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Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and\ Garden Manual 
The ground should be well manured and prepared before either 
the roots or seeds are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is 
preferable. Roots are generally imported from the North, and I have 
found that the roots raised here, one year old, are as strong as those 
received from the North three years old. Plant the seed in early spring.. 
Soak over night in water; plant in rows, or rather hills, one foot apart 
and two feet between; put from four to five seeds in each hill; when 
well up thin out to two plants. The following winter, when the stalks 
are cut off, cover with a heavy coat of well rotted manure and a sprink¬ 
ling of salt; fishbrine will answer the same purpose. In the spring 
fork in the manure between the rows and keep clean of weeds. The 
same treatment should be repeated every year. The bed should not 
cut before being three years established. Care must be taken not 
to cut the stalks too soon in the fall of the year—not until we have had 
a frost. If cut before it will cause the roots to throw up young shoots, 
which will weaken them. 
BUSH BEANS. 
Culture . 
Place in rows eighteen inches apart. Plant from end of February, 
and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. During June 
and July Bush Beans planted in this latitude will not produce much. 
August and September are good months in which to plant again ; they 
will produce abundantly till killed by the frost. Do not cover the 
seeds more than two inches. 
POLE BEANS. 
Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has become 
warm in spring. Strong poles ought to beset in the ground from four 
to six feet apart, and the ground drawn around them before the seed 
is planted. It is always best to plant after a rain and with the eye of 
the bean down. The other varieties can be planted flat, and not more 
than three to four feet apart, and hilled after they are up. Do not 
cover the seeds more than two inches; one inch is enough for the 
Southern Prolific. 
BEANS.— (Dwarf, Snap on Bush.) 
Haricots (Fr.), Bohne (Ger.). Frljolenano (Sp.). 
Extra Early Six Weeks, or New¬ 
ington Wonder. 
Early Valentine Red Speckled. 
Early Mohawk Six Weeks. 
Early Yellow Six Weeks* 
German Dwarf Wax. 
White Kidney. I 
Extra Early Six Weeks, or Newington Wonder, U very 
early, but the pods are small and round. Good for family use. 
Red Speckled French. 
Early China Red-Eye. 
Red Kidney. 
Dwarf Golden Wax (now). 
Best of All. 
Improved Valentine. 
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