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or the Chevrier Bean. The seed is of less importance in varieties 

 specially grown for their pods, but this origin has had a most 

 favourable influence in imparting to the pods that healthy and 

 agreeable dark green appearance so much valued in the market. 



Dwarf Belgian Black Negro Kidney Bean. — A very dwarf 

 early kind, chiefly used for forcing in frames. When grown true 

 to name, it seldom exceeds 10 in. or 

 I ft. in height, and forms a small, close, 

 compact tuft or clump. The leaves 

 are medium size, rather pointed, not 

 much crimped, and a pale wan green. 

 Pods straight, very green while 

 young, afterwards slightly streaked 

 with violet ; seeds rather small, 

 slightly kidney-shaped, not very flat, 



and seldom over about | in. long, of ^'""^"^V? nftu'JafsklT ^""^^ 

 a fine black colour, with a white natura size). 



hilum. Like the preceding variety, owing to the colour of its 

 seeds it is only grown for the green pods. 



Dwarf Black Hermitage Bean. — A sub-variety of the pre- 

 ceding, having all its characteristics, but slightly taller ; the pod 

 is also longer, about 5 in. in length, and the seeds are somewhat 

 larger, but they are the same shape and colour. A variety much 

 appreciated by the growers of Provence. 



Chocolate Dwarf Kidney Bean.— Another very dwarf and early 

 kind, with small long leaves, not much crimped, and light green. 

 Flowers lilac ; pods rather short, and curved, often to a semicircle; 

 seeds flat, somewhat kidney -shaped, \ in. or more long, varying 

 from a chamois to deep slaty gray, and often both colours together. 

 This variety is chiefly remarkable for its earliness, and is well 

 adapted for growing under a frame for an early crop of ripe seeds. 



The Comie de Vougy Kidney Bean, Mohawk, and the Dwarf 

 Free-bearer, which are now seldom grown, are closely allied to the 

 Chocolate Kidney Bean. They are, however, not so early, and on 

 that account not so valuable. 



Dwarf Yellow Hundredfold Kidney Bean. — A dwarf and 

 very hardy variety, of compact growth, with medium-sized slightly 

 puckered leaves, deep green tinged with gray. Flowers white, 

 changing to yellow ; pods rather short, numerous, each containing 

 four or five straight, almost cylindrical seeds, which are sometimes 

 square at the ends, and dark yellow verging on brown. This is 

 a very productive kind, and is mostly cultivated in the east of 

 France, where it is often grown in the vineyards. 



Early Dwarf Chalandray Kidney Bean. — An exceedingly 

 dwarf and early variety, forming a compact clump seldom over 

 10 in. high. Leaves small, long, and bright green ; flowers rose or 



