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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



so that the plant supplies an excellent vegetable, not only while 

 the plants are green and the seeds half-formed, but also when the 

 seeds are fully grown and ripening. The pods, also, are free from 

 fibre, and can be cooked just as they are gathered, without any 

 trimming. This is one of the best kinds of Edible-podded Kidney 

 Beans, and is very extensively grown in France, particularly in 

 Normandy, where there are two or three forms of it which differ 

 slightly from each other in the size of the pods and seeds. It is 

 a half-late variety. 



The Haricot Frio let and the H, Petit Carre de Caen are local 

 forms of the Predome Kidney Bean rather than distinct well- 

 marked sub-varieties. The Friolet is usually considered to produce 

 smaller seed, but this does not appear to be a universally constant 

 characteristic. 



Princess Runner Kidney Bean. — Stem green, thick, twisted, 

 6J ft. high or more ; leaves round, of medium size, crimped, and 



deep green ; flowers white ; 

 pods very numerous 

 (especially at the base of 

 the stems, where they 

 form regular bundles), 

 straight, green, bulging 

 greatly over the seeds, 

 and turning yellow when 

 quite ripe ; they are from 

 4 to 6 in. long, and seldom 

 contain more than eight 

 seeds each. The seeds 

 are white, slightly egg- 

 shaped, and very Hke 

 those of the preceding 

 variety, except that they 

 are never flattened at 

 the ends. A very good, 

 hardy, exceedingly pro- 

 ductive, and fairly early 

 variety. It is extensively 

 grown in French Flanders, 

 Belgium, and Holland. 

 While it much resembles 

 the Predome Kidney 

 Bean, it is sufficiently 

 distinguished from it by 

 the greater distance between the seeds in the pod, and also by 

 growing fully one-third higher. When grown true to name, the 

 seeds of the Princess Kidney Bean (which never touch each other 



Princess Edible-podded Runner French Bean. 



