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nearly | in. thick. They are late in ripening. The dried seeds of 

 this variety are highly esteemed for their delicate flavour and the 

 thinness of the skin. The plant is found to succeed in the greatest 

 perfection in its native district, where it most probably enjoys 

 conditions of soil and climate which are specially favourable to it ; 

 but, when grown under a warmer sky, it sometimes suffers from the 

 heat — the skin of the seed becomes thickened, and the seed loses 

 its fine quality, and also degenerates in size and colour. 



Soissons Green-seeded Pole Bean. — In growth this 

 variety is very much the same as the preceding, and equally 



vigorous and very pro- 

 ductive. Pods long, 

 broad, slightly curved. 

 Seeds thick, kidney- 

 shaped, a little over | in. 

 long and |- in. broad, less 

 than ^ in. thick. This 

 variety is remarkable for 

 the green colour of its 

 seeds, as much so as 

 in some of the dwarf 

 Beans, such as the Green 

 Flageolet and the Green 

 Bagnolet ; while the crop 

 produced is considerably 

 larger. 



White Dutch, or 

 Scimitar, Bean (//. Sadre 

 d 7'ames). — A very vigor- 

 ous-growing kind, nearly 

 lo ft. in height. Stem 

 thick and green ; leaves 

 very large, deep green, 

 crimped ; flowers large, 

 white, fading to nankeen 

 yellow, and forming long 

 clusters ; pods straight, 

 sometimes undulating on 

 the sides, lO in. to i ft. 

 long, containing eight or 

 nine seeds each, numerous, 

 produced in succession for 

 a long time, especially 

 when the first have been 



"White Dutch, Scimitar, or Case-knife Bean 

 natural size). 



gathered green ; seeds white, glistening, kidney-shaped, very like 

 those of the Large White Runner, but more regular in shape and 



