ll ripen in eleven weeks.

The beans, when ripe, are of a pale-pink color, marbled or variegated
with rose-red, becoming duller and browner by age, oblong, nearly
straight, sometimes distorted and irregular as if pressed out of their
natural shape, often more or less shortened at the ends, five-eighths of
an inch long, three-eighths of an inch wide, and about the same in
thickness. A quart will contain eighteen or nineteen hundred seeds;
which will be sufficient for a hundred and seventy-five hills, or for a
drill, or row, of two hundred or two hundred and twenty-five feet.

The Early Valentine is generally cultivated for its tender and very
fleshy pods, which remain long on the plants without becoming hard and
tough. They make an excellent, brittle pickle; and, when cooked, are
equal to those of any other Dwarf variety. The shelled-beans, either in
their green or ripe state, are little esteemed.

The variety has long been grown in England and other parts of Europe,
and is common to gardens in almost every section of the United States.

GOLDEN CRANBERRY.

Canadian. Round American Kidney.

Height about sixteen inches; flowers purple; the pods are five inches
and a half long, five-eighths of an inch broad, somewhat irregular in
form, yellow when ripe, and contain five seeds.

Season intermediate. Early plantings will blossom in seven weeks, yield
pods for the table in eight weeks, and ripen in ninety days.

The ripe seeds are pale greenish-yellow, with an olive-green line
encircling the eye; roundish-ovoid, three-eighths of an inch long, and
nearly the same in thickness. A quart contains nearly eighteen hundred
seeds, and will plant a row, or drill, of two hundred feet, or two
hundred and twenty-five hills.

As a string-bean, or for shelling in the green state, it is inferior to
many other varieties, and is little cultivated for use in these forms;
but as a variety for baking, or for cooking in any form when ripe, it is
much esteemed, and recommended for cultivation.

Hardy and productive.

LONG YELLOW SIX-WEEKS.

Six-weeks. Yellow Six-weeks. Yellow Flageolet. _Vil._

The plants of this familiar variety are of vigorous, branching habit,
and from fourteen to sixteen inches high; the flowers are pale-purple;
the pods are five inches long, six-tenths of an inch broad, often curved
or sickle-shaped, green at first, gradually becoming paler, cream-yellow
when ripe, and contain five (rarely six) beans.

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