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PEACTTCE OF GARDEI-riXG. 



as soon as frosts become prevalent, tliey .should be well 

 earthed up and staked. If brauclie? of beech can be 

 procured for this purpose, as these genera b" : : iii tb iir 

 old leaves through the winter, they will aifv: :^ a:-^ le pro- 

 tection to the crops; but if some branches of spruce-m^ 

 are placed on the outside of the other stakes, and removed 

 during the day in fine weather, they will stand through 

 the winter perfectly well : or, a sowing may be made m 

 pots early in February, and kept in the house, turning 

 them out in March, or very early in April, after having 

 gradually inured them to the open air. By either of tbese 

 methods green peas may be obtained considerably earlier 

 than those sown in the spring, but the crops will not be 

 so abundant, nor the pods so well filled. Very late peas 

 are similarly unprofitable, as they generally get more or 

 less mildewed, when the produce is either lost entirely, 

 or becomes scanty and inferior. 



2 B-ans. 



Beans^ that is, broad Windsor or long-pod beans, Lave 

 ver}^ similar proportions of starch to } ta-. but ratlier less 

 sugar. Then- greater size renders rj_em a ru'^re profitable 

 crop than peas. 



The best soil for beans is a stitf heavy loam, and there- 

 fore, when a soil is light, the seed should be firmly trodden 

 in before it is covered with earth. The time for sowing 

 is from the end of February to the V oginning of July 

 successively; and, for very early crops. <Jc:ober or No- 

 vember. Small and frequent sovrings v.bil be most de- 

 sirable, where they are gi'own for fam]h- use ; otherwise, 

 they come in all at once, and are thus frequently wasted, 

 or become old and disagreeable. 



For five rows, each five yards long, one pint of seed will 

 be enough in early sowings, and a cuiarter of a pint more 

 for late sowings. 



For the early crop the best sort r are the APizioan and 

 early longpod ; for the full crop the br^ a l AViU'lsur i r 

 longpod ; the seed not more than one year uld. The-e 

 and all other sorts of beans should only be sown jn.-t 

 v.d:iere each plant is wanted, as, if the seed be good ( and 



