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 totwo plants. 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. 
CULTURE: 
Place in rows eighteen inches apart. Plant from end of February, and for suc- 
eession, every two or three weeks to May. During 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 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. . 
BEANS. 
(DWARF, SNAP or BUSH.) 
Haricot (Fr.), BoHNE (Ger.), FRIJOLENANO (Sp.) 
Katra Karly Six Weeks, or Newington | Red Speckled French. 
Wonder. Early China Red-Eye. 
Early Valentine Red Speckled. | Red Kidney. 
Early Mohawk Six Weeks. | Dwarf Goiden Wax. 
Early Yellow Six Weeks. Best of All. 
German Dwarf Wax. | Improved Valentine. 
White Kidney. | Wardwell’s New Dwarf Kidney Wax. 
Extra Early Six Weeks, or New- | It is used to a large extent for the mar- 
ington Wonder. isvery early, butthe | ket for the first planting; very produc- 
pods are small and round. Good for | tive. 
Early Valentime, one of the best | is the most popular sort among market 
varieties ; pods round, tender and quite | 
productive; not much planted for the 
market. Excellent for shipping. 
Early Mohawk Six weeks. This 
is a long podded variety, and very hardy. 
family use. | Early Yeliow Six Weeks. This 
gardeners. Pods flat and long; a very 
good bearer, but not so good for ship- 
ping as the Mohawk or Valentine. 
German Dwarf Wax. A newva- 
riety which is unsurpassed as a snap 
