166 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Kidney, from Thorburn, is an old variety of high quality. The pods are long, waxy, 

 tender and desirable; beans white and excellent for shelling. Edible July 16. 



Round Kidney, from Johnson & Stokes, seems to be a selected strain of the Kidney 

 Wax. It is very productive; pods round, waxy, thick and tender. Its edible duration is 

 good. Edible July 17. 



Twentieth Century, from Burpee. The vines are strong, upright, productive and 

 thickly covered with foliage; pods, small, long, curved, round, thick, waxy and tender. 

 A very desirable bean of its class. Edible July 18. 



White Kidney, from Vaughan, seemed identical with Kidney, from Thorburn, and is 

 a valuable garden bean. Edible July 17. 



ENGLISH DWARF. 



The English beans are upright, rank, bushy growers, and have large, oval, coarse pods. 

 There are not many beans in a pod, and they are usually shelled and eaten as peas. 

 They are rich in flavor and make a toothsome dish. Four varieties were received from 

 Thorburn. 



Broad Windsor reached a height of three feet, but was shy of pods. The pods "were 

 very large and broad, and contained one to three beans, some of which measured an 

 inch in length. 



Mazagan is one of the earliest maturing varieties. The plants, which are about two 

 feet in height, are not very productive; pods, large, containing from one to three large 

 beans. Edible August 1. 



Small Horse is similar to Mazagan except smaller. Edible August 1. 



Sword Long Pod has longer and more narrow pods. The beans are smaller, and about 

 the same texture and quality as the other varieties. Edible August S. 



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TOLE VARIETIES. 



French Yard Long, from Thorburn, has strong growing vines, but lacks in productive- 

 ness. The pods are long, very slender, round and tender, but the beans are poor in 

 quality. Edible July 26. 



New Early Dawn, from Livingston, is a quick growing, early maturing Lima bean of 

 excellent quality. 



Seibert, from Livingston, is a standard sort of choice quality. Edible July 26. 



BUSH LIMA VARIETIES. 



Willow Leaf, from Burpee, is a low-growing variety of no economic value. The 

 leaves are long, slender and pointed; pods, short, with one to three white, tender beans 

 of good flavor, but the plants are too small and too shy bearers to be of any special 

 value. Edible July 28. 



New Wonder, from Johnson & Stokes, is a strong growing bush sort of the Lima type. 

 The vines were loaded with pods containing two or three beans of excellent quality. A 

 desirable variety of this class. Edible July 24. 



WHITE PEA. 



White Bacon, from T. W. Wood & Sons, is a selected strain of the ordinary white 

 pea bean. Edible July 16. 



NOTES ON CAULIFLOWER, CABBAGE, ETC. 



The experimental plat of plants of the cabbage family contained eighteen varieties of 

 early cabbage, seven of medium, six of late and three of red cabbage; five of kale, 

 three of kohl-rabi, five of Brussels sprouts, several varieties of broccoli from the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, and a collection of cauliflower. 



