Beans, Broad 



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Beans, B-unner 



BEANS, BROAD. 



Description. A highly nutritious annual vege- 

 table (Vicia or Faba vnlgaris, ord. Legiiniinosje) 

 when the seeds are eaten young and fresh. Garden 

 varieties are divided into two sections, viz. true 

 Broad or Windsor Beans, producing short, broad 

 pods ; and Longpods. The latter are best for early 

 sowing, and the former for later supplies. 



Propagation. From seeds sown in November in 

 a warm situation for an early crop, selecting a 

 Longpod variety. Sow again successively in 

 February and March to maintain the supply. 



Soil. For autumn sowing, select a sheltered 

 site where the soil is rich and somewhat dry, but a 

 cool, rather tenacious medium is best for crops 

 sown in the spring. The ground should be 

 trenched, and decayed manure incorporated with 

 the subsoil. 



Enemies. The black dolphin is the worst 

 enemy of the Broad Bean, and, if not checked, 

 will soon ruin a crop. The females locate them- 

 selves amongst the leaves at the top of the stem, 

 and produce progeny at a very rapid rate. If not 

 disturbed, the stems soon become a living mass of 



BEANS, FRENCH OR DWARF 

 KIDNEY. 



Description. French Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris, 

 ord. Leguminossa) are the earliest of the Kidney 

 Beans. Though most of the varieties are dwarf, 

 there are French Beans of climbing habit, which 

 produce pods similar to those of the dwarf section. 



Propagation. From seetlssown in beds, pots, and 

 boxes for forcing, and in the open for outdoor 

 crops, at the end of April, and later for succession. 



Soil. French Beans will succeed in most 

 gardens, but the ground should be deeply dug in 

 the winter, and well rotted manure incorporated 

 with the subsoil. 



Other Cultural Points. To obtain early crops 

 outdoors seeds may be sown in boxes under glass, 

 hardening, and transplanting 1' apart in rows 2' 

 asunder, when danger of frost is past. Pick by 

 rule as soon as the pods are ready, and whether 

 required for use or not. To provide a succession 

 make sowings at intervals to the middle of July. 



Forcing. Where low heated pits are provided 

 French Beans may be forced from November and 



KUXNEU BEANS XE Purs ULTRA. 



Aphides. On the first appearance of the pests, pinch 

 out the tops of the plants and burn them, after- 

 wards syringing with an insecticide formed by 

 boiling half a pound of soft soap in one pint of water 

 for an hour. While hot add quarter of a pint of 

 paraffin, and dilute with four gallons of water. 

 Mix thoroughly by churning with a syringe. 



Varieties : 



The following is a good selection. 

 Beck's Gem, dwarf. Green Giant. 



Early Mazagan (good for Green Windsor. 



aut. sowing). Seville Longpod. 



Giant Windsor. 



BEANS, BUTTER OR WAXPOD. 



These Beans are more esteemed in America and 

 on the Continent than in England. The pods, 

 which are of a creamy colour, stringless, tender, 

 and of good flavour, are boiled whole. Butter 

 Beans may be sown in boxes or pots in March and 

 April under glass, and be planted out when 

 danger of frost is past. They may also be sown 

 outdoors in succession from May to July. The 

 leaves are small, and pale in colour. 



Varieties : 



Mont d'Or (climbing), long yel. pods. 



(dwarf), pods similar, habit dwarf. 



December onwards, by sowing seeds in beds of 

 soil over bottom heat. Boxes and 8" and 10" pots 

 may also be employed, using a good compost of 

 light loam and decomposed manure. A suitable 

 temperature is from 60* fo,_70. Support the growth 

 with short twigs, and stand the pots on a shelf 

 close to the glass, syringing frequently to keep 

 down red spider, which is the bane of forced Beans. 



Varieties : 

 Canadian W r onder, out- Osborn's Forcing. 



doors. Sion House, good forcer. 



Ne Plus Ultra, early, out- 

 doors, or forcing. 



Climbing Habit. Tender and True and Vcitch's 

 Climbing require sticking, and produce long straight 

 pods up the stems in great profusion. 



BEANS, HARICOT. 



These are chiefly grown for the sake of the seeds, 

 which, on the Continent, are ripened, dried, and 

 cooked as a vegetable. The Beans do not ripen 

 well in this countrv. 



BEANS, RUNNER. 



Description. An indispensable annual vegetable 

 (I'liaseolns mnltiHorus), which, under proper treat- 

 ment, is productive from the end of July till the 



