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rows, they should be at least eighteen inches apart, and 

 the plants eight or ten inches from each other in the rows ; 

 and, if planted in hills, they should be thinned to four or 

 five plants, and the hills should not be less than three feet 

 apart. 



It is not much esteemed as a shelled- bean, either green or 

 ripe. As a string-bean, it is one of the best. Its pods are 

 long, cylindrical, remarkably slender, succulent, and tender. 

 It is also a very prolific variety, and the pods remain for an 

 unusual period without becoming tough or too hard for the 

 table. Recommended for cultivation. 



Swiss Grim- Plant vigorous, often producing running 

 SCARLET Swiss, shoots ; flowers pale purple ; pods nearly 

 straight, six inches long, pale green while 

 young, yellow streaked with brilliant rose red as they ap- 

 proach maturity, and containing five (rarely six) seeds. 



It is comparatively a late variety. If planted as early as 

 the weather will permit, the plants will blossom in seven 

 weeks, the young pods will be ready for use in nine 

 weeks, and the crop will be ready for harvesting in a 

 hundred and five days. Planted and grown in summer 

 weather, it produced young pods in sixty days, and ripened 

 in thirteen weeks. Plantings for the green seeds may be 

 made to the first of July. 



The ripe seeds are clear bright pink, striped and spotted 

 with deep purplish-red ; the pink changes gradually to dull, 

 dark red, and the variegations to dark brown. They are 

 kidney-shaped, comparatively straight, somewhat flattened, 

 three fourths of an inch long, and three eighths of an inch 

 broad. Thirteen hundred seeds are contained in a quart, 

 and will plant a row two hundred feet in length, or a 

 hundred and fifty hills. 



It is hardy and productive, and, as a shelled-bean, of 



