CHAPTER XIV. 

 BEANS. 



THE BROAD BEAN. Vicia fab a. 



French, feve ; German, garten-bohne; Flemish, platteboon; Dutch, tuin 

 boonen; Danish, valske bonner ; Italian, fava ; Spanish, haba; Portuguese, 

 fava. 



THE KIDNEY BEAN. Phaseolus vulgaris. 



French, haricot; German, bohne; Flemish and Dutch, boon; Danish, 

 havebonnen; Italian, faginolo ; Spanish, frijole; Portuguese, feijao. 



THE SCARLET RUNNER BEAN. Phaseolus Multiflor'us. 

 French, haricots d'Espagne; German, Arabische bohne; Dutch, Tursche 

 boon; Italian, fagiuolo di Spagria. 



THE LIMA BEAN. Phaseolus lunatus. 



French, haricots de Lima; German, breitshottige Lima bohne; Italian, 

 fagiuolo di Lima; Spanish, judia de Lima. 



THE BLACK-EYED BEAN. Vigna sincnsis. 

 A cow pea. 

 THE SOY BEAN. Glycinc hispida. 



Of the vast numbers of bean varieties known to horticulture, 

 California grows but very few. Market gardeners of different 

 nationalities, ministering to their compatriots among our citizens, 

 have brought to California many varieties which they esteemed in 

 their old homes and grow them here in limited quantities, but the 

 general markets and the gardens and fields of Americans can show 

 but few sorts. This is due in part to the indisposition of the people 

 to try culinary experiments and in part to the fact that some varieties 

 have shown peculiar climatic adaptations and are therefore better 

 from a grower's point of view. But though few varieties are grown, 

 some of them are grown on a very large scale to such an extent, 

 in fact, that five counties on our southern coast win for California 

 the distinction of being the greatest Lima bean producing country 

 in the world. 



The capacity of California for production of beans is appar- 

 ently limited only by the extent to which the produce can be 

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