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ness. Fourteen hundred and fifty are contained in a quart, 

 and will plant a hundred and fifty hills. 



It is a hardy and productive variety, principally grown as a 

 string-bean. The pods are succulent and tender ; and these 

 qualities are retained to a very advanced stage of growth, 

 or until quite of suitable size for shelling. The dark color 

 of the bean, which is, to some extent, imparted to the pods 

 in the process of cooking, is by some considered an objec- 

 tion, and the White Cranberry, though perhaps less prolific, 

 is preferred. As a shelled-bean, it is of good quality in its 

 green state, but in its ripened state little used. 



Plant seven feet and upwards in height, Khode-Island 

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with large, broad, deep-green, wrinkled 



foliage ; the pods are six inches long, nearly three-fourths 

 of an inch broad, cream-white, much shrivelled when ripe, 

 and contain seven seeds. 



If planted early in the season, green pods may be plucked 

 for the table in nine or ten weeks, pods for shelling in 

 twelve weeks, and the crop will ripen in a hundred and 

 twenty-three days. Planted early in June, the pods will 

 generally all ripen ; but, if the planting is delayed to the 

 last of the month, the crop will but partially mature, unless 

 the season prove more than usually favorable. The vines 

 will, however, yield a plentiful supply of pods, and also of 

 green beans. 



The seeds, at maturity, are cream-yellow, with well- 

 defined spots and stripes of deep yellowish-buff. They are 

 broad kidney-shaped, five-eighths of an inch long, and nearly 

 half an inch broad. Fourteen hundred are contained in a 

 quart, and will plant a hundred and fifty hills. 



The variety yields abundantly ; and the large pods are 

 tender, succulent, and excellent for table use. The beans, 

 in their green state, are of good quality, though little used 

 when ripe. 



