DWARF TOUGH-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 55 



Bouscat Early Long-pod Forcing Bean. 



and prolific variety, to be recommended for the fine green pods 

 {Haricots verts) it produces, and which are much appreciated on 

 the market. 



Bouscat Early Long-pod Forcing Bean. — In general appear- 

 ance this variety resembles 

 the Black Negro Bean, but 

 is more vigorous, more 

 productive, and also has 

 longer pods, and the colour 

 of the seed is also different. 

 Plant dwarf, between 11 

 and 12 in. high ; stems 

 vivid green, leaves large, 

 pointed, of a lustrous dark 

 green colour ; flowers 

 white. Pods light green, 

 long, cylindrical, produced 

 in pairs or in clusters of 

 three ; seed light brown, 

 less than | in. long, about \ in. broad, and about as thick. This 

 variety is well suited for forcing under glass, but it succeeds also 

 in the open ground in sheltered places where Beans are sown for 

 an early crop. 



Scarlet Flageolet Wax Bean. — A vigorous yet persistently 

 dwarf variety, 16 to 18 in. high. Leaves very large, uncrimped, 

 and light or yellow green ; flowers lilac ; pods long, broad, straight 



or slightly curved, quite 

 yellow (like those of the 

 Algerian Kidney Beans), 

 but rather flattened and 

 pointed (like those of the 

 Tough - podded Kidney 

 Beans) ; seeds almost 

 exactly like those of the 

 Canadian Wonder in 

 shape and colour. This 

 is a very fine and distinct 

 kind, but, unfortunately, 

 its pods are not free from 

 membrane, at least when 

 ripening ; but gathered 

 before the seeds are too 



Scarlet Flageolet Wax Bean. 



much grown, they are very tender and fleshy. 



Black-blue Seeded Dwarf Bean. — A dwarf, rather late variety; 

 plant erect and vigorous, of good habit, not exceeding 20 in. in 

 height. Stem stout, light green ; leaves dark green, smooth, 



