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It is hardy and productive, and the young pods are not 

 only succulent and tender, but are suitable for use at a more 

 advanced stage of growth than those of most varieties. The 

 beans, in their green state, are farinaceous and well flavored, 

 but, after ripening, are little used, the color being objection- 

 able. 



A variety with a brownish-red, oval, flattened seed, half 

 an inch in length, is extensively known and cultivated as the 

 Dwarf Cranberry. It is ten or twelve days earlier, the 

 plants are smaller and less productive, the young pods less 

 tender and succulent, and the seeds (green or ripe) less fari- 

 naceous, than those of the true variety. With the excep- 

 tion of its earlier maturity, it is comparatively not worthy 

 of cultivation. 



Stem sixteen inches high ; pods five inches Dwarf 



,., , , . Horticultural, 



long, green while young, but changing to 



yellow, marbled and streaked with brilliant rose-red, when 

 sufficiently advanced for shelling in their green state : if 

 well formed, they contain five (rarely six) seeds. 



It is a medium, or half-early sort. Planted at the com- 

 mencement of favorable weather, it blossomed in seven 

 weeks, produced pods for the table in eight weeks, and 

 ripened in ninety-five or a hundred days. Planted and 

 grown in summer weather, the variety produced green pods 

 in seven weeks, and ripened in ninety days. 



The ripe seeds resemble those of the Running variety in 

 form and color. Fourteen hundred are contained in a quart ; 

 and this quantity of seed will be sufficient for planting a 

 row of a hundred and seventy-five feet, or a hundred and 

 forty hills. 



The Dwarf Horticultural Bean is quite productive, and 

 the young pods are tender and of good quality. It is, how- 

 ever, not so generally cultivated for its young pods as for its 

 seeds, which are much esteemed. For shelling in the green 



