OKRA, OR GUMBO. 605 



Varieties. 



A variety recently introduced by Mr. Robert Buist's 



J Dwarf Okra. 



Buist, of Philadelphia. Height two feet, be- Count. Gent. 



ing about half that of the old variety. Its superiority con- 

 sists in its greater productiveness, and the little space required 

 for its development, while the fruit is of larger size and 

 superior quality. It is said to produce pods at every joint. 



Stem two feet and a half high, sometimes Dwarf Okra. 

 branched at the top, but generally undivided ; 

 leaves large, and, as in all varieties, five-lobed ; flowers yel- 

 low, purple at the centre ; pods erect, obtusely pointed, 

 nearly as large in diam- 

 eter as those of the 

 Giant, but generally 

 about five inches in 

 length. 



It is the earliest of 

 the Okras, and the best 

 variety for cultivation 

 in the Northern and 

 Eastern States. 



Between this and the 

 Tall, or Giant, there 

 are numerous sub-vari- 

 eties, the result both of 

 cultivation and climate. Dwarf Okra< 



The Tall sorts become dwarfish and earlier if long cultivated 

 at the North, and the Dwarfs, on the contrary, increase in 

 height, and grow later, if long grown in tropical climates. 



The seeds of all the sorts are similar in size, form, and color. 



The plants of this variety differ slightly, if at Pendent- 

 all, from those of the Common, or Dwarf Okra. 



