()56 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT ON DWARF AND RUNNER BEANS AT 

 CHISWICK, 1902. 



Sixteen stocks of Dwarf and Runner Beans were sent for trial, all being 

 sown on May 14, in ground that had been deeply trenched and heavily 

 manured the previous winter. With one or two exceptions, all made good 

 growth and cropped well. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



1. Brittle Wax (Atlee Burpee).— Not a success. 



2. Earliest of All (Carter). — Not a success. 



3. Early Favourite, A.M. April 27, 1897, as a forcing variety 

 (J. Yeitch). — Dwarf ; foliage small, pods long ; straight ; handsome ; 

 very heavy crop. 



4. Early Wonder (J. Yeitch). — Very dwarf; foliage small; pods of 

 moderate length, straight, thick, fleshy ; heavy crop. 



5. Epicure (Sutton), Climber (French). — Foliage of moderate size ; 

 pods long and slightly curved ; heavy crop. 



6. Excelsior (Sutton), Climber (French). — Foliage large ; pods very 

 long, straight ; handsome ; very heavy crop. The best of this class. 



7. Holborn Wonder (Carter). — Dwarf ; foliage rather large ; pods 

 long, straight ; handsome ; great crop. A very early variety. 



8. Invincible (J. Yeitch). — Dwarf; foliage large; pods of moderate 

 length, thick, curved, almost like a Scarlet Runner ; great crop, and a 

 continuous bearer. A very productive variety. 



9. Mammoth Seedling Runner (Carter), Scarlet Runner. — This is of 

 the ' Painted Lady ' type, but the pods are much longer and broader, and 

 borne in great profusion. 



10. New Stringless Green-pod Bush (Atlee Burpee). — Dwarf; foliage 

 of moderate size ; pods long, curved, thick, fleshy ; heavy crop. 



11. Princess of Wales (Sutton), Climber (French). — Foliage large ; 

 pods long, straight, fleshy ; heavy crop. 



12. Tender and True, F.C.C. September 3, 1891 (Sutton), Climber 

 (French). — Foliage moderate in size; pods long, straight, handsome; 

 heavy crop. 



13. Ten Week (Carter), Climber (French). — Foliage of moderate 

 size ; pods long, broad, straight, and fleshy, almost like a Scarlet Runner ; 

 very heavy crop. 



14. The Duke (Wrench). — Dwarf; foliage rather large; pods long, 

 broad, straight, handsome ; great crop. A continuous bearer. 



16. Yeitch's Hybrid (J. Yeitch). — Dwarf ; foliage small; pods short, 

 thick, straight ; very heavy crop. A continuous bearer. 



10. Dr. Masters sent a supposed hybrid between a Dwarf French 

 Bean and a Pea. The seed was almost the colour of a Pea, and rounder 

 than the French Bean usually is, but in foliage, flower, and pods, the 

 plant was exactly the same as a Dwarf French Bean, and the seed from 

 the plant also identical. 



