JOUESAL OF THE BOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



boats. The main crop may be plan toil jt week 10 a fortnight later. If 

 rows are planted poles about 7 feet high are required for sticking & 

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more than one row is required the rows should be 6 to 8 feet apart. 

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should be 6 to 8 inches apart. The dots rfrrrSrii: beans. In :bsi 

 about three feet from circle to circle should be allowed. 



As regards varieties Scar'.r: F. -.inner, & the Czar are good, the latter 

 being a white variety. It is advisable to plant a fe^r extra beans in case 

 of failure of any in the rows so that these places may be filled. The 

 after treatment of Runner Beans consists in seeing that the plants have 

 plenty of moisture if the weather be very dry, When the plants have 

 reached the tops of poles to pinch out the heads. When beans are ready 

 for picking they should be constantly picked over and thus the con- 

 tinuance of the crop and the tenderness of the beans may be improved. 

 If seed is required then a few beans shuld be left for that purpose select- 

 ing some of the finest & longest pods for the purpose. The seed beans 

 it wuld be well to keep on plants from which beans are not much 

 ricked. 



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Cultivation.— Ground for potatoes should be deeply dug & carefully 

 manured. The manure may be dug in with the potatoes. Tubers for 

 seed should be of medium size and should be perfectly sound. The seed 

 should have been placed in shallow boxes with the eyes upwards early in 

 the year so as to produce strong sturdy chits. The potatoes should be 

 placed in a Kghi airy position protected from frost and should be ready 



