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beans, plantings may be made to the last week in June ; 

 but the crop will not mature, unless the weather continues 

 favorable, till the first of October. 



The ripe seeds are variegated with deep red and pale 

 drab, the red predominating ; kidney-shaped, three-fourths 

 of an inch long, and three-tenths of an inch deep. A quart 

 contains fourteen hundred and fifty seeds, and will plant a 

 row of two hundred and twenty-five feet, or a hundred and 

 fifty hills. 



The variety is hardy and productive. It is extensively 

 cultivated as a garden-bean in England and France, and has 

 been common to the gardens of this country for nearly two 

 centuries. The young pods are of medium quality ; but the 

 seeds, green or dry, are mild and delicate. On account of 

 the parchment-like character of the pods, the seeds seldom 

 suffer from the effects of wet weather. 



Plant sixteen to eighteen inches high, and Kefugee. 

 readily distinguished from most varieties by its H ON J E ND * 

 small, smooth, deep-green, and elongated leaves ; 

 flowers purple ; the pods are five inches long, nearly cylin- 

 drical, greenish--white, streaked with purple when sufficiently 

 advanced for shelling, yellow when ripe, and usually contain, 

 five beans. 



The Refugee is not an early sort. The plants blossomed 

 in seven weeks, produced young pods in eight weeks, and 

 ripened in eighty-seven days, from the time of sowing. 

 Plantings for the ripened product may be made till the 

 middle of June ; and for the green pods, to the middle of 

 July. 



The ripe seeds are light drab, with numerous spots and 

 broad patches of bright purple, nearly straight, cylindrical 

 at the middle, tapering to the ends, five-eighths of an inch 

 long, and three-tenths of an inch thick. Eighteen hundred 

 and fifty are contained in a quart, and will plant a row two 

 hundred and fifty feet in length, or two hundred hills. 



