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inches and a half long, somewhat curved, green while young, 

 pale yellow at maturity, and contain five or six seeds. 



It is one of the latest of the Dwarf varieties. Plants 

 from seeds sown early in the season were in flower in seven 

 weeks, and pods were gathered for use in nine weeks ; in 

 thirteen weeks the pods were sufficiently advanced for shell- 

 ing, and the crop was ready for harvesting in a hundred 

 and ten days. For its full perfection it requires the whole 

 season ; but for its young pods, or for green beans, plantings 

 may be made to the last week in June. 



The ripe beans are blood-red when first harvested, but 

 gradually change by age to deep purple ; they are kidney- 

 shaped, nearly straight, slightly flattened, three fourths of an 

 inch long, three eighths of an inch broad, and nearly the 

 same in thickness. Fifteen hundred seeds are contained in a 

 quart. 



The Red Flageolet yields abundantly, and the young pods 

 are not only of good size, but remarkably crisp and tender. 

 If plucked as they become fit for use, the plants continue 

 to produce fresh pods for many weeks. The green beans are 

 farinaceous, and excellent for table use, but are seldom 

 cooked in their ripened state. 



Plant branching, and of strong growth, Red- 



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nearly a foot and a half high ; foliage re- 

 markably large ; flowers pale purple ; the pods are five 

 inches and a half long, nearly straight, green while young, 

 paler, with occasional marks and spots of purple, when more 

 advanced, yellowish-white when ripe, and contain five 

 (rarely six) seeds. 



Season intermediate. Plants from seeds sown after settled 

 warm weather blossomed in six weeks, and green pods were 

 plucked for use in fifty days. Pods for shelling in their 

 green state were gathered in ten weeks, and the crop ripened 



