Kitchen Garden.

Manawatu Herald, 1 November 1892, Page 3

Kitchen Garden.

--♦■•.. . The time has arrived for extensive sowings of both French and Runner beans. There are few more useful or quick growing crops than the Kidney or dwarf Beins. A sunny position and fine light, rich soil ought to be devoted to this important crop and thus treated the plants grow on rapidly and strongly, a heavy crop of tender pods resulting. These Dwarf Beans stand drought much better than than the Runners, which latter often fail badly when too dry at the roots. They thrive admirably in a single row between Celery trenches, and in this way great j quantities are raised by the English market gardeners The rows should be at least 18 inches apart, and the plants may be thinned out to about 6 inches. Runner Beans may also ha grown in a dwarf form - that is, without the aid of stakes of any kind ; and when this is attempted it is necessary to frequently stop the strongest shoots The surface of the soil should in such cases be well inulohod with stable yard litter, so as to prevent the pods from becoming gritty by contact with the soil In addition to the common variety with its scarlet flowers, there are nlso white flowering ?orts, as well as the variety known as the Painted Lady, or York and Lancaster, whose blooms are very pretty, and in color scarlet and white There are also varieties producing very large pods, such as Champion and Great White Runners, Exchange.