TALL EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 



with stout stems 6 to nearly lo ft. high. Leaves very large, but not 

 numerous ; leaflets rounded and crimped. The flowers are white • 

 pods very broad, and ' 

 very numerous, 4 to 6 in. 

 long, entirely free from 

 membrane, thick and 

 fleshy, each containing 

 four to six flat white 

 seeds, resembling those 

 of the White Dutch or 

 Case-knife Kidney Bean. , 

 When grown under 

 favourable circumstances, 

 this variety produces such 

 an abundance of pods as 

 to weigh down the stakes 

 which support it. 



Broad -pod Skinless 

 Kidney Bean. — This 

 variety, which was raised 

 by M. Perrier de la Bathie, 

 is one of the most singular 

 and distinct varieties that 

 has appeared for some 

 years past. It is a vigor- 

 ous, rather late productive 

 kind, and remarkable 

 amongst the Edible- 

 podded varieties. Stem 

 4 to 6 ft. high, bearing 

 pods abundantly near the 

 base ; leaves large, very 

 green, slightly crimped ; 

 pods so thick and facshy 

 that the diameter from 

 side to side is one-third 

 greater than the distance 

 between the front seam 

 and the back. There is, 

 however, no empty space 

 inside the pod, which is 

 so thick and fleshy that 

 the seeds have hardly 

 room to grow, and appear deformed by the pressure to which they 

 are subjected. They are white, elongated egg-shaped, sometimes 

 faintly kidney-shaped, about J in. long, and J in. broad and thick ; 



Edible-podded Giant White Bean. 



