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BUIST ? S FAMILY KITCHEN GARDENER. 



though a stronger grower. Color dark-brown, speckled. Sown 

 1 3th May, fit for use June 25th. 



Black Valentine is a most excellent variety, a great bearer, 

 and of delicate flavor. Ripens a few days later than the for- 

 mer. 



Royal White- Kidney. — The best late variety ; has long pods, 

 richly flavored, and for family use is indispensable, not only in 

 its green state, but for Winter use. As a vegetable it is prefer- 

 able to any other. Sown 13th May, fit for the table July 1st 



The above sorts may be sown at any time from the 1 Oth of 

 April to the 25th of August. The first sowing in Spring is 

 frequently cut off with frost, though we have seen the Valentine 

 sorts all killed, while the Mohawk stood uninjured. It should 

 therefore always be adopted for the earliest sowing. A few 

 rows of each sort sown every two weeks will keep a succession 

 for the table from the first of June till the middle of October, 

 As this crop does not long occupy the ground, it can frequently 

 be sown between rows of Corn, ridges of Celery, or Drumhead 

 Cabbage when they are first planted. 



Culture. — Any good, light, rich soil will grow this Bean in 

 perfection. Draw drills with the hoe two and a half inches 

 deep, and from one foot to eighteen inches from row to row ; drop 

 the beans regularly therein, about two inches apart ; cover up 

 carefully and expeditiously : give frequent and deep hoeings to 

 keep open the soil. As soon as the crop is three inches high, 

 draw the earth to their stems. When they begin to show 

 their flower bud, draw a few inches more, which is termed by 

 gardeners, earthing up. 



Seed. — Where seed is wished to be saved, the sorts must 

 be grown apart, as far as practicable, for they are very suscep* 

 tible of mixture, if even within fifty yards of each other 



