274 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



As a shelled-bean, either in its green or ripened state, it is 

 only of medium quality. 



The long peduncles, or stems, that support its spikes of 

 flowers, its stocky habit, and fine, deep-green, luxurious 

 foliage, distinguish the variety from all others. 



"White From sixteen to eighteen inches high ; tht 



Flageolet. . ' i i 



pods are five inches and a hall long, sickle- 

 shaped, and contain six (rarely seven) seeds. 



It is a half-early variety ; blossoming in six weeks, yield- 

 ing pods for the table in seven weeks, pods for shelling in 

 eleven weeks, and ripening in ninety days, from the time of 

 planting. Later plantings will ripen in a shorter period, or 

 in eighty days ; and, if cultivated as a string-bean, seed 

 sown as late in the season as the last week of July will 

 supply the table from the middle of September with an 

 abundance of well-flavored and tender pods. 



The ripe seeds are white, kidney-shaped, three-fourths of 

 an inch long, and three-tenths of an inch broad. Twenty- 

 two hundred are contained in a quart, and will plant a drill, 

 or row, of two hundred and seventy-five feet, or nearly three 

 hundred hills. 



The White Flageolet is very productive, and is recom- 

 mended for cultivation; the young pods are crisp and ten- 

 der ; and the seeds, green or ripe, are farinaceous, and 

 remarkable for delicacy of flavor. 



White Kid- The plants of this variety are from sixteen 

 KIDNEY. to eighteen inches high, and readily distin- 

 KIDNEY. guishable, from their large and broad leaves, 



ROYAL DWAKF. e & 



and strong, branching habit of growth ; the 

 flowers are white ; the pods are somewhat irregular in 

 form, six inches long, green at first, yellow when ripe, and 

 contain five (rarely six) beans. 



The White Kidney-bean is not early. Planted the mid- 

 dle of May, it blossomed in seven weeks, produced young 



