458 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



turity, yellowish-white when ripe, and contain five or six 

 seeds. 



It is one of the earliest of the Dwarfs. Spring plantings 

 blossomed in six weeks, produced pods for the table in seven 

 weeks, and ripened in eighty-two days. Planted hi June, 

 pods were plucked for use in six weeks, and the crop was 

 ready for harvesting in sixty-eight days. 



The ripe seeds are clear bright yellow ; the surface being 

 generally veined, and the eye surrounded with an olive-green 

 line. They are of an oblong form, nearly straight on the 

 side of the eye, rounded at the back, five eighths of an inch 

 long, and three tenths of an inch deep. Fifteen hundred 

 seeds are contained in a quart, and will be sufficient to plant 

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



The Rob Roy generally matures in great perfection, being 

 seldom stained or otherwise injured by rain or the dampness 

 of ordinary seasons. It is also one of the earliest of the 

 Dwarf varieties, but desirable as a string-bean rather than 

 for its qualities as a green shelled-bean, or for cooking when 

 ripe. If cultivated for its pods only, plantings may be made 

 until the first of August. 



Bound Yel- Fourteen to sixteen inches high : flowers pale 

 low Six- 

 weeks, purple ; the pods are about five inches lom>r, half 



ROUND YELLOW. r 



DWAKF YELLOW. an jj^ b roa( } 5 pale yellowish-green as they ap- 

 proach maturity, and, when fully ripe, remarkably slender, 

 and more curved than in their green state. They contain 

 five or six beans. 



The variety is early, blossoming in six weeks, producing 

 young pods in seven weeks, and ripening in ninety days, from 

 the time of planting. When planted in June, pods may be 

 plucked for use in seven weeks, and the crop will be ready 

 for harvesting in eighty days. For its green pods, plantings 

 may be made to the last of July. 



