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There are numerous sub-varieties of this Bean : one of them is 

 well known in the trade as the Large Sicily Field Bean. It is a 

 little dwarfer, and more yellow in the foliage, and decidedly earlier 

 than the variety from Northern France. 



Seville Long-pod Bean. — Stem quadrangular, erect, 2 to 

 2j ft. high, not very stout, sometimes quite green, and sometimes 

 slightly tinged with red. The foliage is very clearly distinguished 



from that of other 

 varieties by its lighter 

 shade of green, and 

 by the more elongated 

 shape of the leaflets. 

 The flowers in each 

 cluster are not very 

 numerous, usually 

 from two to four, and 

 sometimes there is 

 even only one ; the 

 standard is green- 

 white, longer than 

 broad, and remains 

 folded in the centre, 

 even when the flower 

 is fully blown. This 

 peculiarity gives the 

 flowers the appear- 

 ance of being longer 

 and narrower in this 

 variety than in any 

 other, and they have 

 hardly any tinge of 

 red or violet. The 

 first cluster of flowers 

 usually appears in the 

 axil of the seventh 

 leaf from the base 



Seville Long-pod Bean (pods i natural size). of the Stem. Pods 



something over J in. 



broad, and from 8 in. to i ft. long, either solitary or in pairs, and 

 soon becoming pendent with their weight. They contain from 

 four to eight seeds each, resembling those of the Large Common 

 Field Bean, but generally a little smaller. This is an early variety, ' 

 but not so hardy as the preceding one ; its pods are, however, 

 considerably longer. 



Aguadulce Long-podded Bean. — This fine Bean, with its 

 immense pods nearly 2 in. wide and 14 to 16 in. long, is not, 



