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of the other Sorts ; fo it is generally 

 planted for the great Crop, to come 

 in June and July. 



All the early Beans are generally 

 planted on warm Borders under 

 Walls, Pales, and Hedges; and thofe 

 which are deiign'd to come firft are 

 ufually planted in a fmgle Row 

 pretty cloie to the Fence : and here 

 I cannot help taking notice of a very 

 bad Cuftom, which too generally 

 prevails in Gentlemens Kitchen-gar- 

 dens ; which is that of planting 

 Beans clofe to the Garden walls, on 

 the belt Afpects, immediately before 

 the Fruit-trees ; which certainly is a 

 greater Prejudice to the Trees, than 

 the V alue of the Beans, or any other 

 early Crop ; therefore this Practice 

 Ihould be every where difcouraged ; 

 for it is much better to run ibme 

 Reed-hedges acrofs the Quarters of 

 the Kitchen - garden, where early 

 Beans and Peas may be planted ; in 

 which Places they may with more 

 Conveniency be covered in fevere 

 Froft ; and to thefe Hedges the 

 Beans mry be clofely fattened, as 

 they advance in their Growth; 

 which, if praclifed againft the Wails 

 where good Fruit-trees are planted, 

 will greatly prejudice the Trees, by 

 ©verfhadowing them ; and the 

 Growth of thefe Legumes will draw 

 off the Nourilhment from the Roots 

 of the Trees ; whereby they will be 

 greatly weakened. 



But to return to the Culture of 

 the Beans ; thofe which are planted 

 early in Oclober will come up by the 

 Beginning of November; and a^ foon 

 as they are two Inches above ground, 

 the Earth Ihould be carefully drawn 

 up with an Hoe to their Sterns ; and 

 this muft be two or three times re- 

 peated, as the Beans advance in 

 Height : this* will protect their Stems 

 from the Froft, and encourage their 

 Strength. If the Winter Ihould prove 



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fevere, it will be very proper to co- 

 ver the Beans with Peas haulm, Fern, 

 or fome other light Covering, which 

 will fecure them from the Injury of 

 Froft; but this Covering muft be 

 conftantly taken off in mild Weather, 

 othervvife the Beans will draw up 

 tall and weak, and come to little. 



In the Spring, when the Beans 

 are advanced to be a Foot high, they 

 Ihould be faftened up to the Hedge 

 with a fmall Line, fo as to draw 

 them as clofe as poflible; which will 

 fecure them from being injured by 

 the morning Frofts ; which are often 

 fo fevere in April, as to lay thofe 

 Beans flat on the Ground, which are 

 not thus guarded : at this time all 

 Suckers which come out from the 

 Roots mould be very carefully taken 

 off; for thefe will retard the Growth 

 of the Beans, and prevent their com- 

 ing early : and when the Bloflbms 

 begin to open toward the Bottom of 

 the Stalks, the Top of the Stems 

 Ihould be "pinched off; which will 

 caufe thofe firft Pods to ftand, and 

 thereby to bring them forward. If 

 thefe Rules are obferved, and the 

 Ground kept clean from Weeds, or 

 other Plants, there will be little Dan- 

 ger of their failing. 



But left this firft Crop mould be 

 deftroyed by Froft, it will be abfo- 

 lute'y neceflary to plant more about 

 three Weeks after the firft ; and fo 

 to repeat planting more every three 

 Weeks or a Month till February : 

 but thofe which are planted toward 

 the End of November, or the Begin- 

 ning of December, may be planted 

 on Hoping Banks, at a Diftance from 

 the Hedges ; for if the Weather is 

 mild, thefe will not appear above- 

 ground before CbriJImas ; therefore 

 will not be in fo much Danger as 

 the firft and fecond Planting, which, 

 by that time, will be a conftderable 

 Height. The fame Directions which 

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