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EARLY YELLOW KIDNEY SIX WEEKS. 
—Vines large, vigorous, branching, productive, with 
large leaves and lilac blossoms, pods long, straight, 
TAN narrow, handsome. and when young, of good 
Ba \\ quality; beans long, kidney shaped, yellowish-drab 
. with darker marks about the eye. 
REFUGEE, OR THOUSAND TO ONE.— 
Vines large, spreading, exceedingly hardy, with 
small, smooth leaves and large lilac flowers, very 
_ late, and esteemed for late planting and for use as 
pickles; pods long, cylindrical, green, becoming 
white, streaked with purple, of good quality as 
snaps; beans long, light drab, dotted and splashed 
with purple. 
The following sorts are planted as field beans: 
ROYAL DWARF KIDNEY.--Not as pro- 
ductive as some of the following, but of very 
superior quality. Plant large, branching, with 
large, broad leavesand white flowers; pods medium 
sized, variable in shape, dark green, coarse; beans 
large, kidney shaped, slightly flattened and of 
excellent quality, green or dry. 
LARGE WHITE MARROW, OR MOUN- 
TAIN.— Vines large, slender, spreading, with short 
runners, small leaves and small white blossoms; 
very prolific; pods medium, broad, green, changing 
to yellow; beans large, clear white, ovoid, cooking 
very dry and mealy. 
EARLY MARROW PEA, OR DWARE 
WHITE NAVY.—4A variety developed in western 
New York, and not only a. surer cropper and much 
more prolific, but of better quality than the common 
white bean, and the beans are so hard as to resist 
the attacks of the bean weevil. Vines large, spread- 
ing, with occasional runners and small, thin leaves, 
and small, white flowers; very prolific, ripening its 
crop early and all at once; pods, short, straight, 
small, but containing six beans; beans small, oval, 
white, handsome and of superior quality. 
BEANS. 
POLE, OR RUNNING. 
French, Haricots arames. German, Stangenbohne. 
CuLTURE.—These are even more sensitive to cold and wet than the dwarf 
varieties, but are of superior quality and productiveness. After settled 
warm weather, set poles four to eight feet long in rows north and south 
four feet apart, the poles being three feet apart in the row, and set leaning to 
the north at an angle of about thirty-five degrees. Set in this way the vines 
climb better, bear earlier, and the pods are straighter and more easily seen. 
Around each hill plant five to eight beans two inches deep. Don’t worry 
k about getting the ‘‘ eyes”? down, they will grow just as well lying flat, unless 
| SF the weather should be very wet. Wheu well started, thin to four plants and 
io ONDON RHODE IStAND start any that fail to climb around the pole in the same direction as the 
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others, for they will not grow if tied up in the opposite direction. Another 
RTICULTURAL. CREASE BACK. way is to plant in rows in drills, planting thickly enough so that there will be 
one plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five feet high firmly at each end 
