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Garden Work 
Sometimes, when the plants grow tall, they require 
support. This can be given by driving in stout stakes at 
the end of each row, and stretching two strings, one on 
each side of the line. Some people prefer the beans very 
young, before they are fully grown, while others prefer them 
at a more advanced stage. This will, of course, determine 
when the crop is to be gathered. 
For insect pests, see Chapter XV. 
Varieties — 
Bunyard’s Exhibition Long Pod. 
Improved Green Long Pod. 
Selected Broad Windsor. 
DWARF BEANS 
Dwarf Beans form another valuable addition to our 
kitchen-garden crops. They succeed fairly well on almost 
any garden soil, provided care is taken to get them sown 
at a proper time. They are very tender, and very cold 
winds or a slight frost may practically ruin the crop; 
therefore they must not be sown until the weather is 
quite favourable. Of course if an early batch is required 
a few may be risked, which in favourable seasons may 
come on very well. This should be done early in April, 
but the main crop should not be sown until the beginning 
of May, successional sowings being made till the middle of 
June. They should be sown in drills 2 ft. apart, and two 
seeds 1^ in. apart should be placed at distances of 10 to 
12 in. in the rows. As they do not always germinate 
regularly, when they are thoroughly established they should 
be thinned out, leaving single plants 10 to 12 in. apart 
in the rows. The ground should afterwards be kept 
