markable
productiveness, and its uniformly healthy habit.

PREDHOMME. _Vil._

Introduced from France. Plant four or five feet high, with broad,
deep-green, blistered foliage and white flowers; the pods are nearly
cylindrical, three inches long, green while young, cream-white when
ripe, and contain from six to eight seeds, set very closely together.

The ripe beans are dull-white, veined, oblong, often shortened at the
ends, a third of an inch long, and nearly a fourth of an inch in width
and thickness. A quart contains about thirty-five hundred seeds, and
will plant three hundred and fifty hills.

Early plantings will blossom in eight weeks, afford pods for the table
in about ten weeks, and ripen in a hundred and eight days. It may be
planted for its green pods to the first of July.

It is of little value as a shelled-bean in its green state. When ripe,
it is of good quality, and, as a string-bean, one of the best; the pods
being very brittle, succulent, and fine flavored. They remain long upon
the plants without becoming tough and hard; and are tender, and good for
use, until almost ripe. On account of their thin and delicate character,
the seeds, in unfavorable seasons, are often stained and otherwise
injured by dampness at the time of ripening.

PRINCESS. _Vil._

A French variety. Plant six feet or more in height, with lively-green
foliage and white flowers; the pods are five inches long, pale-green
while young, yellow at maturity, and contain six or seven, and sometimes
eight, seeds.

The ripe bean is white, egg-shaped, two-fifths of an inch long, and a
fourth of an inch thick: nearly three thousand are contained in a quart,
and will plant three hundred and fifty hills.

The variety somewhat resembles the Predhomme; but the seeds are larger
and brighter, the pods are longer, the seeds are less close in the pods,
and it is some days earlier. It ripens in about three months from the
time of planting. A good sort for stringing, and of excellent quality
when ripe.

RED CRANBERRY.

This is one of the oldest and most familiar of garden-beans, and has
probably been longer and more generally cultivated in this country than
any other variety.

The plants are five or six feet high, of medium strength and vigor;
flowers pale-lilac. The pods are quite irregular in form; often
reversely curved, or sickle-shaped; four inches and a half long;
yellowish-green while young; clear-white when suitable for shelling