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BEANS. 
earth up to their stems at the same time, which will cause 
them soon to be fit for the table. 
One quart of Kidney Beans will plant from three hundred 
and fifty to four hundred hills, according to the size of the 
Beans, allowing four Beans to each hill, or from two hundred 
and thirty to two hundred and sixty feet of row, allowing 
six Beans to every foot. 
These Beans should not be suffered to get old and tough 
before they are gathered; be careful in trimming them, to 
strip off the strings. To effect this desirable object, break 
them across ; and, in order to preserve their greenness, soak 
them in salted water for a short time, then put them into the 
water while boiling, which should be previously seasoned 
with salt. When they are tender, which will be in from fif- 
teen to twenty minutes, take them up and drain them through 
a collander, in order to render them capable of absorbing a 
due share of gravy, melted butter, &c. 
BEANS. (Pole or Running.) 
Haricots a rames. 
Phaseolus Limensis. 
' VARIETIES. 
Large White Lima. I Speckled Lima 
Phaseolus JMultiflorus 
VARIETIES. 
Scarlet Runners. 
White Dutch Runners. 
Dutch Case Knife, or Princess. 
Asparagus, or Yard Long. 
London Horticultural. 
French Bicolour. 
Red Cranberry 
White Cranberry. 
These species and varieties of Beans may be planted 
early in the month of May and in June, either in hills three 
feet distant from each other, or in drills about two inches 
deep, and the Beans two or three inches apart in the drills. 
