DWARF FRENCH BEANS AT WISLEY, 1919. 



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Plant of medium size, 18 inches, 



I. Seeds green ; flowers white. 



The forms included here have seeds green when ripe, but, in order to secure 

 this green tinge unaltered, the pods must be harvested before they are quite 

 ripe ; the colour of the seeds is then a very pleasing green. Two distinct forms 

 were included in the trial, but the form known as ' King of the Greens ' or ' Roi des 

 Verts ' is usually regarded as the same as ' Wonder of France,' but was in this trial 

 similar to ' Chevrier Vert,' etc. There are probably degrees of difference in the 

 power of retaining the green colour in the seed, but the habit of the plants, char- 

 acters of the pods, and so on, proved so much alike in the forms numbered 

 108 to 114 that we group them together. 



108. Chevrier Vert. (Carter) > 



109. Roi des Verts (R.H.S.) 

 no. King of the Greens (Dawkins) 

 in. Green Haricot (Barr) 



112. Dwarf Green (Ryder) 



113, 114. Green Gem (Sutton, Barr*), 

 dark green ; pods in large, loose clusters, carried well above soil, pods up to 6 

 inches long, straight or curved, medium green, oval in section, T 5 ff -inch diameter ; 

 flesh thick, tender but becoming stringy ; seeds up to 5, green when ripe, of 

 medium size, long, generally rounded at ends. Ready Aug. 3. Crop green, 

 13 lb- 



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115. Wonder of France (R.H.S.) . — Habit distinct from foregoing; crop 

 not quite so heavy. 



m. Seeds dark purple ; flowers lilac. 



Canadian Wonder Type. — Two quite distinct races of ' Canadian Wonder ' 

 type are included, the one with larger, paler foliage, larger seeds and longer 

 pods, and the other, smaller in all parts, darker and later. Between these are 

 some intermediate forms, but many of the stocks now on the market contain 

 both the smaller and the larger forms. 



In our trials the large earlier form was represented by: 



158. Canadian Wonder Selected (Sutton) \ 



159. Canadian Wonder (Carter) Lwc A 



161. Canadian Wonder, selected strain} 2 *» I 9 I 9- 



(Dobbie) J 

 Plant vigorous, 22 inches, yellowish green; pods carried well above soil, 

 up to 9 inches long, straight, rough, rather light green, flat oval, | inch 

 diameter ; flesh thick, with little fibre at first, becoming stringy ; seeds 

 up to 6, when dry very large, almost straight, rounded. Ready Aug. 5. 

 Crop green, ioi lb. 



163. Canadian Wonder Selected (R.H.S.) belonged to same type. 



The extreme small type was represented by 

 170. Flageolet Rouge nain (Vilmorin). 



Other stocks either intermediate or mixed were: — 



160. Selected Canadian Wonder (Webb). — Smaller type. 



162, 165, 167, 250. Canadian Wonder (Simpson, Veitch, Morse, 

 Nutting). — Smaller type, intermediate. 



164. Canadian Wonder (Barr). — Mixed types. 



168. Canadian Wonder Improved (Ryder). — Smaller type, inter- 

 mediate. 



169. Canadian Wonder, Ordinary (Sutton). — Contained some runners. 

 166. Canadian Express (Carter). — Smaller type, mixed. 



n. Seeds white, with reddish-brown streak at edge : flowers white. 



171, 172. Magnum Bonum (Sutton, Watkins & Simpson) 1 ^ , , . , 7 

 174. White Advancer, Improved (Carter) j- riant lairiy large 



up to 18 inches, yellowish green becoming darker, rough ; pods in small clusters 

 well above foliage, 5 inches, straight, medium green, f to J inch diameter, fiattish- 

 round; seeds up to 6, when ripe, large, ends rounded. Ready Aug. 2. Crop 

 green, 10 lb. 



* This sender does not yet list this variety. 



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