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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



The American variety, Giant Red Wax Pole Bean, is a Tall- 

 growing Edible-podded Kidney Bean, 6\ ft. high, with large flat 

 white or yellow pods, resembling those of the Edible-podded Black 

 Scimitar Kidney Bean, and red seeds. It is a rather late kind. 



II. Dwarf Edible-podded Kidney Beans 



Dwarf White Wax 

 or Butter Bean. — A 



very good but somewhat 

 tender variety, forming 

 low, broad clumps, which 

 sometimes sprawl on the 

 ground. The leaves be- 

 come smaller and paler 

 towards the tops of the 

 stems. Flowers white ; 

 pods almost transparent^ 

 waxy white, and about 

 4 in. long, each contain- 

 ing five or six short, 

 egg-shaped, creamy white 

 seeds, sometimes slightly 

 wrinkled. The dried 

 seeds are excellent for 

 the table. 



King of the Wax 

 Bean. — A dwarf, com- 

 pact plant, with short 

 but stout rigid stems. 

 Pods numerous, very 

 thick (compared with their length), tender and fleshy. Seed 

 white, full, oblong, thin-skinned. Among the numerous varieties 

 of Wax Beans, this takes an 

 important place, its produc- 

 tion being more abundant 

 and longer than that of any 

 other. The dry seed is 

 very tender and of excellent 

 quality. 



Very Early Dwarf Wax 

 or Butter Bean. — Regular 

 and dwarf in habit and very 

 early ; stem short ; leaves 

 broad and pointed, veined, 

 gray-green. Pods long and numerous, yellow, free from membrane; 

 seed small, short, buff-coloured, about \ in. long and about half 



King of the Wax Bean. 



Very Early Dwarf Butter Bean. 



