46 



From Erfurt, Germany — Continued. 



2265. Eggs. 



2266. Rolfs favorite. 



2267. Bruinegeel. 



2268. Emperor. 



2269. Wheeler's Tom Thumb. 



2270. Jewel. 



2271. Stonehead early white. 



2272. Stonehead early green. 



2273. Stonehead early golden yellow. 



2274. Roquette. 



2275. Bruine geel. 



2276. Kaiser Treib. 



2277. Rudolf's Liebling. 



2278. Steinkopf. 



2279. Verbesserter Treib. 



2280. Wheeler's Tom Thumb. 



2281. Kaiser Wilhelm II. 



2282. COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM ESCULENTUM. Taro. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild 

 (No. 28), 1899. 

 "The Colocasia is called Coco in Jamaica and is prized by Europeans and natives 

 as a vegetable. It is the same as the Taro of Hawaii." 



2283 to 2374. Saccharine sorghums. 



(Printed separately in Inventory No. 3.) 



2375. Vicia faba. Broad bean. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, March, 1899. 



Variety, " Windsor." 



"Culture. — Beans are usually sown where they are to remain about the end of 

 February or the beginning of March. They like a rich, slightly humid, and well- 

 manured soil, bnt can be grown in any kind of ground. 



" Beans may also be sown in a frame in January and planted out about a month 

 afterwards. It is also not impossible, in the climate of Paris, to grow beans after 

 the winter mode of culture which is universally practiced all through the south of 

 Europe. According to this mode, a sowing is made at the end of October or the 

 beginning of November in a position with a south aspect and well-drained soil, and 

 the young plants are sheltered during the winter by placing frames over them. 

 Instead of frames we have sometimes seen hoops of casks stuck into the ground 

 across the beds, so as to form an arched support for straw mats, which were spread 

 over them in very frosty weather. This mode of culture is particularly well suited 

 for dwarf or half- dwarf varieties. The plants which have been pushed on in this 

 way are in full bearing three weeks or a month earlier than those which were not 

 sown until spring. 



"The Broad Windsor, which forms the principal crop, is generally sown in March. 



" Uses. — The seeds or beans, both in the green state and when dry, are eaten 

 boiled. In the south of France the pods are sometimes boiled and eaten when 

 young. Broad beans are not thought so much of in private gardens as kidney 

 beans, but by the poorer classes they are much grown. Generally they are not con- 

 sidered a remunerative crop, inasmuch as they do not continue long in bearing. The 

 green-seeded varieties are usually preferred to the white ones, because they retain 

 their green appearance when cooked, while the white ones become dark brown. 

 Beans are often gathered for table before they have attained half their size; but 

 this is not advisable, as they sometimes taste bitter when so small. The best 

 flavored beans are those that are full grown, but young." ( Vilmorin.) 



2376. Cicer arietintjm. G-arbanzo. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, March, 1899. 

 (See No. 2139.) 



2377. Phaseoltjs vulgaris. Bean. 



From France. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, March, 1899. 

 Large common field bean. 



