244 



Peas and Beans 



are grown both as a field 

 garden crop they are used 



137. Dutch case-knife (X about Vz). 



two groups — the green- 

 j^odded, represented by the 

 flageolets, and the j^ellow- 

 podded or wax beans 

 (Figs. 133, 134, 135), the 

 more popular in this 

 country. 



In order that string bea 



op and a garden crop. As a 

 lostly as " string " beans, the 

 pods being picked when they 

 are two-thirds grown, the pod 

 and beans together being 

 eaten. There are certain 

 strains of bush beans particu- 

 larly adapted to this use. 

 They are such as have thick 

 and fleshy pods, with very 

 little fibrous tissue in the 

 sutures. The pods of a good 

 string bean have no " strings.^' 

 The pods break cleanly in 

 two, and this gives rise to the 

 common name, "snap^' beans. 

 The snap beans are again of 



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138. Flowers cf multiflora bean.— Scarlet 

 Runner (X 



; may be of the best quality. 



