DWARF EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 85 



Long-podded Dwarf Algerian Butter Bean 

 (■| natural size). 



fleshy than those of the preceding kind. This variety has come 

 into very general cultivation about Paris, where it is grown in 

 the fields for the city 

 markets. 



Early Dwarf White 

 Edible - podded Kidney 

 Bean. — Stem tall and 

 branching, attaining a 

 height of 20 in., leaves 

 medium sized, numerous, 

 rather crimped ; flowers 

 white ; pods 6 in. long, 

 flat, very thick and fleshy, 

 almost always curved or 

 twisted, each containing 

 five or six white flattened, 

 moderately kidney-shaped 

 seeds, sometimes slightly 

 squared at the ends, varying from J to nearly | in. in length, 

 about i in. broad, and about ^ in. thick. This variety is fairly 

 good for field culture, a good bearer and pretty early, but the 

 seeds are easily spoiled by cold or damp autumn weather. 



Unique Dwarf White Kidney Bean. — Stem tall, vigorous, and 

 branching ; leaves rather deep green, large, rounded, and crimped ; 

 flowers large, white ; pods numerous, straight, 5 or 6 in. long, each 



containing five or 

 six white, long, very 

 bulging, straight oi* 

 curved seeds, almost 

 as thick as they are 

 broad. This is one 

 of the best Dwarf 

 Edible - podded 

 Kidney Beans. Its 

 dried seeds also are 

 of excellent quality, 

 and perfectly white — 

 a great recommen- 

 dation, as Kidney 

 Beans of this colour 

 are generally pre- 

 ferred for table use. 



Quarantain 

 Dwarf White Kid- 

 ney Bean.— A plant of medium height, with branching stems, 

 forming a rather compact clump. Leaves of average size, stiff 



Unique Dwarf White Kidney Bean (| natural size). 



