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2. Dun or Liver-coloured, excellent for bearing, 

 should be planted for the main and successional 

 crops, and also for forcing. 



3. Red-speckled, is equal to the best, either for 

 forcing or the open ground ; it was first raised by a 

 gardener named Fulmer, whose name it continues 

 to bear to this day. It is very prolific, of a compact 

 growth, and comes in early. 



4. Black and Purple-speckled, are two good sorts; 

 they resemble each other in growth and quality, and 

 are cultivated for a succession. 



5. Yellow, also known as Cream-colour, is one of 

 the best and most useful sorts in cultivation. It is 

 a good family and market bean ; is very productive 

 and well flavoured, and should be planted exten- 

 sively for the main or principal crop, and especially 

 by the cottager. 



Any of the above five sorts will be found the 

 most profitable and useful, either for forcing or the 

 open ground : there are many intermediate varieties 

 of similar growth and bearing to the above, so that 

 there are plenty to choose from. 



6. White Dutch, a fine bean, but of rambling 

 growth, and, as before observed, the first introduced 

 into this country. 



7. Canterbury, a small late white bean : it is a 

 very prolific bearer, and principally planted in order 

 to gather the pods for pickling. 



8. Battersea very like the Canterbury in shape, 

 colour, and bearing, and is chiefly planted for the 

 same purpose. 



The seeds of the two last varieties are extensively 

 used, when in a dry state, by the French and 



