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quently from thirty to fifty) of smallish, straight, cylin- 

 drical-shaped pods, containing three or four seeds in each. 

 The seeds are small; of a darkish-brown colour; of an 

 oblong, rounded shape (fig. 4) ; plump, and well-filled, 

 making a superior and heavy sample. Under favourable 

 conditions the yield is very satisfactory 4 to 6 qrs. to 

 the acre; and the weight per bushel from 66 to 70 Ibs. 

 The average percentage proportion of husk and meal are 

 husk, 15-91; meal, 84'09. 



Mazagan. This is one of the intermediate varieties 

 common to both field and garden cultivation. In the 

 south it grows well on the farm, whereas in the north it 

 is confined to the garden. It is an early and very prolific 

 variety, and is more suitable for good soils of medium 

 texture than either for the heavier or lighter class of soils, 

 particularly if of inferior character. It has a long, 

 somewhat slender stem, about 4 to o feet high, with 

 longish, rather narrow pods, containing from four to five 

 seeds each. The seeds are larger and flatter than the 

 ordinary field-beans, and of a much lighter colour (fig. 5). 

 As its name would import, it is supposed to have been intro- 

 duced into this country from the Portuguese settlement 

 on the coast of Africa, but has been improved by cultiva- 

 tion in this countiy. It is well adapted for grinding, the 

 relative proportions of husk and meal being husk, 14'05; 

 meal, 8 5 '9 5 per cent. 



Annfield. A variety partaking very much of the 

 characters of the Mazagan. It is inferior to it, however, 

 in earliness, and also produce, unless grown under very 

 favourable conditions. The stem is slight, from 4 to 5 

 feet high ; pods 3i to 4 inches long, and containing three 

 or four seeds of a largish size, with flattened sides, and 

 generally tapered to a small roundish point. 



Pigeon (F. vulgaris pisiformis). This is the smallest 

 of all our beans, both in its habit of growth and also in its 



