Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-13
BEANS.

The season for planting beans is now
close upon US, and therefore q few words
on the subject win be considered season
able, at least. Some have already planted
beans, but we have not, and yet we feel
that we are by no means late. We don't
believe in planting beans before the ground
has warmed up with the opening spring.
nothing is gained by it, In our opinion.
Dwarf or bunch beans grow from twelve
to eighteen inches in height; need no sup
port, and are planted either in drills or
hills. The drills should be not less than a
foot apart, two inches deep, and the seed
set in the drills from two to three inches
apart. The usual method in hills is to al
low four plants to hill, and the hills two
by three feet apart. Rows are best for the
garden. A quart of ordinary sized beans
il about fifteen hundred, and will SOW two
hundred and fifty feet of 70 VS., or one humid
red and fifty hills. Hoe well, but only when
dry.
Running beans are generally less hardy
than the Dwarfs. The usual way of plant
ing is in bills, about three feet apart, with
the pole in the centre of hill. A very
good way is to grow the running varieties
in drills, using the tallest pea-brush that
can be secured conveniently. When the
plants reach the top of the brush pinch off
the ends. The effect will be to cause great
er fruitfulness below. In stiff soil, espe-
cially, The Lima comes up better if planted
carefully with the eye down, the hill little
elevated.
OF course we cannot mention all the va
rieties of beans that might be planted with
profit, and so shall content ourself with
making out a short list of some of the
most popular kinds. OF the
DwARFs.
The Early Rachel now stands No. l as a
snap or string bean, perhaps.
Early Valentine, very early and tender
for string beans.
Early China, early, tender for string
beans and good for Smelling.
Early Mohawk, hardy, productive, and
excellent string bean; week later than
the above varieties.
Wax or Butter, scarce and yet popular
variety wherever known; early; the
pods waxy yellow, solid, very tender, and
slmost transparent, stringless; seeds black
when ripe.
Refugee, hardy, abundant bearer, flesh
thick and tender; one of the very best for
picking, on account of its thick flesh; not
very early, will produce pods fit for eating
in about eight weeks from planting.
White Wax, a foreign variety, much over
praised by seedsmen in Europe and Ameri-
ca. The pods somewhat resemble the
blsck-see6ed Wax or Butter variety, but
are not as tender.
White Kidney or Royal Dwarf, one of
the very best for shelling, either green or
dry.
White Marrowfat, clear, white, large, al
most round; fair as a string bean, and
first-class for use shelled, either green or
dry.
RUNNING Oh POLE BEANS.
London Horticultural or Speckled Gran.
berry, hardy, productive, round, speckled
bean, tender for snap beans, and excellent
either green or dry.
Concord Pole, most desirable bean and
the best substitute for the Lima, where this
variety does not succeed.
Large Lima, the most buttery and de-
licieus bean grown. Plant in a warm,
sandy soil, if possible, not too early.
Giant Wax, new variety, with thick,
fleshy, creamy yellow, waxy-looking pods;
very tender and excellent rs a snap bean,
productive, keeping in bearing very long
time; seeds red and rather tender.
Never plant weeYil-eAten beans if it can
possibly be avoided. They may germinate
and grow, but they will not do so well as if
sound-the plant will be stunted and back
ward. That part of the seed which the
weevil destroys is as the "mother's milk"
to the young plant.-MobiLe Register.