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various sizes, is the best receptacle. In these baskets the 

 products may be sold. When the baskets are sent to 

 market or to a friend, they should be neat and new looking; 

 therefore keep them in a dry, dark place, as 

 in an attic or loft, to prevent them from 

 becoming warped and discolored. 



Bean. Under the general name of 

 Bean, many kinds of plants are cultivated. 

 rn_ ,r~"-l They are all tender, and the seeds, therefore, 



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* * should not be planted until the weather is 

 thoroughly settled ; and the soil should be 

 warm and loose. They are all annuals in northern countries, 

 or treated as such. 



The Bean plants may be classified in various ways. In 

 respect to stature, they may be thrown into three general 

 categories; viz., the pole or climbing Beans, the bush 

 Beans, and the strict -growing or upright Beans (as the 

 Broad or Windsor Bean). In respect to their uses, Beans 

 again may be divided into three categories; viz., those 

 which are used as string or snap Beans, the entire pod 

 being eaten ; those which are used as shell Beans, the 

 full-size but immature Beans being shelled from the pod 

 and cooked ; dry Beans, or those which are eaten in their 

 dry or winter condition. The same variety of Bean may be 

 used for all of these three purposes at different stages of its 

 development; but as a matter of fact, there are varieties 

 which are better for one purpose than the other. Again, 

 Beans may be classified in respect to their species. Those 

 species which are best known are as follows : (1) Com- 

 mon Bean, or Phaseolus vulgaris, of which there are both 

 tall and bush forms. All the common snap and string Beans 

 belong here, as also the Speckled Cranberry types of pole 

 Beans, and the common field Beans. (2) The Lima Beans, 

 or Phaseolus lunatus. The larger part of these are pole 

 Beans, but lately dwarf or bush varieties have appeared. 

 (3) The Scarlet Runner, Phaseolus multiflorus, of which the 



