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particularly so, and should not be planted till the close of spring. 
They may be forwarded by sprouting them in a hot-bed, and trans- 
planting them at the proper time. No. 18 is an excellent snap 
short, or may be shelled when more advanced. 
When desired to be produced between the rows of cabbages or 
kale, it will be found to be more convenient to sow the seed in a 
warm border, and transplant them when about two inches high. 
They should be liberally watered at the time of planting, as well 
as on any subsequent occasion when they may require it. In se- 
lecting a spot to plant Beans, choose where the soil is light and 
tolerably dry. If it be poor, apply a good dressing of well-rotted 
manure, either spread over the entire surface, or placed in the 
drills when drawn out. 
BEETS. 
1. Extra Early Turnip-rooted. 4, Swiss Chard. 
2, Early Turnip-rooted Red. 5. Silesian, or Sugar. 
3. Long Blood-red. 6. Mangel Wurtzel. 
The seed should be sown the middle of spring, in deep, rich, and 
well-manured ground, in drills eighteen inches apart, and from 
eight to ten inches apart in the rows. ‘Two or three seed should 
be put in each place, about half an inch deep. When the plants 
are two or three inches high, the weaker should be drawn out, leay- 
ing but one remaining in each space. Nos. 1, 2, and 8, are esteem- 
ed the best for table use. No. 1 is very early, light colored, and 
valuable as the earliest in the season. No. 2 is somewhat earlier 
than No. 3, equally good for winter use, and may be sown in drills 
from early in the spring till the commencement of summer. The 
leaves of No. 4 are used as Spinach, the mid-rib of the leaf as As- 
paragus, and is cultivated as the common Beet, but requires more 
room. Beets may be transplanted,-and will attain to a very good 
size. To preserve for winter use, the roots should be taken up in 
autumn, the leaves cut off within a quarter of an inch of the crown, 
the roots exposed to the sun for a week or more, and‘then put 
away in some dry place, or packed in sand. 
