TALL EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 79 



in the pod) preserve their natural slightly elongated egg-shaped 

 form, while those of the Predome are pressed against each other, 

 and, consequently, become flattened at the ends. 



There is a sub-variety with longer pods and greater distances 



between the seeds, known 

 as the Long-pod Princess, 

 which is quite as early and 

 productive as the ordinary 

 variety. 



From amongst the almost 

 innumerable other varieties of 

 Tall-growing Edible-podded 



Cherry Japanese French Bean. 



Ivory Butter Bean. 



Beans, we may also mention the following as possessing the 

 greatest degree of merit : 



Cherry Japanese Bean. A very distinct variety, with 

 numerous, very short pods, slightly over 2 inches long, contain- 

 ing 4 or 6 oval seeds of wine-lees-red colour and white hilum. 



Tall Ivory Wax or Butter Bean. A tall-growing kind, 6J to 

 over 8 ft. high. Stems whitish, slightly tinged with red on the side 

 next the sun ; leaves numerous, of medium size, and of a light 

 green ; flowers lilac ; pods numerous, fleshy, straight or slightly 

 curved, entirely free from membrane, and especially remarkable for 

 the white tint which they assume when they are two or three days 

 old, and which becomes more pronounced as they advance to 

 maturity. Each of them contains from five to eight egg-shaped 



