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pods in nine weeks, pods for shelling in eleven weeks, and 

 ripened in a hundred and ten days. 



The ripe seeds are white, more or less veined, pale yellow 

 about the eye, kidney-shaped, nearly straight, fully three- 

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

 thick. From twelve to thirteen hundred are contained in a 

 quart ; and this quantity of seeds will plant a hundred and 

 seventy-five feet of drill, or a hundred and forty hills. 



At a string-bean, the variety has little merit ; but as a 

 shelled-bean, green or ripe, it is decidedly one of the best 

 of the Dwarfs, and well deserving of cultivation. The seeds 

 are of large size, pure white, separate readily from the pods, 

 and are tender and delicate. 



Plants vigorous, much branched, and in- White Marrow. 



T -i , -I t n WHITE MARROWFAT. 



clined to produce running shoots : flowers DWARF 



WHITE CRANBEEKY. 



white ; the pods are five inches long, nearly WHITE EGG. 

 three-fourths of an inch broad, pale green at first, afterwards 

 pure waxen-white, cream-yellow when ripe, and contain five 

 seeds. 



Planted at the commencement of favorable weather, the 

 variety blossomed in seven weeks, yielded pods for the table 

 in eight weeks, and ripened in a hundred and five days. 

 When grown for the ripened product, the planting should 

 not be delayed beyond the 20th of June. Planted at this 

 season, or the last week in June, the crop will blossom the 

 first week in August ; and, about the middle of the month, 

 jods may be gathered for the table. By the second week in 

 September, the pods will be of sufficient size for shelling ; 

 and, if the season be ordinarily favorable, the crop will ripen 

 the last of the month. It must not, however, be regarded 

 as an early variety, and, when practicable, should be planted 

 before the 10th of June. 



The ripe seeds are clear white, ovoid, or egg-shaped, nine- 

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

 thick. In size, form, or color, they are scarcely distinguish- 



