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BEANS. 
We have devoted little attention to this vegetable as compared with 
the very thorough work accomplished in 1882 and 1883 by Mr. Wing. 
We however made a few plantings the past season, of which the data 
noted are given below. ‘The seeds were planted May 28 in rows 
twelve feet long and three and a half feet apart, one row to each 
variety. Six of the varieties failed to ripen all their pods. 






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Brush vs. Poles for Lima Beans. 
We made the experiment of bushing Lima beans with tall pea 
brush, pinching the tips of the runners as fast as they reached the 
top of the brush, in order to see if this would not hasten the develop- 
ment of the pods. 
On June 1 we planted eight short rows of the Small White Lima 
bean, for this experiment. Four of the rows were bushed, and the 
remaining four were poled with tall poles. We noted no difference 
in the time of blooming, in the date of edible size, in the time of 
ripeness, nor in the productiveness of the rows treated in the two 
ways. ‘The runners appeared to find their support more readily on 
the bushed than on the poled rows, and we saw no reason in this ex- 
periment why the brush may not be used as a substitute for. poles. 
PARSLEY. 
We planted seeds, purporting to be of nine varieties of parsley, in 
boxes in the cold frame Apr. 7, transplanting eleven plants of each 
to the garden June 8th. 
As the plants developed, the varieties appeared much mixed. 
The New Perpetual, Greg.,’85 and Moss Curled, Sib.,’85 appeared 
identical; also Henderson’s Emerald, Hen., ’85, and Double Curled, 
Sib., *85. 
Of the Champion Curled, Thor., ’85, about half of the plants ap- 
peared the same as the Fern-Leaved, from the same source, and the 
other half were apparently identical with Carter’s Fern-Leaved, Sib., 
°85. The latter was scarcely if at all distinct from that of Moss 
Curled, Sib.; ’85. 

