330 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



curved, rough, medium green, £ inch diameter, oval in section ; flesh thick, with 

 little fibre or string when young, but becoming stringy, bulging over seeds ; 

 seeds 2 to 4, when ripe, large, straight, thick, ends more or less truncate. Ready 

 July 29. Crop green, 12 lb. Said to be a white form of ' Canadian Wonder,' but 

 quite distinct from the following (Nos. 88, 89, 96), which correspond exactly with 

 ' Canadian Wonder ' except in seed colour. 



* * * 



88. White Haricot (Sutton) \ 



89. White Leviathan (Watkins & Simpson) I A.M. Aug. 21, 1919. 

 96. Dunkin's Dwarf (Dunkin) j 



Plant vigorous, dark green, 18 to 22 inches, foliage large ; pods in large clusters, 

 carried well above soil, 6£ to 7 inches long, straight or somewhat curved, smooth, 

 light green, £ to £ inch diameter, thick ; flesh thick, little string or parchment 

 at first, but becoming tough ; seeds up to 6, when ripe large, kidney-shaped, 

 flat oval. Ready July 29. Crop green, 13^ lb. Introduced by senders. 



91. White Dutch or Case Knife (Barr)i ,. . - . , 



92. Dwarf Case Knife (R.H.S.) } ° f medlum Slze ' 16 inches ' 

 dark green ; pods in small clusters, well above ground, 4 to \\ inches, smooth, 

 straight, light green, f inch diameter, flat ; flesh thick with little string or 

 parchment at first but becoming tough later ; seeds up to 6, of medium size, 

 flat oval, ends generally round. Ready Aug. 1. Crop green, 12^ lb. Both 

 stocks showed a tendency to climb. 



93. Emperor WiLLiAM (R.H.S.) . — Closely resembles the preceding (Nos. 

 91, 92), pods sometimes longer. 



* * * 



94. Haricot de Soissons nain (R.H.S.). — Plant of 18 inches, rather 

 spreading, dark green ; pods in small clusters, well above soil, 5 inches, straight, 

 smooth, light green, stringy when old, f inch broad, flat ; flesh fairly thick, 

 becoming tough when old ; seeds up to 5, when ripe of medium size, flat oval, 

 end usually truncate. Crop green, 14 lb. Showing a tendency to climb. 



241. Kumamota (Yokohama Nursery Co.). — Plant of medium size, 15 inches, 

 dark green ; pods in medium clusters, resting more or less on the soil, 5 to 5^ 

 inches, straight, flattish, dark dull green, inch diameter ; flesh medium, stringy, 

 little parchment ; seeds 5, variable in shape. Ready Aug. 15. Crop small. 



* * * 



87. Nettle-leaved Canterbury (R.H.S.). — Plant of medium size, 12 to 

 16 inches, foliage small, very distinct by its marked wrinkling, dark green; 

 pods in large clusters, rather loose and apt to rest on the soil, 4 to 4^ inches long, 

 more or less curved, dark green, smooth, flattish, barely f inch diameter, flesh 

 thick, stringy but with little parchment ; seeds up to 5, crowded in the pods, 

 when ripe flattish oblong, truncate at ends. Ready July 25. Crop green, 7 lb. 



* * * 



10 1. Comtesse de Chambord or Dwarf Rice (Barr). — A semi-climbing 

 form not needing support, medium dark green ; pods in small clusters, carried 

 well above soil, 3 \ inches long, light green, smooth, flattish oval, barely \ inch 

 diameter ; flesh fairly thick, becoming stringy when old ; seeds 3 to 6, when 

 ripe, very small, round oval, more or less truncate. Of value mainly for its ripe 

 seeds. Ready Aug. 19. Crop green, 17 lb. 



* * * 



103, 104. Haricot l'Inepuisable (Vilmorin, Barr *). — Plant large, 14 to 

 18 inches, dark green ; typically the flowers and pods of this form are produced 

 in very large clusters, but many fail to set, production occurs over a long period, 

 and the crop is very good, but all stocks contained some plants with rather 

 small clusters ; pods up to 6 inches, medium green, flattish, \ to \ inch diameter 

 seeds 3 to 5, medium, flattish oval, truncate, but considerable variety of form 

 was apparent in the stocks. Ready Aug. 18. Crop green, 13 lb. 



243. Everbearing (Cave). — Characters as above. 



105, 106, 107. Everbearing (Sutton, Barr, R. Veitch). — Earlier than Nos. 

 103, 104, but otherwise similar. Stock No. 107 showed the characteristics of 

 this variety more markedly than the others. 



* This sender does not yet list this variety. 



