172 THE SEED-GROWER. 
vines; good flavor; seed blue, round, slightly flattened 
and dented. 
Little Gem, or Premium Gem. Height eighteen in- 
ches, hardy, prolific; pods two and a half to three 
inches long, borne singly on both sides of the stalks; 
fine flavor; seed green, wrinkled. 
Nott’s Excelsior. Extra early; height twelve inches; 
pods. two and a half to three and a half inches in length, 
well filled; vigorous, productive; seed wrinkled, square 
at the ends, green in color. 
Tom Thumb. Height ten inches, prolific; pods two 
and a quarter inches long; seed small, round, white, 
similar to Daniel O’ Rourke, and like it in quality. 
William Hurst. Height twelve inches; resembles 
American Wonder in habit, but more hardy and vigor- 
ous, bearing in profusion long-curved, well-filled pods; 
light-green, wrinkled seeds. 
Medium Height, Medium Early Varieties.— 
Blue Beauty, or Perfection. Height twenty inches; 
vigorous, productive; pods well filled, fine flavor; seed 
blue, round, smooth. 
Blue Prussian. Height three feet, vigorous ; pods 
two and three quarter inches long, slightly curved; seed 
small, smooth, compressed on the sides, blue. 
Dwarf Blue Imperial. Height three to four feet; 
hardy, vigorous; pods about-three inches long, well 
filled; seed large, blue, smooth, somewhat flattened; 
quality good. 
Dwarf Telephone, or Daisy. Height twenty inches; 
hardy, vigorous, productive; pods about three inches 
in length, broad, straight, rounded or curved at end, 
well filled, often containing ten large peas of pale- 
green color; fine flavor; seed large, light-green, much 
shriveled and shrunken. 
