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strongly resemble the Dwarf White Marrow, and are not 

 easily distinguished from the seeds of that variety. Twelve 

 hundred and fifty are contained in a quart, and will plant a 

 hundred and twenty-five hills. 



The White Cranberry is hardy, yields well, and the young 

 pods are tender and well flavored. For shelling green, it is 

 decidedly one of the best of all varieties ; and for baking, or 

 otherwise cooking, is, when ripe, fully equal to the Pea-bean 

 or White Marrow. 



Plant seven or eight feet high ; the pods are Wild-goose, 

 sickle-shaped, and contain six seeds closely set 

 together. 



The variety requires the entire season for its full perfec- 

 tion. When planted early, it will blossom in nine weeks, 

 produce young pods in eleven weeks, green beans in thirteen 

 weeks, and ripen in a hundred and twenty days. If planted 

 and grown under the influence of summer weather, the 

 plants will blossom in seven weeks, yield young pods in 

 nine weeks, green beans in twelve weeks, and ripen in a 

 hundred days. Plantings for the green seeds may be made 

 to the middle of June, and for the young pods to the first 

 of July. 



The ripe beans are pale cream- white, spotted with deep 

 purplish-black, round-ovoid, four-tenths of an inch long, 

 and three-eighths of an inch in width and thickness. A 

 quart contains nearly seventeen hundred seeds, and will 

 plant two hundred hills. , 



The variety has been long cultivated both in Europe and 

 this country. It is hardy and productive. The young pods 

 are of fair quality, and the seeds, green or ripe, are excel- 

 lent for table use, in whatever form prepared. 



Five to six feet high ; the pods are five inches Yellow 

 long, three-fourths of an inch broad, often 

 sickle-shaped, shrivelled, and irregular in form, like those 



