is one of the earliest of the Dwarf varieties. Spring plantings will
blossom in six weeks, produce pods for the table in seven weeks, and
ripen in eighty-seven days. Summer plantings will afford pods for the
table in about six weeks, and ripen in sixty-three days. When planted as
late in the season as the last of July or first of August, the variety
will afford an abundant supply of tender pods from the middle to the
last of September.

The ripe seeds are pale yellowish-drab, with an olive-green line about
the eye; the drab rapidly changing by age to dull yellowish-brown. They
are kidney-shaped, rather straight, three-fourths of an inch long, and
three-tenths of an inch thick. About fourteen hundred beans are
contained in a quart, and will plant a row of two hundred feet, or a
hundred and fifty hills.

It is quite productive, and an excellent early string-bean, but less
valuable as a green shelled-bean, or for cooking when ripe. On account
of the tender and delicate character of the pods, the ripe seeds are
often injured by damp or continued rainy weather. A popular, early
garden-bean, much cultivated both in this country and in Europe.

MOHAWK.

Early Mohawk.

Stem about eighteen inches high, sturdy and branching; foliage large,
deep-green, wrinkled, and blistered; flowers pale-lilac; the pods are
five inches and a half long, five-eighths of an inch wide, and generally
contain five seeds,--while young they are green, and nearly straight; as
they approach maturity they become paler; and, when ripe, are frequently
streaked and spotted with purple.

The ripe seeds are variegated with drab, dull purple, and different
shades of brown; the brown and dull purple prevailing: they are
kidney-shaped, and measure nearly three-fourths of an inch in length,
and three-eighths of an inch in width. A quart contains about fourteen
hundred and fifty seeds, and will plant a hundred and seventy-five feet
of drill, or a hundred and seventy-five hills.

It is about a week later than the earliest varieties. Spring plantings
will blossom in about seven weeks, produce pods for the table in eight
weeks, and ripen in a hundred days, from the time of sowing. In ordinary
seasons, the variety will ripen perfectly if planted the last week in
June; and will yield an abundance of pods for the table, if the planting
be made as late in the season as the last of July.

The Early Mohawk is quite productive, and one of the hardiest of the
Dwarf