478 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



Sabre, or Stem seven or eight feet high ; leaves broad, 



Cimeter. . 



large, deep green, and much wrinkled or cor- 

 rugated ; flowers white ; the pods are large, broad, and thin, 

 curved at the ends in the form of a sabre, or cimeter, green 

 when young, cream-white when ripe, and contain eight beans. 



The variety blossomed in eight weeks, afforded young 

 pods for the table in ten weeks, green beans in eleven weeks, 

 and ripened in a hundred days, from the time of planting. 

 Sown in June, the crop matured in ninety days. Plantings 

 for the green seeds may be made till the last of June, and 

 for the young pods to the middle of July. 



The ripe seeds are clear white, kidney-form, three fourths 

 of an inch long, and three eighths of an inch broad. Six- 

 teen hundred are contained in a quart, and will plant a 

 hundred and sixty hills. 



The Sabre Bean is remarkably productive ; the young pods 

 are crisp and tender, excellent for table use, and good for 

 pickling ; the seeds, green or dry, are farinaceous, and of 

 delicate flavor and appearance. 



In height and foliage, size and form of the pods, color and 

 size of the ripe seeds, it resembles the Case-knife. The 

 principal difference between the varieties is in the earlier 

 maturity of the Sabre. 



Soissons. Introduced from France. Stem six feet or 



Vil. 



more high ; foliage large, broad, wrinkled ; 

 flowers white ; the pods are eight inches long, three fourths 

 of an inch broad, sword-shaped, yellowish-green when near 

 maturity, yellowish-white when ripe, and contain six or 

 seven seeds. 



The variety requires the whole season for its full perfec- 

 tion. If planted early, it blossoms in nine weeks, produces 

 young pods in eleven weeks, and ripens off in gradual suc- 

 cession till the plants are destroyed by frost. If cultivated 



