The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-04-19
Crops adapted for Planting m the
spring.

spring,
BEANS, which are in general culIlT'
tion msy be considered as dividing
themselves into TWO classes; hose whlcl
are termed runners, snd such a. gov
only to tbs helghlh Of l2 10 Is Inches
and support themselves by their ow'
strength, whereas the former requ
artificial sds TO support them while de
veloping their organs and matu'Ink
their seeds.
RuYYERs-ESiimsle Of Sorts, --Thr
tribe includes several vsrielits, Ihos
most generally cultivated are lh'
Lima Beans, The Case kolie, tn
Pole Cranberry, aud The Scarlet Run.
ner, &c.
These SORTS are subdivided by ano'h.
or Characteristic, those whose pods az
used 10 like manner with the dwariS
and those produce is shelled like the
Pea, and seeds ouly used for culinary
purposes.
The Lima Bean surpasses all Other
beans, in point Of excellence, both as
respects quality and productiveness and
may according to Wilson, be consider
ed without a rival in the vegetable
world The Case knife aud Pole
Cranberry are in more general culI'Va'
lion. but are decidedly inferior 10 The
Lima Bean.
CULTIVATION The whole tribe re-
ouire good rich soil, and planted IN
sIish,Iy raised hills about IS or is inch
es in diameter, and at distance OF g!
fee, apar in the row, from centre to
centre of each hill, and The same dis,
,apce from between each row, arrang
inv the hills so hat they would inter
sect each other. Five or six beans
should be planted at equal distances a.
round the centre of the hill, and cover
The beans from half an inch 10 three
quarters of an inch with fine soil. Ai'e'
the beans have grown an lnch or Two,
select three oil the best, and draw the
Others. A pole of 9 or eish, feel long
should be placed IN The very centre OF
each hill, and fixed IN the ground al
least Is inches deep, for the plants to
run on.
Dwarf String Bush or Snap Beans,
ara very produc'ive--a delicious vege
iabIe easy in cultivation, and peculiarly
adopted for this country.
CULTIVATION. These beans require
rich SOL, thoroughly broken. Plant
in DIM, an inch aud half deep and
from fee 10 two and half apart.
pIan,ing the beans Two and half inch
es distant from each other in The drill.
Cover them with very light soil. Plant
al regular succession in the mo"lhs %!
Nay, June, July, and the last crop IN
about the first oil August.
CuoUMpERs-This vegetable, so un-
.iversally cultivated, should be plated in
the same manner as directed ior The
Lima bean. The same distance apart,
and The same number Of seed planted in
each bill, hinnng them likewise 10 three
Of me strongest lan's when they have
put forth their second rough leaf. Gu
CumberS, when comlog through The
ground, are very APT IN This country, 10
suffer from the depredslons OF an nsec'
which completely destroys The coryeI-
tons or seed leaves, aud consequently )
ruins The crop. have seen plan
adopted by iricod ofmne in the VIcin
ily Of Rochester, which haseaablsd him
10 sci these deslroyets az dehnance
merely by placing covering OF raw
cotton Over he hiIls sufficiently thick /,
prcveo, the lugtess Of any insect. Such
hills as were leIi exposed, The plants
were completely destroyed, while thost
which were covered with the col
ton, escaped free from The smallest in-
jury.
PEACH Trees. Plant tausy around
he roots Of peacn trees. The peach
worn wall not trouble tiem alter.
wards.
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