464 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



White Kid- The plants of this variety are from sixteen to 



ney. 

 KIDNEY. eighteen inches high, and readily distinguisha- 



LAROE WHITE 



ROYAL'DWAKF. ble, from their large and broad leaves, and 

 strong, branching habit of growth ; the flowers are white ; 

 the pods are somewhat irregular in form, six inches long, 

 green at first, yellow when ripe, and contain five (rarely six) 

 beans. 



The White Kidney-bean is not early ; it blossomed in 

 seven weeks, produced young pods in nine weeks, pods for 

 shelling in eleven weeks, and ripened in a hundred and ten 

 days, from the time of planting. 



The ripe seeds are white, more or less veined, pale yellow 

 about the hilum, kidney-shaped, nearly straight, slightly flat- 

 tened, fully three fourths of an inch long, and about three 

 eighths of an inch thick. From twelve to thirteen hundred 

 are contained in a quart, and this quantity of seeds will plant 

 a hundred and seventy-five feet of drill, or a hundred and 

 forty hills. 



As a string-bean, the variety has little merit ; but as a 

 shelled-bean, green or ripe, it is decidedly one of the best of 

 the Dwarfs, and well deserving of cultivation. The seeds 

 are of large size, pure white, separate readily from the pods, 

 and are tender and delicate. 



White Mar- Plants vigorous, much branched, and inclined 



row. 



WHITE MARROW- to produce running shoots ; flowers white ; pods 



FAT. DWARF 



WI RY T . E win N T B B EK " fi ye inches long, nearly three fourths of an inch 

 broad, pale green at first, then changing to clear 

 yellow, afterwards becoming pure waxen-white, cream-yel- 

 low when ripe, and containing five seeds. 



Planted at the commencement of favorable weather, the 

 variety blossomed in seven weeks, yielded pods for the table 

 in eight weeks, and ripened in a hundred and five days. 

 When grown for the ripened product, the planting should not 



