268 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



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varieties, equally pure, the Pea-bean and the White Marrow 

 command nearly the same prices ; the former, however, 

 being more abundant in the market than the latter. By 

 many, and perhaps by a majority, the Pea-bean is esteemed 

 the best of all baking varieties. 



Pottawotto- The plants of this variety are remarkable 

 for their strong, vigorous habit, and large, 

 luxuriant foliage. The pods are six inches long, green at 

 first, then mottled and streaked with lively rose-red on a 

 cream-white ground, and contain five (rarely six) seeds. 



Plants from seeds sown early in the season were in flower 

 in seven weeks, afforded pods for shelling in eleven weeks, 

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



The ripe seeds are of a light creamy-pink color, streaked 

 and spotted with red or reddish-brown, kidney-shaped, fully 

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

 broad. One thousand will measure a quart, and will plant 

 a row two hundred feet in length, or a hundred and twenty- 

 five hills. 



The young pods are inferior to most varieties in crisp- 

 ness, and tenderness of texture, and are but little used. 

 The seeds are remarkably large, separate easily from the 

 pods, and, green or ripe, are very farinaceous and well 

 flavored, nearly or quite equalling the Dwarf and Running 

 Horticultural. 



Bed- Plant nearly a foot and a half high ; the pods 



are five inches and a half long, pale green, with 

 occasional marks and spots of purple, and contain five 

 (rarely six) seeds. 



Season intermediate. Plants from seeds sown after set- 

 tled warm weather blossomed in six weeks, and green pods 

 were plucked for use in fifty days. Pods for shelling in the 

 green state were gathered in ten weeks, and the crop ri- 

 pened in ninety days. For its young pods, or for green 



