DWARF FRENCH BEANS AT WISLEY, 1919. 



321 



232. 



Toromame. 



243- 



jiverDeanng. 



2 33- 



Mavu-Udzura. 



244. 



T^nfiolm Qol or- fori "R U 



Xyunciiu ocicticu, jj. /*. 



-34- 



Muroran. 



2 45- 



xvinLOKi, ad. e. 



2 35- 



Burmah. 



246. 



nilTlplm W^r^TlHoT' 



XJUIlGllll VVU11U.CI. 



236. 



Chiu-naga-TJdzura. 



247. 



T TT "R 



2^7. 



Kotebo. 



248. 



L.B. Selected. 



238. 



Chiutuku. 



249. 



Sir Joseph Paxton, C. a. 



239- 



Kintoki, B. e. 



250. 



Canadian Wonder, C. m. 



240. 



Otebo. 



251. 



Earliest of All, C. q. 1. 



241. 



Kumamoto, C. k. 



252. 



Superlative, C. 



242. 



Japanese Wood's Centenary, A. h. 



253. 



Emperor of Russia, C.p.2. 



Notes and Descriptions. 



In the following notes an endeavour has been made to group 

 together the varieties which have characters in common, in order 

 to indicate where likenesses are great, but it must be borne in 

 mind that two beans may be identical in their pod characters, and 

 different in their seeds, or similar in their seeds to all appearance, but 

 different in everything else. Where no space separates descriptions, 

 there the resemblance may be taken as closest. Where there is a 

 space separating them the resemblance is less evident. 



A. WAX-POD BEANS. 



The wax-pod or butter beans are characterized by the yellow colour of the 

 pods, usually evident from the first, but in some cases developing only as age 

 progresses. They are not to be confused with the butter beans of the grocers' 

 shops which are varieties of the Lima bean, and not reliable for outdoor culti- 

 vation in England. 



a. Seeds white ; flowers white. 



1. Young pods flatfish. 



181. King of the Wax (Carter) ~\ 



183. Roi des Beurres (R.H.S.) >■ . — Forms with 



184, 185. Selections out of King of the Wax-pods (R.H.S.)) 



roundish white seeds, and short broad pods. All stocks require further 

 selection. No. 183 was the most regular. 



* * * 



182. Roi des Beurres (Barr*). — Seeds long oval and larger; pods longer, 

 up to 6 inches, but stock not true. 



* * * 



186. Improved White Wax (Carter), A.M., Aug. 7, 191 9. — Plant vigorous, 

 rather spreading, 18 inches; dark, becoming yellowish green; pods in large 

 clusters well above soil ; 7 inches long, straight, almost smooth, light yellow, 

 f in. wide ; fleshy, with little parchment or string ; seeds up to 6, oval, rather 

 small, rounded at end. Ready July 24. Crop green, 10J lb.f Raised and intro- 

 duced by sender. 



* * * 



187. White Wax Bush (Burpee). — Plant erect, 18 inches, dark, becoming 

 yellowish green ; pods in large compact clusters, tending to rest on soil, 3^ inches, 

 smooth, yellow, £ inch broad ; fleshy, with little parchment and stringless ; 

 seeds up to 4, medium thick oval. Ready Aug. 5. Crop green, 9 lb. 



* * * 



188. White Algerian (R.H.S.). — -Stock requires selection. 



2. Young pods round. 



180. Early Gem (R.H.S.). — Plant small, 12 to 15 inches, erect; foliage medium, 

 dark green variegated yellowish ; pods in small clusters, 4 inches long, curved, 

 smooth, becoming yellow, round, crease- backed, f to ^ inch diameter ; very 



* This sender does not yet list this variety. 



I The weights given are from a double row 18 feet long (see p. 316). 



