. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 192. Common or Kidney Bean — Phaseolus vulgaris. pod, which snaps off completely when broken, leaving no string along the back. Fig. 198 shows ideal pods. Pole or running varieties of Beans require fertile soil; and for that king of table Beans, the Lima of all forms, too much can hardly be done in the way of e
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 192. Common or Kidney Bean — Phaseolus vulgaris. pod, which snaps off completely when broken, leaving no string along the back. Fig. 198 shows ideal pods. Pole or running varieties of Beans require fertile soil; and for that king of table Beans, the Lima of all forms, too much can hardly be done in the way of enriching the ground. Warm soil is one of the first essentials of success in growing pole Beans. When poles are to be used for support, they should be set not less than 4 ft. apart each way, before the Beans are planted. Four or five Beans are to be placed around each pole, 1 to 1% in. deep. While it is a safe rule to put the seed eye down- ward, it is not a necessary condition of prompt and uniform germination. In case of absence or scarcity of poles, a serviceable, cheap and ornamental trellis may be constructed by setting posts firmly at proper dis- tances along the row, connecting them with two wires, one a few inches and the other 5 or 6 ft. from the ground, and finally winding cheap twine zigzag fashion around the two wires. Cultivate and hoe frequently. A top- dressing of good fertilizer, or of old poultry or sheep manure, hoed in around the plants, may be of great help in keeping up the productiveness of the plants to the end of the season. To have a continuous supply dur- ing the entire season,the pods,when large enough, must be gathered fre- quently and clean. Among the varieties used both for string and shell Beans, "we have the Green - podded Crease- back, several wax varie- ties. Golden Cluster, and the popular Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry Bean, besides any num- ber of others. A very fine Bean is the Dutch Eunner (Pig. 196), which approaches the Lima i
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