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ductive. Button's Earliest of All is a splendid type ; 

 the pods are very fleshy, succulent, and less stringy 

 than the ordinary Runner, and the pods are de- 

 licious if gathered when four or five inches long, and 

 cooked whole. Other fine varieties are the Excel- 

 sior, Epicure and Tender and True, the last-named 

 being a great cropper and very profitable for market. 

 It is not unlike the well-known Dwarf Canadian 

 Wonder in shape, and may be sown instead of that 

 variety. It runs about six feet high, and the plant 

 is very robust. Excelsior is a taller Bean, reaching 

 eight to ten feet in height, and the handsome pods 

 are produced in clusters. Epicure should be grown 

 in all gardens where quality is considered. Few are 

 better in this respect, and it is early. Grow the 

 Climbing Runner Beans in the same way as the 

 Runner, except that the plants need short stakes, 

 and may be sown earlier. One variety that should 

 find space on account of its excellence is Veitch's 

 Climbing ; it greatly resembles Tender and True, is of 

 delicious flavour, and a great cropper. It was given a 

 first class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society 

 when it was introduced by a noted grower of vegetables. 

 These plants thrive under the same conditions as the 

 older type, and are enormous croppers when given a 

 rich root run, and ample supplies of moisture. 



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This is a root vegetable of great value as an 

 article of food, because, in addition to its ordinary 



