n seven weeks, produce pods for
the table in about eight weeks, and ripen in ninety-five or a hundred
days. Planted and grown in summer weather, the variety will produce
green pods in seven weeks, and ripen in ninety days.

The ripe seeds resemble those of the running variety in form and color;
but they are smaller, a little more slender, and usually flattened
slightly at the sides. When pure, they are egg-shaped; and a much
compressed or a longer and more slender form is indicative of
degeneracy. Fourteen hundred beans are contained in a quart; and this
quantity of seed will be sufficient for planting a row of a hundred and
seventy-five feet, or a hundred and forty hills.

The Dwarf Horticultural Bean is quite productive, and the young pods are
tender and of good quality. It is, however, not so generally cultivated
for its young pods as for its seeds, which are much esteemed for their
mild flavor and farinaceous quality. For shelling in the green state, it
is one of the best of the Dwarfs, and deserves cultivation.

DWARF SABRE.

Dwarf Case-knife. Dwarf Cimeter.

A half-dwarf, French variety, two and a half to three feet high. As the
running shoots are quite slender, and usually decay before the crop
matures, it is always cultivated as other Dwarf sorts. Foliage large,
wrinkled, and blistered; the flowers are white; the pods are very large,
seven to eight inches long, and an inch in width, often irregular and
distorted, green while young, paler as the season of maturity
approaches, brownish-white when ripe, and contain seven or eight seeds.

The ripe bean is white, kidney-shaped, flattened, often twisted or
contorted, three-fourths of an inch in length, and three-eighths of an
inch in width: about twelve hundred are contained in a quart. As the
variety is a vigorous grower, and occupies much space, this quantity of
seed will plant a row of two hundred feet, or two hundred and
twenty-five hills.

Season intermediate. The plants blossom in seven weeks, produce young
pods in about eight weeks, pods for shelling in their green state in
eleven or twelve weeks, and ripen in ninety-seven days, from the time of
sowing. If cultivated for its green pods, the seeds may be planted to
the middle of July.

The Dwarf Sabre is one of the most productive of all varieties; yielding
its long, broad pods in great profusion. From the spreading, recumbent
character of the plants, the pods often rest or lie upon the surface of
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