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a) Loubia Khadi'a (Haricot vert) ; b) Loubia Hamra (Haricot- 

 rouge) ; c) Loubia Bcurre (Haricot Beurre or Mangetout Beurrc) ; 

 d) Loubia Ainericaui ; c) Cashcringhi or Loubia Soudani. 



The first 3 belong to the species Yulgaris or Conmion french Bean; 

 the fourth belongs to the species luuatus or a form of the well- 

 known Lima Bean. The last is a P. Mungo, known as the green 



(a) Is (he most common form ; it is a dwarf prolific var. with 

 pods green, fleshy and succulent, about 5 G inches long and 1/2 

 inch broad. Seeds white when ripe and kidney-shaped a string 

 bean ; seed and pods eaten when about 1/2 grown. Excellent var. 

 and of great demand. 



(b) Less common pods subcompressed, yellow or greenish yellow- 

 smeared with red. Seeds comparatively large and kidney-shaped, 

 light-rose marbled with red. Dwarf var. used as a shell bean, only 

 the soft seeds being eaten just before they begin to harden. 



The Butter bean (c) is not extensively grown, though of great de- 

 mand. Pods are comparatively small but fleshy and tender. Of a 

 golden yellow or butter-yellow colour outside ; the seeds are kidney- 

 shaped. The narrow-compressed pods are c joked whole when nearly 

 1/2 grown. The plant is of a climbing nature. 



(d) Not extensively grown --comes late in season a strong 

 climber heavy cropper good for summer pods scimitar-shaped, 

 fleshy, comparatively small and very broad, with 'j 4 very broad 

 and large flat seeds. Pod about 8 inches long ; generally used as a 

 shell bean, except when the p >d is very young. 



(e) Only grown, both for its legume and as a fodder, in the re- 

 gion of Cataracts. It is sub-erect, with stem more or less hairy. Pod 

 comparatively small and many seeded ; Generally a Shell bean. 



II : By seed; sown in ridges either on one or on both sides. The 

 var. (a) and (b) may be planted on the two sides of the ridge and (c) 

 and (b) only on one side. Distance between the ridges 2 3 feet and 

 that between the plants 1 1 1/2 ft. according to the var grown ; 45 

 seeds are placed in each hole ; later on the seedlings thinned to two. 

 Both (c) and (d) var. require strong sticks on which to train. 



III : First sowings commence as early as January the 15 th but it 

 is n >t safe to sow until about the 15^ of Februar, Even this time is 



