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All the varieties of this class are tender and will not endure the cold. 

 The Mohawk is considered the hardiest, and is generally the first 

 planted. The Valentine is however, the favorite in the Philadelphia 

 market, the pods being round and stringless. Plant about the middle 

 of April, and at intervals throughout the season, for a succession, 

 finishing about the end of July. The best mode of culture is in rows 

 two feet apart, and the beans two or three inches apart. Keep well 

 hoed, and draw the earth up to their stems. 



BEAKS. 

 40 cts. per quart. 



(Pole or Running.) 

 Haricot a rames, Fr. Stangen bohnen, Ger. 



Large Ltma, 50 cts. Cranberry. 



Carolina Lima. Horticultural. 



Scarlet Runner. German Wax, 50 cts. 



White Dutch Runner. Dutch Case Knife. 



Plant about the middle $f May. The Lima Beans are very suscep- 

 tible of cold and wet, and apt to rot in the ground, and should not be 

 planted until the season is favorable and the ground warm. Fix poles 

 in the ground four feet apart each way, and plant four to six beans 

 about an inch deep around each pole. A shovel-full of rich, light and 

 well-rotted compost to each hill would be beneficial. They may be 

 forwarded much earlier by sprouting them in a frame, under glass, and 

 planting them out when the weather becomes mild, as they bear trans- 

 planting without any difficulty. The Horticultural and German 'Wax 

 Bean are superior varieties, either as snap shorts or shelled. 



BEET. 



$1.00 per lb. 10 cts. per oz. 



Betterave, Fr. Remolachas, Span. Rothe, oder Runkel rueben, Ger. 



Extra-Early Turnip-rooted. Swiss Chard. 



Early Red Turnip-rooted. Silesian, or Sugar. 



Long Blood Red. Long Red Mangel Wurtzel. 



Long Smooth Blood, (Radish- Yellow Globe Mangel Wurtzel. 

 shaped. 



The first four named are esteemed the best for table use. Sow in 

 drills from April to June; thin out the plants to stand six or eight 

 inches apart in the drills. The leaves of the Swiss chard are used as 

 Spinach and the mib-rib of leaf dressed as Asparagus. The last three 

 named varieties are used principally for feeding stock, and where 

 extensively grown, the rows should be wide enough apart to cultivate 

 with ahorse hoe. 



