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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



of the Seville Bean. While the Seville variety is rather delicate, 

 the Perfection Bean is hardy enough for the climate of Northern 

 France. It may be sown like the Common Field Bean, either in 

 spring or in the autumn, with some protection during the winter. 



Broad Windsor Bean. — Stem very stout, quadrangular, erect, 

 2 ft. 7 in. to 3 ft. 3 in. high, of a reddish or bronzy tinge, which 

 extends to the leaf-stalks, and is deeper than the similar coloration 

 of the stalks of the Large Common Field Bean. Leaves large, 

 round-oval, rather glaucous green. Flowers of medium size, re- 

 sembling those of the Large Common Field Bean, but not more 

 than from four to six in a cluster, and having a reddish or violet- 



Broad Windsor Bean natural size). 



coloured calyx. In this variety the first cluster of flowers does not 

 commence before the eighth or tenth leaf from the base of the 

 stem. Pods solitary or in pairs, almost always curved, and usually 

 very broad towards the end ; they seldom contain more than two 

 or three well-grown seeds. The seeds are very broad, with an 

 almost regularly rounded outline. 



Green Windsor Bean. — This differs from the preceding kind 

 only in the colour of its seeds, which, even when ripe, remain of a 

 deep green colour. Windsor Beans are very strong-growing and 

 productive varieties, but somewhat late, which is a serious drawback 

 in dry climates, where Beans are exposed to the attacks of rust 

 and aphides. 



Small July Bean. — The general appearance of this plant very 

 much resembles that of the Large Common Field Bean. Stems 

 quadrangular, very erect, reddish, attaining a height of about 



