DWARF FRENCH BEANS AT WISLEY, 1919. 



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2. Round-podded. 



147. Perfect (Brunning). — Plant of medium size, erect, 16 inches ; foliage 

 medium to dark green, flowers dark, in small clusters ; pods set poorly but 

 over long season, 4 to 4^ inches, fairly straight, medium green, marked with dark 

 violet, smooth, round, ■§ inch diameter ; flesh very thick, no string at first, 

 little parchment later ; seeds 5, rather smaller but otherwise similar to No. 

 141. Ready Aug. 20. Crop green, 8£ lb. 



r. Seeds blackish brown on fawn ground ; flowers lilac. 

 145. Fifty Days (Carter), A.M. Aug. 7, 1919. — Plant of medium size, 

 erect, 16 inches ; foliage medium green ; pods in medium clusters, well above 

 soil, 4£ inches, straight, light green, rather rough, £ inch diameter, flat oval ; 

 flesh medium, stringy, but with little parchment ; seeds similar to No. 141 except 

 in colour. Ready July 20, the earliest bean in the trial. Crop green, 6 lb., 

 season short. 



s. Seeds flesh-coloured, much marbled purple violet ; flowers dark mauve. 



151. Suisse Gris (R.H.S.), H.C. Aug. 21, 1919. — Plant 18 inches, vigorous, 

 with dark-green branches, and large, corrugated, dark-green leaves ; pods in largo 

 clusters, well above soil, 4^ to 5 inches, straight, dark green more or less marked 

 purple, inch diameter ; flesh thick, with little parchment and no string when 

 young, becoming stringy later ; seeds 3 to 5, large, straight, oval in section, round 

 ended. Ready Aug. 2. Crop green, 11 lb. 



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155. Abundance (A, Dickson). — Plant like preceding; pods 4J inches 

 medium green, stringy, otherwise like No. £51. Seeds perhaps a little smaller. 

 Ready Aug. {, Crop green, 9 lb. Raised and introduced by Messrs. Dickson. 



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156. Gloire de Lyon (Barr *). — Plant as in No. 151. Pods in large clusters, 

 resting on soil, 5^ to 6 inches long, somewhat curved, rough, medium green 

 more or less marked dark violet, roundish oval, §• inch diameter ; flesh thick, 

 tough, and stringy ; seeds 3 to 5, darker than No. 151 when ripe. Ready July 24. 

 Crop green, 7 lb. 



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157. Progress (Dawkins). — Plant as in No. 156. Pods in large clusters 

 tending to rest on soil, 4 inches long, slightly curved, rough, light green slightly 

 streaked violet, f inch wide ; flesh medium, tough, and stringy ; seeds up to 5, 

 similar to No, 156. Ready July 24. Crop green, 8 lb, 



t. Seeds flesh-coloured, much marbled reddish brown ; flowers light mauve, 



150. Early Wonder (Ryder) ) in ^ vigor0 us ; 



152. Langport Wonder (Kelway) j & 0 



pods 5! to 6 inches long in large clusters well above soil, straight, smooth, light 

 to medium green, yV inch ; flesh fairly thick, little parchment, or string when 

 young, becoming stringy ; seeds up to 6, of medium size, flat oval, rounded at 

 end. Ready Aug. 5. Crop green, g£ lb. Germination of No. 150 poor. 



u. Seed dark dun and white ; flowers white. 



175. Satisfaction (Sutton), A.M. Aug. 7, 1919.— Plant 18 inches ; foliage 

 dark green, corrugated, large ; pods in large clusters well above soil, up to 7 

 inches long, medium dull green, straight, flat oval, f inch ; fleshy, with little 

 parchment or string ; seeds 6, medium, long flat oval, ends round. Ready July 

 24. Crop green, 8£ lb. Raised and introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



v. Seeds reddish brown with black splashes ; flowers red. 



176. Early Wonder (Carter), A.M.Aug. 7, 1919. — Plant 16 inches, erect; 

 foliage large, rough, medium green ; pods 4 to 5 inches, in large compact clusters 

 more or less above soil, medium green, rounded in section, f inch ; very fleshy 

 with little fibre or string when young, becoming stringy later, rather bulged over 

 seeds ; seeds 6, small, short oval, rounded at ends. Ready Aug. 2. Crop 

 green, 7$ lb. Produced over a long season. 



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