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If planted in July or August it will con" 

 tinue to bear until frost sets in. 



Southern Willow-leaved Sewee or 

 Gutter. This is a variety which is grown 

 by the market gardeners about New Or- 

 leans: the pods and beans are the same as 

 the Sewee or Carolina Bean: it is quite dis- 

 tinct in the leaves, being narrow like the 

 willow. It stands the heat better than any 

 other Butter Bean, and is very productive. 

 Originated here, and was introduced by the 

 late R. Frotscher. 



Dutch Case Knife. A very good pole 

 Bean; it is early; pods broad and long; 

 somewhat turned toward the end. 



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White Crease Bach Pole Bean. 



Lazv Wife's Pole Bean. 



Crease Back. A variety of Pole Beau* 

 which has been cultivated in the South for 

 a long time, but has never come into the 

 trade until introduced by the late Richard 

 Frotscher, some years ago. It is an excel- 

 lent bean, earlier than the '-Southern Pro- 

 lific.'* Seeds white: pods round, with a 

 crease in the back, from which the name. 

 It is a good grower, bears abundautly, and 

 if shipped, will keep better than most other 

 kinds. It sells better in the spring than any 

 other for shipping purposes; and when in 

 season cannot be surpassed. For early sum- 

 mer the Southern Prolific is preferable, 

 standing the heat better. Several years ago 

 Mr. Frotscher received half a bushel from 

 near Mobile, Ala., and all the beans of this 

 variety in the whole country can be traced 

 back to this half bushel. He supplied two 

 growers in Georgia where it was not known 

 at that time. There is a light brown bean 

 streaked and mottled with dark brown and 

 black of the same name; but it is not equal 

 to the white variety. In some localities this 

 kind is called 'Calico Crease Back." The 

 white seeded variety is also known in some 

 sections by the name cf "Fat Horse. ,; This 

 is the original stock: the quality is so fine 

 that no improvement can be made on it. 



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