, containing a fair supply of lime. Those for gathering 
early should be sown upon soil that is a little lighter and 
warmer. 
The earliest may be sown during the third week in 
October, the early Mazagan being a good variety for the 
purpose. Sow them in rows two feet apart and between two 
and three inches deep. The next batch to succeed the 
Mazagan may be sown in January or February, for which 
Beck’s Green Gem is suitable. Seville long-pod and the 
Windsor varieties will answer admirably in March and April. 
