256 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



vanced to admit of a replanting of corn. In field culture, 

 Blue-pod beans are planted till the 25th of June. 



Canada The plants of this variety are from four- 



Rotmn AMERICAN teen to sixteen inches high ; the pods are 



Law. ' five inches long, nearly straight, green while 



young, yellow at maturity, and contain from 



four to six seeds. 



Season intermediate. If sown early, the plants will blos- 

 som in six or seven weeks, supply the table with pods in 

 eight weeks, green shelled beans in ten weeks, and ripen 

 off in ninety days. When planted after settled warm 

 weather, the variety grows rapidly, and ripens quickly ; 

 blossoming in less than six weeks, and ripening in seventy 

 days, from the time { of planting. For green shelled-beans, 

 the seeds may be planted till the middle of July. 



The ripe seeds are of an ovoid or rounded form, and 

 measure half an inch in length and three-eighths of an inch 

 in thickness. They are of a yellowish-drab color, with a 

 narrow, reddish-brown line about the eye. Seventeen hun- 

 dred are contained in a quart ; and this amount of seeds will 

 plant two hundred and fifty feet of drill, or a hundred and 

 seventy-five hills. 



The variety is quite productive, and excellent as a shelled- 

 bean, green or dry. The young pods are not so tender as 

 those of many other sorts, and are but little used. 



Chilian. Plant sixteen or eighteen inches high ; flowers 

 pale lilac ; the pods are five inches and a half long, 

 and contain five seeds. 



Planted early in the season, the variety blossomed in 

 seven weeks, yielded pods for the table in eight weeks, and 

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



The ripe seeds are of a clear, bright pink, or rose color, 

 kidney - shaped, and of large size; generally measuring 

 three-fourths of an inch long, and three-eighths of an inch 



