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the table in seven weeks, and ripened in eighty-seven days. 

 Sown in summer, the plants afforded pods for the table in 

 six weeks, and ripened in sixty-three days. Planted as late 

 in the season as the last of July or first of August, the 

 variety gave an abundant supply of tender pods from the 

 middle to the last of September. 



The ripe seeds are pale yellowish-drab, with an olive- 

 green line about the eye, the drab rapidly changing by age 

 to dull yellowish-brown. They are kidney-shaped, three- 

 fourths of an inch long, and three-tenths of an inch thick. 

 Fourteen hundred beans are contained in a quart, and will 

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

 hills. 



It is quite productive, and an excellent early string-bean, 

 but less valuable as a green shelled-bean, or for cooking 

 when ripe. On account of the tender and delicate charac- 

 ter of the pods, the ripe seeds are often injured by damp 

 or continued rainy weather. A popular, early garden-bean, 

 much cultivated both in this country and in Europe. 



Mohawk. Stem eighteen inches high, sturdy and 



[OHAWK. . flowers pale lilac ; the pods are 



five inches and a half long, five-eighths of an inch wide, 

 and generally contain five beans. 



The ripe seeds are variegated with drab, dull purple, and 

 different shades of brown : they are kidney-shaped, and 

 measure nearly three-fourths of an inch in length, and three- 

 eighths of an inch in width. A quart contains fourteen 

 hundred and fifty seeds, and will plant a hundred and 

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

 hills. 



It is a week later than the earliest varieties. Plants from 

 seeds sown early in spring were in blossom in seven weeks, 

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

 a hundred days, from the time of sowing. In ordinary 

 seasons, the variety will ripen perfectly if planted the last 



