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19.— HARICOT BEAN. 



Nat. Oed. — Leguminosse. 



Phaseolus vulgaris. 



Varieties of this plant are known as French 

 Beans and Kidney Beans, and have all been 

 obtained from the same species. The whole 

 fruit, when unripe, is much used as a green 

 vegetable, but they do not then contain the same 

 proportion of nutrient qualities as the ripe seeds. 

 Professor Church says in his work on Food, that 

 the Haricot Bean should receive more attention 

 than it at present does in this country ; he gives 

 the proportion of albuminoids as 23 per cent. 



The character of the Starch do not differ 

 from those of Pea Starch. 



