CHAPTER XIV. 

 BEANS. 



The Broad Bean. Vicia fdba. 



French, feve; German, garten-bohnen ; Flemish, platte- 

 boon ; Dutch, tuin boonen ; Danish, valske bonner ; Italian, 

 fava; Spanish, haba; Portuguese, fava. 



The Kidney Bean. PJiaseolus vulgaris. 



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

 boon; Danish, havebonnen; Italian, faginolo; Spanish, 

 frijole; Portuguese, feijao. 



The Scarlet Runner Bean. PJiaseolus multiflorus. 



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

 Dutch, Tursche boon; Italian, fagiuolo di Spagna. 



The Lima Bean. PJiaseolus lunatus. 



French, haricots de Lima; German, breitshottige Lima 

 bohne ; Italian, fagiuolo di Lima ; Spanish, judia de Lima. 



The Black-eyed Bean. Vigna sinensis. 



A cow pea. 



The Soy Bean. Glycine Jiispida. 



Of the vast numbers of bean varieties known to horti- 

 culture, California grows but very few. Market gardeners 

 of different nationalities, ministering to their compatriots 

 among our citizens, have brought to California many va- 

 rieties 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, 



