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It is a medium or half-early sort ; planted at the com- 

 mencement of favorable weather, it blossomed in seven 

 weeks, produced pods for the table in eight weeks, and 

 ripened in ninety-five or a hundred days. Planted and grown 

 in summer weather, the variety produced green pods in 

 seven weeks, and ripened in ninety days. 



The ripe seeds resemble those of the running variety in 

 form and color ; but they are smaller, a little more slender, 

 and usually flattened slightly at the sides. When pure, they 

 are egg-shaped ; and a much compressed or a longer and 

 more slender form is indicative of degeneracy. Fourteen 

 hundred beans are contained in a quart ; and this quantity 

 of seed will be sufficient for planting a row of a hundred 

 and seventy-five feet, or a hundred and forty hills. 



The Dwarf Horticultural Bean is quite productive, and the 

 young pods are tender and of good quality. It is, however, 

 not so generally cultivated for its young pods as for its seeds, 

 which are much esteemed for their mild flavor and farina- 

 ceous quality. For shelling in the green state, it is one of 

 the best of the Dwarfs, and deserves cultivation. 



A half-dwarf, French variety, two and a half Dwarf Sabre, 

 to three feet high. As the running shoots are MIW^DJAIW 

 quite slender, and usually decay before the crop 

 matures, it is always cultivated as other Dwarf sorts. Fo- 

 liage large, wrinkled, and blistered ; the flowers are white ; 

 the pods are very large, seven to eight inches long, and an 

 inch in width, often irregular and distorted, green while 

 young, paler as the season of maturity approaches, brown- 

 ish-white when ripe, and contain seven or eight seeds. 



The ripe bean is white, kidney-shaped, flattened, often 

 twisted or contorted, three fourths of an inch in length, and 

 three eighths of an inch in width. About twelve hundred 

 are contained in a quart. As the variety is a vigorous 



