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The ground should be well 



J. STECKLER SEED CO., I,TD., ALMANAC AND 



manured and prepared before either the roots or seed* 



5nr£n ? d> ^ F °v th !t clim 1 ate the SOwin - of seed is Preferable. Roots are eenerally im 

 ported from the h i orth, and we find that the roots raised here, one year old Ire a . 8 t™£ 

 tt those received from the North, three years old. Plant the'seed in early aprin" Soak 

 oJthr^ ^ °^ a ^; Plant m rows or rather hills, one foot apart and t/o Teet getween 

 or three if to be cultivated with a plow; put from four to five seeds in each hill Xn 

 well up thin out to two plants. The following winter, when the Talks are cut off cove? 

 with a heavy coat of well-rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt ;fi,hbrine will answer 

 L h irT P08e ' In the spring fork in manure between the ro vs anT^p clean o 

 weeds 1 he same treatment should be repeated every vear. The bed should not be ent 

 fn the f ,n^f h 1 ' 66 yeaiS e ? tabl !f hed - <^ e must be taken not to cu the stalks toe soon 

 root .Mil of the year-not until we have had a frost. If cut before, it will cause °he 

 roots to throw up young shoots, which will weaken them. 



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Place in rows eighteen inches 



BUSH BEANS. 



CULTURE. 

 apart; drop a bean every two or three innhp* pi»„* 

 £ tp f of February and for succession, every two or three weeks to May Bush Beans 

 planted m this latitude during June and July, will not produce much. Augu^Vand Sen 



WMedb;?hff?^r n ^ 8, ^ WbiCh tJ.° P la ? ta ^? they will produce abSdant?y un?ll 

 Killed by the frost. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches. 



t- v> u ^ I^POIVE BEANS. 



dT^vZTJ^\i^ Y ?i amed be , f °/ e the gl '° UQd has become warm in spring 

 btrong Poles ought to be set in the ground from four to six feet aparr and the Ground 



wif W ?h ar ° Und IY '\ bef ° r , e tbe Seed |p P' auted - Xt is aIwa ^s best to plant a ter a ralo and 

 thin h eye °/ tbe , beaad0Wn - The other varieties can be planted flat: and not more 

 han hree or 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 Proline and I Crelse Back 



Improved Valentine. 



Henderson's Dwarf J ima. 



Strawberry Shooks or DirtlBands used to start early plants 



