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rows, or rather bills, one foot apart and two feet between 5 put from 

 four to five seeds in each hill; when well up thin out to two plaiits. 

 The following winter, when the stalks are cut off', cover with a 

 heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt ; fish- 

 brine 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 establisheii. Care must be taken not 

 to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of the year — not until we liave 

 had a frost.- If cut before it will cause the roots to throw up 

 young shoots, which will weaken them. 



BUSH BEANS. 



CULTURE. 

 Place in rows eighteen inches apart. Plant from end of Feb- 

 ruary; and for succession every two or three weeks to May. Dur- 

 ing June and July Bush Beans planted in this latitude will not 

 produce much. August and September are good months in which 

 to plant again; they will produce 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 be- 

 come 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 setd is planted. It is always best to plant after a rain 

 and with the eye of the bean down. The other varietieji can be 

 planted fiat, and not more than three to four feet ap.irt, and hilled 

 after they are u^). Do not cover the seeds more than t'AO inches; 

 one inch is enough for the Southern Prolific. 



BE AN S — (DWARF, SNAP OR BUSH.) 



Haiucots (Fr.), Bohne (G^r.), Fkijolenano (Sp.)- 



Extra Eakly Six Weeks, or New- 

 ingtoii WtMider. 

 ■ Early Valentine Red Speckled* 

 i^ARLY Mohawk Six Weeks. 

 Ah^^AR-LY Yellow Six Weeks. 



A vWhite Kidney. 



Red Speckled French. 



Early China Red-Eye. 

 s-^ED Kidney. 

 -.*v Dwarf Golden Wax (ue -v). 



Extra Early Six Weeks, or Newiiigton Wonder, is 

 ^very early, but the pods are small and round. Good for family 

 use. 



Early Valentine, one of the best varieties ; pods round, 

 tender and quite productive 5 uot much j)lanted for the market. 



Early Moliawk Six Weeks. This is a long podded 

 variety, and very hardy. It is used to a large extent for the 

 market for the flist planting; very productive. 



Early Yellow Six Weeks.' This is the most popular 

 sort among iiiarkel-gardoners. Pods flat and long; a very good 

 bearer, 



German Dwarf Wax. A new variety which is unsur- 

 passed as a snap bean. Pods are of a wax color and hijve no 

 strings; quite productive. Has come into general cultivation; 

 cannot be too highly recommended. 



