Beans. 73 



BEANS. 



Tkis is a vegetable that is grown in the South exten- 

 sively for the Northern and Southern markets, and usu- 

 ally proves profitable. There is a great demand for this 

 vegetable, both in the North and South, and when scarce, 

 and of good quality, it often commands extreme prices, 

 sometimes selling as high as seven dollars per bushel, and 

 often as high as five. These prices however may only be 

 expected when it is very scarce. The quality of the stock 

 has as much to do with the price as scarcity on the market 

 and for this reason- the object should be to produce nice 

 tender beans. To do this sufficiency of moisture should 

 always be present, and the. plant shoiild never be stunted 

 in its growth. Where irrigation is not used, a rich damp 

 soil should be selected. Low hammock land, full of 

 humus is excellent for beans, and they require very little 

 fertilizer on this kind of soil. The plant is very tender, 

 and a temperature of 32 generally proves fatal. They 

 will stand considerably more cold when a week or two 

 old, than they will later. It being a quick crop (generally 

 60 to To days from planting to picking) it can be planted 

 profitably between other crops requiring a longer time to 

 mature, and can be picked over several times and pulled 

 out of the way of the following crop. The writer has fol- 

 lowed' this plan for years and has found it profitable. 



Varieties. 

 The bush varieties are practically the only ones planted 



