DWARF EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 87 



square, or rounded at both 

 the ^Hundredfold Bean. 



Emile Dwarf Kidney Bean. 



ends, resembling closely that of 



■An 



Haricot du Bon Tardinier. 



exceedingly dwarf and 

 remarkably early variety, 

 seldom more than 8 or 

 10 in. high. Leaves 

 medium sized, of a rather 

 dark green, and slightly 

 crimped ; flowers white 

 or very pale lilac ; pods 

 somewhat curved, 4 or 

 5 in. long, very fleshy, 

 green before ripening and 

 never turning white or 

 yellow, each containing 

 from five to seven oblong 

 violet-coloured seeds 

 marbled with light gray, 

 about J in. long and I in. broad and thick. This variety, which 

 was recently raised by ^I. Perrier de la Bathie, seems to us to 

 be both the dwarfest and the earliest of all the Edible-podded 

 Kidney Beans, and is specially suitable for forcing. 



Dwarf Purple-podded Bean. — A dwarf Bean remarkable for 

 the dark blackish colour which extends to all its parts ; the stems 

 dark purple, the leaves tinged violet, especially towards autumn, 

 and the pods so much so as to appear almost black. Like those of 

 the Purple Runner Bean, 

 the pods become green 

 in the cooking. The 

 plant is bushy, vigorous, 

 half-early, and produces 

 very fleshy, tender pods, 

 distinct from those of 

 any other sort. 



Predome Dwarf 

 Kidney Bean. — The 

 pods and seeds of this 

 variety are exactly like 

 those of the Tall-growing 

 Predome Kidney Bean, 

 but less abundantly pro- 

 duced, and this deficiency 

 is not redeem.ed by any other particular merit. . The ordinary 

 Predome Kidney Bean does not require very tall stakes, so that 

 it is not one of those kinds in which the raising of a dwarf variety 

 is any advantage. 



Dwarf Purple-pcddcd Skinless French Bean. 



