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bean, cultivated like the Dwarf Kidney Bean, which 

 see. It is hardy, vigorous, and free of diseases and pests. 

 The beans are cooked when tender, or may be dried and 



Fig. 23. Dolichos Sesquipedalis, or Yardlong Bean. 



stored, in which case a long soaking is necessary before 

 cooking. 



(6) The Scarlet Runner Bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) 

 is offered by most of our seedsmen, and its popularity 

 is increasing. A pole bean, it is eaten either with its 

 pods or without; in the former case it is picked quite 

 young, before the seeds have well formed. Its require- 

 ments and culture are the same as of pole beans, above. 

 A succession may be maintained by pinching in, topping 

 a few plants to force an early fruiting, and taking the 

 first blossoms from others for a late crop. In England 

 the Scarlet Runner is a popular vegetable, and in its sea- 

 son is preferred to the common string bean. 



From roots. This bean being a perennial, its tuber- 

 ous roots can be taken up in the fall and kept over 

 winter in sand in a frost-proof cellar. Planted out after 



