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MAY. 



PLANTING BEANS. 



Plant Windsor, Toker, or Sandwich beans, in lines three 

 I feet apart ; or the long-pod and white-blossomed will succeed 

 equally well. If they be planted three feet apart, a row of 

 savoys, cabbages, or broccoli, may be set between them, when 

 these plants are strong enough to plant out ; or, if they be four 

 feet apart, then two rows of either of them may be planted 

 between them, which will turn the whole of the ground to the 

 best account. If a supply of young beans be wanted, it will 

 be advisable to plant them at the beginning, middle, and end 

 of the month. If there be choice of soil, allow them rather a 

 damp situation at this season. Hoe and earth up the crops of 

 bean? already above ground, and keep the whole clear of 

 weeds. 



It will be proper to top those beans which are in flower, 

 in order to promote the fi'ee setting of the pods. This should 

 be particularly attended to in the early crops, for it will not 

 only make them swell faster, but will forward them into fruit 

 at least a week sooner than those which are allowed to run ; 

 for, having no advancing top to nourish, their whole strength 

 goes to the nourishment of the fruit. Observe to let the stems 

 be first advanced to such a height, as to have a sufficient quan- 

 tity of pods ; the early mazagan may be topped when about 

 two feet high, and the larger sorts when from two feet and a 

 half to three feet or three feet and a half high. 



SOWING PEAS. 



To have a regular supply, let some be sown at least twice in 

 this month ; but where constant supplies of young peas are 

 wanted, three or four sowings will not be too often, and there 

 will be the greater chance of success in the late sowing. It is 

 good practice not to sow in too large quantities al any season ; 

 the better plan is to sow oftener, and to use a variety of sorts, 



