TALL EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 71 



with stout stems 6 to nearly 10 ft. high. Leaves very large, but not 



numerous ; leaflets rounded and crimped. The flowers are white ; 



pods very broad, and 



very numerous, 4 to 6 in. 



long, entirely free from 



membrane, thick and 



fleshy, each containing 



four to six flat white 



seeds, resembling those 



of the White Dutch or 



Case-knife Kidney Bean. 



When grown under 



favourable circumstances, 



this variety produces such 



an abundance of pods as 



to weigh down the stakes 



which support it 



Broad -pod Skinless 

 Kidney Bean. This 

 variety, which was raised 

 by M. Perrier de la Bathie, 

 is one of the most singular 

 and distinct varieties that 

 has appeared for some 

 years past. It is a vigor- 

 ous, rather late productive 

 kind, and remarkable 

 amongst the Edible- 

 podded varieties. Stem 

 4 to 6 ft. high, bearing 

 pods abundantly near the 

 base ; leaves large, very 

 green, slightly crimped ; 

 pods so thick and fleshy 

 that the diameter from 

 side to side is one-third 

 greater than the distance 

 between the front seam 

 and the back. There is, 

 however, no empty space 

 inside the pod, which is 



SO thick and fleshy that Edible-podded Giant White Bean. 



the seeds have hardly 



room to grow, and appear deformed by the pressure to which they 

 are subjected. They are white, elongated egg-shaped, sometimes 

 faintly kidney-shaped, about J in. long, and J in. broad and thick ; 



