ASPARAGUS BEAN 



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is similar to that which is employed in the case of late varieties 

 of Tall Kidney Beans. A good warm position is desirable, the 

 best being one against a wall. The green pods are used in the 

 same way as Kidney Beans. 



Long Tonkin Asparagus Bean.— A remarkably eany variety, 

 producing in the open ^ 

 ground, in the vicinity 

 of Paris, as early as 

 July or August, long, 

 thin, very tender, and 

 fleshy pods. The seed 

 is rather small for use 

 as a vegetable by itself : 

 it is yellow-white, with 

 a black ring around the 

 hilum ; it measures less 

 than \ in. in length, 

 and a little less still in 

 breadth and thickness. 



Very Early Long- 

 pod Asparagus Bean. 

 — A sub-variety of the 

 Cuban Asparagus Bean; 

 like the latter, very 

 vigorous in growth and 

 productive, but distin- 

 guished from it by its 

 very great earliness, 

 which allows it to mature 

 its seed in temperate 

 climates. The seed is 

 small, chocolate-brown, 

 with a white eye sur- 

 rounded by a black 

 ring, and measures a 

 little over \ in. in length 

 and about \ in. in 

 breadth. Ripens in the 

 climate of Paris. 



Giant Extra Early Giant Extra Early Asparagus Bean. ^ 



Asparagus Bean. — Distinguished from the preceding ones by 

 the extreme length of its pods, sometimes as much as 3 ft. 3 in. 

 They are very numerous, and broader than those of the Cuban 

 Asparagus Bean, and they contain a large number of red seeds, 

 marked black around the white hilum. Ripens in the climate 

 of Paris. 



