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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS, 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



BEANS. 



Twenty-six varieties of beans were sown in the open on May 21, in rows 30 

 inches apart, and were afterwards thinned to six inches apart in the row. Despite 

 uneven germination, a sharp frost on the evening of June 8, and other climatic draw- 

 backs of the season, a good average crop of pods was produced, though the delay in 

 germination precluded the possibility of the seed ripening. 



The germination of one variety (Tabor's I. X. L.) was too poor to allow any 

 comparison being made, and three others, Burpee's Bush Lima, Galega Refugee, and 

 Broad Windsor, did not arrive at a fit condition for table use. 



Beans — 1900. 



I 



9 



Variety. 



l! Roger's Lima wax. . . . 



2iCanadian wonder 



SlFlageolet iScaiiet wax. 



4 New Everbearing 



5 Marvel of Paris 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



Yosemite Mammoth wax, 

 Keeney's Rustles?? wax. . 



Black Seeded wax 



Golden wax 



Black-eyed wax 



Detroit wax . 



12 j Triumph of France , 



13 Early Dun Colored 



14[Early Mohawk 



15 White wax 



Yosemite wax 



Wardwell's Kidney wax 



Giant Dwarf wax 



Dwarf Chocolate 



Dwarf Lyonais 



Ne Plus Ultra 



Best of All. 



Date 



Ready for 



use. 



Aug. 



16 



17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



13. 



9. 

 13. 



6. 

 14. 

 12. 

 12. 



G. 



G. 

 13. 

 13. 

 11. 



G. 



(). 

 11. 

 11. 



9. 

 10. 

 10. 

 1.5. 



6. 

 14. 



Colour. 



Shape. 



Yellow , 



n 

 11 



Green.. 

 Yellow 



Green.. 



It 

 II 



Yellow 



II 

 Green.. 



Flat straight 

 Long flat. . . 

 Flat straight 



11 

 Long round . 

 Long flat. . . 

 Round straight 

 Round curved 

 Curved round 

 Straight flat 



Flatstrai^ht 

 Straight round 

 Straight flat. 



ti 

 Curved round 

 Flat straight . 



Long straight 

 Straight round 

 Straight fiat. . 



IS 



c 



c 5 



■n 



120 

 80 

 70 

 68 

 66 

 64 

 60 

 56 

 53 

 52 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 48 

 45 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 35 

 33 



O 



bo 



In. 



3i 



7 



6^ 



5 



6 



6 



5 



44 



3^ 



44 



34 



5 



5 



6i 



5" 



6 



5i 



1" 



6 



6 



54 

 6 



^ o 



Beans. 



4 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 G 



Texture. 



Tender. 

 Very tender. 



M 



Fairly tender. 



M 



Very tender. 

 Tender. 

 Very tender. 

 Tender. 

 Very tender. 

 Fairly tender. 

 Tende^-. 

 Fairly tender. 

 Very tender. 



II 

 Fairly tender. 

 Tender. 

 Very tender. 

 Tender. 

 Fairly tender. 



II 

 Tender. 



The four following varieties proved the best, taking into consideration produc- 

 tiveness, texture and appearance for market. 



Rogers Lima Wax. — Very similar in shape to the Lima beans, a beautiful light 

 yellow colour, very dwarf and enormously productive. 



Canadian Wonder. — This bean continues to merit its reputation as one of the 

 best varieties for Manitoba. It is a deep yellow in colour, fairly early, very productive, 

 with large handsome pods. 



Scarlet Flageolet Wax. — This variety is an old favourite, and deservedly so. The 

 pods are large, of a deep yellow colour and borne in profusion. 



New Everlasting. — The most productive of the green varieties tested this season, 

 the pods are short, flat, and are produced in abundance, continuing until frost. 



