REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



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POLE BEANS. 



The following 



19 varieties were sown at the same time as the bush beans. The 

 season proved too short to allow of the maturation of the latest kinds. Leaving out 

 the scarlet runner type, the yields do not approximate with those secured from the 

 ** bush " section : — 



BEST VARIETIES. 



EaRLT VABIETrES. 



Southern Crease. 

 Holborn Masterpiece. 

 Golden Champion. 

 Flageolet Wax. 



Late VABimBS. 



Black Algerian Wax. 

 Dutch Case Knife. 

 Speckled Cranberry. 

 Speckled or Cut Short. 



Experiments with Beans all sown 18th May. — Table II. — Polk Beans. 



LIMA AND BROAD WINDSOR BEANS. 



Of the 1 1 varieties of Limas tested only one of them produced a paying crop. This 

 failure was principally due to their lateness. There seemed to be insufficient summer 

 heat to bring them to maturity. A notable exception is that of Thorburn's Horticul- 

 tural Lima. The same variety from other seedsmen did not do as well. The yield of 

 this variety approximated the best of the " pole " or "bush" varieties. 



Of the Broad Windsor type the best podding variety was Leviathan. 



