ON VEGETABLE CULTURE. 1 05 I 



in double lines, and the rows 3ft. apart, with 6in. between 

 the seeds. This is ample space between the rows, whether 

 double or single. As the plants progress, soil should be drawn 

 up to them on each side of the row. Immediately it is seen 

 that the flowers are set, and embryo pods formed, it is an 

 excellent plan to pinch out the points of the plants. This assists 

 the pods to swell, and keeps Black Fly in check. If exhibition 

 pods are wanted, the plants ought not only to be fed with liquid 

 or g solid farmyard manure, but also staked, and each permitted 

 to carry only about three of the straightest and longest pods. 

 The Long-pod section has much the longest pods, Veitch's 

 Exhibition, Leviathan, and the Early Long-pod being the best, in 

 the order named, for home or exhibition purposes. If extra 

 good flavour is desired, the shorter-podded Green Windsor is the 

 best of all. 



Dwarf or French Kidney Beans. — This most productive 

 vegetable should be sown in drills and at the same distances 

 apart as advised for Broad Beans on any rich and deeply- 

 worked soil. Make the first sowing in the middle of April, and 

 another sowing a month later, selecting such a variety as Ne 

 Plus Ultra for the first, and Canadian Wonder for the second 

 sowing. These are great croppers, the pods being long, hand- 

 some, and tender, and very suitable for home use or for exhibition. 

 As these Beans are both gross feeders and heavy bearers, 

 frequent applications of diluted liquid manure are very sustaining 

 to the plant when cropping; but what is of as much or more 

 importance is the careful removal of all pods when large enough 

 for use. When once the pods have commenced to form seeds, 

 the whole energy of the plant is devoted to reproduction, and 

 no further crop is obtainable. 



Scarlet or Runner Beans. — To obtain heavy crops of this 

 universally esteemed vegetable the ground should be deeply dug 

 and heavily manured ; or shallow trenches should be prepared, 

 in which place a layer about 6 in. deep of well-decayed farm- 

 yard manure, with several inches of good soil on the manure. 

 On this the seeds may be arranged about 6in. apart in double 

 lines in the row, and the rows at least 6ft. apart ; or if possible 

 it is better to isolate the rows, thus giving more light to both 

 sides. It is seldom safe to sow the seed before the end of 

 April, and as it germinates the young growth should be protected 

 from Slugs by dusting the soil with soot or air-slaked lime, 

 otherwise all the plants will probably disappear. Soil should 

 also be drawn up to each side of the row when the plants 

 are large enough, and stout sticks put in for the growth 

 to cling to. If the flowers seem to set badly, or the plants 

 appear °to languish, a thorough soaking of liquid manure in a 

 diluted form will put matters right, providing the pods are 

 not allowed to go to seed. Chelsea Giant White, Hill's Prize 



