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one-third less in size, seldom f in. in length. They ripen rather late. 

 The young pods may be used as green Haricots. The seed or bean, 

 when used fresh from the pod, is one of the best ; it is also very 

 good when dried. This is certainly one of the best varieties; the 

 only objection to it is that it requires very long stakes when 

 growing. The Germans cultivate a great number of sub-varieties 

 of it, characterised chiefly by having broader and straighter pods ; 

 but, notwithstanding numerous trials, we have never found any of 

 them to surpass or even equal the variety here described ; it is the 

 most tender for use and also the most productive. 



White Sallandre Improved Pole Bean. Height not exceed- 

 ing 5 ft., but very vigorous growing. Stem stout and branch- 

 ing ; leaves broad, crimped, light green more or less striped 

 with darker green ; flowers yellowish white. Pods about 6 in. 

 long, | in. broad, flat, light green, containing six white elongated 

 seeds, like those of the White Swiss Bean in. to f in. long, a 

 little over J in. broad and about J in. thick. This variety, raised 

 in the vicinity of Laon, is one of our best Pole Beans, and very 

 productive ; the pods are numerous, very long and well filled. 



Large White Liancourt Kidney Bean. Stem green, slender, 

 tall, reaching a height of from 7 ft. to nearly 10 ft. ; leaves large, of 

 a rather dark green, not quite so much crimped as those of the 

 Soissons Bean, the upper ones much smaller than the lower ones ; 

 flowers white, turning yellow after impregnation ; pods longer and 

 narrower than those of the Soissons Bean, slightly curved, each 

 containing about five or six flat, slightly kidney-shaped seeds, 

 rather irregular in form, like those of the Large White Runner (but 

 of a dull or dead white, while the seeds of the latter variety glisten 

 like porcelain), about f in. long, a little over in. broad, and less 

 than in. thick. This is a rather hardy, strong-growing, productive, 

 and half-late variety, and is chiefly grown for the ripe dried seeds. 



Chartres Red Kidney Bean. This kind requires hardly any 

 staking, as the plant is of compact growth and seldom more than 

 3 or 4 ft. in height. Leaves slightly crimped ; flowers white or 

 inclining to yellow, large ; pods 4 or 5 in. long, slightly curved, 

 each containing about five or six flat, short seeds, which are often 

 square at one or both ends, of a deep wine-lees-red colour, and 

 having an almost black circle around the hilum ; their average 

 length is about \ in., breadth a little over in., and thickness less 

 than \ in. They ripen early. 



Long Scarlet Pole Flageolet Bean. Contrary to what 

 happens usually, this Pole variety is of more recent introduction 

 than its dwarf form, which has been cultivated and appreciated 

 for a long time. It possesses the same qualities of pod and seed, 

 its gain being to produce on a given surface of soil a much larger 

 crop and for a longer period. 



