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pale lilac ; pods slender, long, and slightly curved ; seeds small, 

 almost cylindrical, with very little of the kidney shape, about h in. 

 long, and a light^ mahogany-brown in colour. This kind is almost 

 as early as the Etampes Flageolet, and is especially well adapted 

 for forcing. Both green pods and fresh seeds may be obtained 

 from it. 



Dwarf Yellow Extra Early Kidney Bean. — A dwarf plant, 

 10 or 12 in. high ; stem light green ; leaves not very numerous, 



gray - green, becoming soon 

 yellow. Pods 5 in. long, flat, 

 light green, produced in 

 bunches of four or six at 

 the end of the stems. Seed 

 yellow, about ^ in. long and 

 ^ in. broad and thick, usually 

 five per pod. This variety is 

 the earliest of all the Beans 

 with coloured seed, and is 

 well suited for growing under 

 frames. Its pods are of excel- 

 lent quality as Haricots verts. 



Dwarf Barbes Bean. — 

 This variety comes very near 

 the Yellow Hundredfold Bean, 

 but is taller and more vigorous. 

 The seed is also larger, longer, 

 and a clearer yellow, nearly that of the Yellow Canadian Bean: 

 It is straight in shape, cylindrical, and often squared at both ends. 

 The pods, like those of the Yellow Hundredfold Bean, are well 

 filled, very fleshy, and may be eaten almost up to the time of 

 their full development. In the south of France and Algeria it 

 is much grown for producing green Haricots. 



Royal Dwarf White Kidney Bean. — Under the name of 

 " Swiss Kidney Beans " are grouped a certain number of v^arieties 

 which are almost identical in habit of growth, and present hardly 

 any difl"erence except in the colour of the seed. In Italy these 

 varieties are named Fagiuoli cannelliiii, and at Bordeaux they are 

 known under the general name of Haricot Capuci?ie. Almost all 

 have the bad habit of sending out, above the leaves and flowers, a 

 slender barren stem, of greater or less length, which never twines. 

 This variety sometimes has this drawback, but possesses some very 

 good qualities also, especially great productiveness and hardiness ; 

 very suitable for field culture. It has large and very rough, dark 

 green coloured, and sometimes finely crimped leaves ; flowers large 

 and white ; pods long and numerous, each containing five or six 

 seeds, which are white, straight, almost cylindrical, often flattened 



Dwarf Yellow Extra Early Kidney Bean. 



