THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



BEANS are legumi- 

 nous plants of allied 

 genera, most important 

 in garden culture, fall- 

 ing into classes requir- 

 ing somewhat different hand- 

 ling. Most of them are very 

 tender to frost, and some do not 

 do well in our climate, 

 the Windsor because 

 the summer is too hot, 

 the Lima because it is 

 too short. They are all, 

 however, cultivable in 

 the North under proper 

 conditions, and are indispen- 

 sable. Certain of them, such 

 as the Scarlet Runner and 

 the Dwarf Limas, should 

 be better known, as giv- 

 ing greater variety. 



For culi- 

 nary pur- 

 poses, Beans 

 divide into 

 two classes, 



Fig. 12. Types of Beans, natural size. a. Broad Beans. 1. theedlble- 



Kidney Beans, c. Limas. d. Dolichos Beans, e. Soy 



Beans. /. Scarlet Runner. podded and 



