24 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
The ground should be well manured and prepared before either the roots or 
seeds are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is preferable. Roots are 
generally imported from the North, and I have found that the roots raised here, 
one year old, are as strong as those received from the North three years old. Plant 
the seed in early spring. Soak over night in water; plant in rows, or rather hills, 
one foot apart and two feet between; put from four to five seeds in each hill: when 
well up thin out totwoplants. The following winter, when the stalks are cut off, 
cover with a heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt: fishbrine 
will answer the same purpose. In the spring fork in the manure between the rows, 
and keep clean of weeds. The same treatment should be repeated every year. 
The bed should not be cut before being three years established. Care must be 
taken not to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of the year—not until we have had 
a frost. If cut before, it will cause the roots to throw up young shoots, which will 
weaken them. 
BUSH BEANS. 
CULEURE. 
Place in rows eighteen inches apart; drop a bean every two or three inches. 
Plant from end of February, and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. 
Bush Beans planted in this latitude during June and July, will not produce much. 
August and September are good months in which to plant again: they will pro- 
duce abundantly till killed by the frost. Do not cover the seeds more than two 
inches. , 
POLE BEANS. 
Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has become warm in 
spring. Strong poles ought to be set in the ground from four to six feet apart, and 
the ground drawn around them before the seed is planted. It is always best to 
plant after a rain and with the eye of the bean down. The other varieties can be 
planted flat, and not more than three to four feet apart, and hilled after they are 
up. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches; one inch is enough for the 
Southern Prolific and Crease Back. 
BEANS. 
(DWARF, SNAP or BUSH). 
Haricot (Fr.), BoHNE (Ger.), FRIZOLENANO (Sp.) 
Extra Early Six Weeks, or Newington Red Speckled French. 
Wonder. Early China Red-Eye. 
Early Valentine Red Speckled, Red Kidney. 
Early Mohawk Six Weeks. Dwarf Golden Wax. 
Early Yellow Six Weeks. Best of All. 
German Dwarf Wax. Improved Valentine. 
White Kidney. Wardwell’s New Dwarf Kidney War. 
Extra Early Six Weeks, or New-= 
ington Wonder. Is very early, but 
the pods are smalland round. Good for 
family use. 
Earty Valentine, one of the best 
varieties ; pods round, tender and quite 
productive; not much planted for the 
market. Excellent for shipping. 
Early Mohawk Six weeks. This 
isa long podded variety, and very hardy. 
It is used to a large extent for the mar- 
ket for the first planting; very produc- 
tive. 
Earty Yellow Six Weeks. This 
is the most popular sort among market 
gardeners. Pods flat and long: a very 
good bearer, but not so good for ship- 
ping as the Mohawk or Valentine. 
Germau Dwarf Wax. A good va- 
riety which is unsurpassed as a snap 
