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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 to two plants. The following winter when the stalks 

 are cut off, cover with a heavy coat of well rotted manure, and a sprink- 

 ling 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 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 succession 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 {he 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.) 



Haricots, (Fr.) Bohne, (Ger.) Frijolenano, (Sp.) 



Extra Early Six Weeks or New- 



ington Wonder. 

 Early Valentine Bed Speckled. 

 Early Mohawk Six Weeks. 

 Early Yellow Six Weeks. 

 German Dwarf Wax. 



White Kidney, 



Bed Speckled French. 



Early China Bed Eye. 



Bed Kidney. 



Dwarf Golden Wax, (new.) 



Extra Early Six lll^eelis or Newing^tou WoBider is very 

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



Early Taientine, one of the best varieties, pods round, tender 

 and quite productive ; not much planted for the market. 



Early Mohawk Six IfFeeks. This is a long podded variety 

 and considered very hardy, it is used to a large extent for the market, 

 for the first planting ; very productive. 



