270 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



The variety is hardy, yields abundantly, and the young 

 pods are thick, fleshy, and tender in texture. As a string- 

 bean, or for pickling, it is considered one of the best of all 

 varieties, and is recommended for general cultivation. The 

 seeds are rarely used either in a green or ripened state. 



Bob Boy. Plant half-dwarf, early in the season pro- 

 ducing slender, transient, barren runners two or 

 three feet in length ; the pods are five inches long, often 

 produced in pairs, yellow as they approach maturity, yel- 

 lowish-white when ripe, and contain five or six seeds. 



It is one of the earliest of the Dwarfs. Spring plantings 

 blossomed in six weeks, produced pods for the table in seven 

 weeks, and ripened in eighty-two days. Planted in June, 

 pods were plucked for use in six weeks, and the crop was 

 ready for harvesting in sixty-eight days. 



The ripe seeds are clear bright yellow, of an oblong form, 

 five-eighths of an inch long, and three-tenths of an inch 

 deep. Fifteen hundred seeds are contained in a quart, and 

 will be sufficient to plant a row of two hundred feet, or a 

 hundred and fifty hills. 



The Rob Roy generally matures in great perfection, being 

 seldom stained or otherwise injured by rain or the dampness 

 of ordinary seasons. It is also one of the earliest of the 

 Dwarf varieties, but desirable as a string-bean rather than 

 for its qualities as a green shelled-bean, or for cooking when 

 ripe. If cultivated for its pods only, plantings may be made 

 until the first of August. 



Bound Yellow Fourteen to sixteen inches high ; the pods 



Six- weeks. . . 1P 



BOUND YELLOW. are five inches long, half an inch broad, 



DWARF YELLOW. , ., . , . . 



pale yellowish-green as they approach matu- 

 rity, and, when fully ripe, remarkably slender, and more 

 curved than in their green state. They contain five or six 

 beans. 



The variety is early ; blossoming in six weeks, producing 



