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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Dwarf Parisian Bean. 



kitchen-garden and also for field culture, where it yields abun- 

 dantly about ten days earlier than the Black Speckled Bagnolet 



Bean and like sorts a 

 great advantage from the 

 grower's point of view. 



Glory of Lyons Bean. 

 Though resembling 

 somewhat the Bagnolet 

 Bean, it differs from that 

 in some respects. The 

 leaves are larger, and 

 gray-green ; the pods are 

 broader and flatter ; the 

 seed is slightly smaller, 

 thin, almost straight, and 

 speckled yellow on brown. 

 The chief difference, how- 

 ever, is in being eight to 

 ten days earlier than the Bagnolet Bean, for which reason, though 

 less productive, it is preferred by market gardeners. 



Dwarf Marvel of Paris Bean. A field variety, rather early, 

 very vigorous, hardy, productive, above all remarkable for the 

 length and slenderness of its pods, which are intensely green 

 and almost cylindrical. The seed is thick, dark purple streaked 

 with yellow; it is generally about ij in. long, and half that 

 breadth, and less than in. thick. This variety is most probably 

 derived from the old Bagnolet Bean. The seed has about 

 the same appearance ; it 

 is, however, somewhat 

 smaller and shorter, re- 

 sembling in size that of 

 the Solitary Bean. 



Sion House Dwarf 

 Kidney Bean. This is 

 a variety for field culture 

 and is hardy, early, 

 and productive. Leaves 

 numerous, of medium size, 

 slightly puckered, and a 

 rather deep green ; flowers 

 rose - coloured or lilac ; 

 pods long and straight. 

 The shape of the seed 

 resembles that of the 



Glory of Lyons Bean. 



Swiss Kidney Beans, but the colour, like that of the Cranberry 

 Bean, is flesh colour finely dotted with light red or lilac. Although 



