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Toker. Law. Height about five feet ; the pods are rather 



LARGE TOKER. . 



long, quite broad, and contain three or four 

 beans of a whitish color, but which differ from the Common 

 Windsor in being of an elongated, oval form. 



This is a medium late sort, and an excellent bearer, 

 though considered somewhat coarse, and therefore not so 

 much esteemed as the Windsor. The ripe seed weighs 

 thirty-six grains. 



Violet or Stem about four feet high, with two or three 



Purple. 



ramifications ; flowers white ; the pods are gen- 

 erally erect, sometimes at right angles, a little curved, four, 

 inches or upwards in length, an inch and a fourth in width, 

 four fifths of an inch thick, and contain two, and sometimes 

 three, seeds. When ripe, the beans are large, not regular 

 in form, rather thin, of a violet red color, changing by age 

 to a mahogany red ; the size and shape being intermediate 

 between the Long Pod and Broad Windsor. 



The variety is of good quality and productive, but less 

 desirable than many other sorts, on account of its dark 

 color. 



'White-bios- The flowers of this sort differ from all others 

 somed Long 

 Pod. Law. m being pure white, having no spots on the 



large upper petal, or on the wings or smaller side petals. 

 It is liable to degenerate, but may easily be distinguished, 

 when in flower, by the above characters. Stem about four 

 feet high ; pods long, nearly cylindrical, and slightly pendu- 

 lous, generally containing four and sometimes five seeds, 

 which are black or blackish-brown, three fourths of an inch 

 long, and half an inch broad. 



It is a moderate bearer, and of excellent quality, but not 

 used in an advanced state, on account of its color. The 

 variety possesses the singular anomaly of having the whitest 



