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and ripen in about ninety days. When planted and grown 

 under the influence of summer weather, pods may be plucked 

 for the table in fifty days, and the crop will ripen in about 

 twelve weeks. 



The beans, when ripe, are white, with a large, rose-red 

 patch about the eye, the colored portion of the surface being 

 striped and marked with brownish-red. The fine rose-red 

 changes by age to a brownish-red, and the red streaks and 

 markings become relatively duller and darker ; they are 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, and measure three fourths of an 

 inch in length and three eighths of an inch in thickness. A 

 quart contains nearly thirteen hundred seeds, arid will plant 

 a hundred and fifty hills, or a row of two hundred feet. 



The variety yields well, and the green pods are tender and 

 well flavored. It is, however, generally cultivated for its 

 seeds, which are of large size and excellent quality, whether 

 used in a green or ripe state. 



Drab Tam- Plant eighteen inches to two feet in height, 



pico. 



producing slender, barren runners in the manner 



of the Turtle Soup and Newington Wonder, to which class 

 the variety evidently belongs. 



The flowers are purple ; the pods are five inches long, 

 green while young, brownish-yellow when ripe, and contain 

 from six to eight seeds, which, with the exception of their 

 light drab color, resemble those of the Turtle Soup. 



Planted May 20th ; the variety blossomed July 12th, and 

 was ready for harvesting August 20th. 



The Drab Tampico is very productive, and the young 

 pods are tender and excellent for the table. The green 

 seeds are of little value, but the ripe beans may be used in 

 all the forms of the Turtle Soup and Newington Wonder. 



Dun-colored. Plant of vigorous, branching habit, sixteen 



