TALL EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 



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readily. The seeds, or beans, are 

 nearly cylindrical shape. It is, 

 variety of Butter Bean. 



Four to Four Bean. Stems 

 bearing pods at a short 

 distance above the ground. 

 The pods, which are long, 

 straight, thick and in- 

 tensely green, are often 

 produced in bunches of 

 four, or even more hence 

 its name. The seed is 

 short, square at the ends, 

 fairly full and white. 

 Though not free from 

 fibre, the pods may be 

 eaten green until they are 

 three-fourths of their full 

 size. The white colour of 

 the seed allows of its being 

 used in a dried state. The 

 Four to Four Bean is 

 productive and fairly 

 early. 



Skinless Saint-Fiacre 

 Bean. One of the most 

 productive varieties of 

 Skinless Pole Beans. 

 Stems green, tall, with 

 large, smooth leaves ; 

 pods very numerous, quite 

 straight, about 10 inches 

 in length, entirely without 

 membrane or fibre, and 

 tender and fleshy even 

 when fully grown. The 

 seed is oblong and thin, 

 dun-coloured, about f in. 

 long, about J in. broad, 

 and about half as thick. 

 A fairly early variety, 

 bearing during the whole 

 summer. 



Skinless White-seeded Saint 

 the preceding, with all its good 

 enabling the surplus of the crop to 



white, and of an elongated and 

 in fine, a good mid-season tall 



green, about 6J ft. in height, and 



Skinless Saint-Fiacre Bean. 



-Fiacre Bean. An offspring of 

 qualities added to white seeds, 

 be made good use of when dry. 



