BEANS. 
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BEANS. (Kidney Dwarfs.) 
Haricot. Phaseolus vulgaris , etc. 
VARIETIES. 
Early Yellow Six Weeks, 
Early Dun-coloured, or Quaker. 
Early China Dwarf. 
Early Rachel, or Quail’s Head. 
Early Rob Roy. 
Early Denmark. 
Early Mohawk. 
Early Valentine. 
Early Black Dwarf. 
Large White Kidney Dwarf. 
White Cranberry Dwarf. 
Red Cranberry Dwarf. 
Yellow Cranberry Dwarf. 
Refugee, or Thousand to One. 
Marble Swiss Bean. 
Royal Dwarf Kidney, or French. 
These varieties of Beans, being natives of India, South 
- America, and other warm climates, will not endure the least 
cold, and it is therefore always hazardous to plant them in 
the open ground until settled warm weather. The earliest 
varieties, if planted toward the end of April or the first week 
in May, will come to perfection in from six to eight weeks 
after planting. Some of the later varieties will keep longer 
in bearing, and are esteemed by some on that account. 
These, with some of the early varieties, may be planted in 
the months of May and June ; and if a regular succession 
of young beans be required throughout the summer, some 
of the varieties should be planted every two weeks, from the 
last week in April until the beginning of August* 
These Beans require a light, rich soil, in which they should 
be planted in hills, three or four in a hill, or drills about two 
inches deep, and the Beans two or three inches from each 
other ; the drills may be from two to three feet apart. The 
Refugees do best when planted in hills. As the Beans pro- 
gress in growth, let them be carefully hoed, drawing some 
* Some gardeners, anxious to have Beans early, are apt to begin planting 
too soon in the season, and very frequently lose their first crops. It should 
be recollected, that these Beans are next to Cucumbers and Melons as re- 
gards tenderness, and will always grow quicker and yield better, if the 
planting be delayed until settled warm weather. The Early Mohawk is 
ine hardiest, and may sometimes succeed well, if planted about the middle 
of April, but it is much safer to delay the planting of any quantity until 
towards die end *f the month. 
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