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The pods equally fine and excellent The seed is the same shape 

 and size, but of white colour. 



From the Valley Skinless Bean. — Stem stout and branching, 



10 ft. or more in height; 

 leaves light green, 

 pointed and smooth ; 

 flowers w^hite. Pods 

 rosy white, 7 to 9 in. 

 long, twisted, with a 

 well-marked groove and 

 bulging seeds eight or 

 ten in a pod. The seeds, 

 like those of the Saint- 

 Fiacre Bean, are light 

 brown, but more flat ; 

 they are about | in. long 

 and about half as broad. 

 A very early and pro- 

 ductive variety, the pods 

 very fleshy, and tender 

 almost up to their com- 

 plete maturity. 



Golden-yellow Tall 

 Skinless Bean. — A 

 vigorous variety, about 

 6J ft. in height, quick- 

 growing, but slackening 

 early. It is one of the 

 earliest Tall Skinless 

 Beans. It sheds its 

 leaves as early as the 

 Princess and the Pre- 

 dome Beans. The pods 

 are in bunches of four, 

 five, or six, long and 

 slightly curved, green 

 and fleshy. The seed 

 is rather small, straight, 

 squared at both ends, 

 light yellow streaked 

 with deep golden-yellow; 

 as broad, and is of about 



From the Valley Skinless Bean. 



it seldom exceeds J in. in length by half 

 the same thickness. 



Purple-podded Runner Kidney Bean. — A very vigorous and 

 tall kind, sometimes attaining a height of ft. and upwards. The 

 -Stems, which are stout and rather thick, are purple, as are also the 



