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103 



and thus owe a lasting debt of gratitude to Mrs. Labouchere, whose 

 praise of the Dutch Brown Beans led to their trial at Wisley. It is 

 true that the dwarf beans (like the Dutch Brown) are in many ways 

 easier to deal with than^the climbers, but the climbers have certain 

 advantages, e.g. longer bearing, larger cropping powers, and gener- 

 ally rather easier ripening (other things being equal). 



One other use may be referred to, viz., the preservation of the green 

 pods for winter use by bottling and pickling, for both of which purposes 

 the French Bean is superior to the Scarlet Runner. Bottling of beans 

 is not a very easy matter, but in our own household has given much 

 better results than the frequently advocated salting down. 



The range of variation within this one species (Phaseolus vulgaris) 

 is extraordinary, and is seen mainly, but not only, in height, season, 

 toughness or stringlessness of pods, pod-shape and colour, and seed 

 size and colour. The present trial was confined to the tall varieties, 

 and included a good number, though by no means all, well known 

 on the Continent and in America, as well as the majority of those 

 grown in this country. As will be seen by reference to the list of 

 varieties selected for awards and the notes which follow, many more 

 appear to be worth growing widely in our gardens than have hitherto 

 found a place there, and we have endeavoured in the following descrip- 

 tions to group together the forms which appear to be most nearly 

 related to one another. 



Varieties.* 



61. 



Climbing French Bean. 



90. 



Dutch Caseknife. 



62. 



91. 



Phenomenal. 



63. 



Tender and True. 



92. 



Phenomenon No. 8. 



64. 





93- 



Phenomene k rames (Phe- 



65. 







nomenon). 



66. 



Haricot flageolet rouge (a rames) . 



94. 



Successor. 



67. 



Admiral Wonder. 



95- 



Climbing Haricot. 



68. 



The Admiral. 



96. 



Tall White Haricot. 



69. 



The Admiral Wonder. 



97- 



Avant-garde (Vanguard). 



70. 



Burger's Pole Bean. 



98. 



Delicatesse. 



71. 



White Creaseback. 



99- 



Mangetout de St. Fiacre blanc 



72. 



Kentucky Wonder (white seed) . 





(a rames). 



73. 



„ (Old Homestead). 



100. 



Haricot Mangetout du Maine 



74- 



Southern Creaseback. 





(a rames). 



75- 



Haricot a rames extra-hatif . 



101. 



Japanese White Bean. 



76. 



July (wrongly named — a dwarf). 



102. 



Tall W T hite Butter. 



77- 



July Climbing. 



103. 



Haricot de Sallandre ameliore 



78. 



Earliest of All. 



(a rames). 



79. 



Climbing White. 



104. 



Princess of Wales. 



80. 



Lazy Wife. 



105. 



Re-selected Climbing. 



81. 



Quatre-a-quatre (a rames). 



106. 



Haricot Mangetout de St. Fiacre 



82. 



Haricot Predome (a rames). 





(a rames). 



83. 



Princesse a rames. 



107. 



St. Fiacre. 



84. 



Seedling 296. 



108. 





85. 



McCasland Pole Bean. 



109. 



Epicure. 



86. 



White Dutch Caseknife. 



no. 



No. 21 Seedling. 



87- 



Haricot de Soissons blanc a 



III. 



Chateau Salinois. 





rames. 



112. 



Haricot Mangetout sans filet 



88. 



Blanc Geant sans parchemin 





(a rames), (best stringless). 





(White Giant Stringless) . 



"3- 



Mangetout de la Vallee. 



89. 



Haricot de Soissons vert a rames. 



114. 



Kentucky Wonder (brown). 



See footnote, p. 96. 



