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and the quality is of the very best. The seeds, when 

 ripe, are glossy black. 



Golden Wax, A strong growing, dis- 

 tinct variety, at least a week earlier than 

 the Black AVax. The pods will average 

 six inches long, are brittle and entirely 

 stringless. As a snap bean, it perhaps 

 excels all others in tenderness and rich- 

 ness of flavor. Seeds, when ripe, are 

 purple and white, (See figure 18.) 



Flageolet Wax, The pods of this 

 are very large size, of ten a foot in length, 

 exceedingly tender and succulent, and 

 enormously productive. It is equally 

 good as a shell bean. I consider this one 

 of the best of the Bush Beans. 



BEAN. (Phaseolus hinatus, etc.) RUNNING 

 OR POLE. 



These are more tender and require 

 rather more care in culture than the 

 Bush Beans. The soil best suited is 

 sandy loam, which should be liberally 

 enriched with short manure in the hills, 

 which are formed, according to variety, 

 from three to four feet apart, and pro- 

 vided with a stake from eight to nine 

 feet in height, set in the center of each. 

 This class of beans is particularly tender, 

 and it is perfectlv useless to plant the 



T , ,, ,, " ,. ! , Fi. 18. GOLDEN 



seeds before the weather has become set- WAX BEAN 

 tied and warm in spring, as they are 

 almost certain to rofc, and even should they not, the plant 

 makes no growth, unless in uninterrupted warm weather. 



