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inch thick. Eighteen hundred and fifty are contained in a 

 quart, and will plant a" row two hundred and fifty feet in 

 length, or two hundred hills. 



The variety is hardy, yields abundantly, and the young 

 pods are thick, fleshy, and tender in texture. As a string- 

 bean, or for pickling, it is considered one of the best of all 

 varieties, and is recommended for general cultivation. The 

 seeds are comparatively small, and are rarely used either in 

 a green or ripened state. 



Half-dwarf, about two feet high ; flowers Bice. vn. 

 white ; the pods are very small, scarcely more than three 

 inches in length, only two fifths of an inch in width, and 

 usually contain six seeds. 



The variety requires a full season for its perfection. 

 Plants from seeds sown early in spring were in flower in 

 seven weeks, yielded young pods in ten weeks, and ripened 

 iii a hundred and twelve days. 



The ripe seeds are very small, and of a peculiar yellowish- 

 white, semi-transparent, rice-like color and appearance. They 

 are quite irregular in form, usually somewhat oblong or ovoid, 

 often abruptly shortened at the ends, three eighths of an inch 

 long, and a fourth of an inch thick. Nearly five thousand 

 are contained in a quart. 



The young pods are tender and excellent ; but the green 

 beans are small, and rarely used. The ripe seeds are pecu- 

 liar, both in consistency and flavor ; they are quite brittle 

 and rice-like, and, when cooked, much relished by some, and 

 little esteemed by others. 



Plant half-dwarf. early in the season, pro- Rob Boy. 



ducing slender, transient, barren runners two or three feet 



in length ; flowers purplish-white ; the pods are five inches 



long, often produced in pairs, yellow as they approach ma- 



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