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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



purple tinge at the base of the standard ; pods small but numerous, 

 about the size of the little finger, each containing three or four 

 dark green, very full and rounded seeds, which are not much larger 



than a good-sized Horse 

 Bean. Both the preceding 

 kind and this one in par- 

 ticular are especially well 

 suited for forcing in a 

 frame. Although dwarf, 

 they are great bearers, 

 and even in the open air 

 will yield a good crop 

 without the drawback of 

 throwing too much shade 

 on other plants growing 

 near them, which the 

 taller - growing kinds of 

 Beans sometimes do. 



The Very Dwarf 

 Scarlet Bean is a small 

 and very early variety, 

 but not very productive. 

 It has erect, slender 

 pods, about the size of 

 the little finger, each 

 generally containing two 

 or three oblong seeds of a dark brown colour. 



Early Mazagan Bean. — Under this name are cultivated several 

 kinds, which are certainly distinct from one another, all of them 

 small-seeded varieties, but varying in height and earliness. They 

 usually produce numerous erect, very slightly flattened pods, each 

 containing three or four seeds intermediate in size between that of 

 the July Bean and a large Horse Bean. 



There are two other varieties : one with pure white and the 

 other with red flowers. They are sometimes cultivated, but are of 

 no great merit. There is also a Broad Bean with yellow pods, like 

 those of the Butter Beans, but unfit for use, and the plant is a mere 

 curiosity. 



KIDNEY BEAN, or FRENCH BEAN 



Phaseohis vulgaris, L. Leguniinosce. 



French^ Haricot, Phaseole. Gerinaii, Bohne. Flernish and Dutch, Boon. Danish, 

 Havebonner. Italian^ Fagiuolo. Spanish, Habichuela, Judia, Frijol. Portuguese, 

 Feijao. 



Native of South America. — Annual. — A plant of rapid growth, 

 flowering and seeding soon after it is sown. Stem slender, twining. 



Dwarf Fan, or Cluster, Bean (pods ^ natural size). 



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