CANAVALIA EXSIFORMIS (jACK BEAN) 



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then be ploughed in ; if left later the pods ripen and a 

 portion of its leaves fall. As soon as the plant has begun 

 to flower, its pods, which are soon formed, make an excel- 

 lent vegetable at a period of the year when vegetables are 



{Photo by G. Rel.aut. 



Fig. 5. — Canavalia cnsiiormis (Jack Bean). 



rather scarce. Its yield is a large one, and when planted 

 between canes, every second row, should give at least 

 4,700 lb. of green pods of splendid qualitv per hectare. The 



