78 PIOTOEIAL PEAGTICAL VEGETABLE GROWING, 



command, seed may be sown in November, but if the plants have to 

 come along in a vinery or Peach-house started in the new year 

 January is early enough to sow. The seeds may be inserted 3 to 4 

 inches apart, and the plants supported by twiggy sticks. It is use- 

 less to attempt forcing French Beans in a dry, hot place, for they 

 would be ruined by red spider. 



Canadian Wonder is not yet surpassed as a general outdoor sort. 

 It has large, pale leafage, and is a coarse grower, but crops heavily, 

 and gives large pods. Negro Longpodded is a black-seeded sort, 

 rather dwarfer than Canadian Wonder, and very good in every way. 



The climbing French, a section of which the first representatives 

 were Yeitchs' Climbing and Buttons' Tender and True, have acquired 



FIG. 48.-ANOTHER SUPPORT FOR RUNNERS. 



1, 1, uprights ; 2, 2, struts; 3, 3, strong cord ; 4, 4, pegs ; 6, 5, strings 

 for the Beans. 



some popularity. They do not so quickly cease growth and produc- 

 tiveness as the dwarfs, and are undeniably useful. On the other hand, 

 their flavour is not equal to that of Scarlet EunnerSj which are in 

 season at the same time. They require sticks. 



The Scarlet Runner is without a doubt the most valuable of all 

 Beans. It is a tender plant, and is therefore not suitable for early 

 sowing, but it can be had in July, and under good treatment will last 

 and yield until frost kills it in October or November. 



Perhaps the earliest pods are got by lifting the old roots in 

 autumn, storing them through the winter like Dahlias, and planting 

 out in late spring. But I have yet to learn the advantages of the 

 plan. If a few pods are wanted early for a special purpose, well and 

 good, but otherwise there is no gain to a private grower in having 

 Scarlet Runners ready before August. Up to that time he has, or 

 should have, abundance of Peas. 



It always seems to me that the period at which the Scarlet 



