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BROAD BEANS (Faba vulgaris). 
CULTURE.-/. or an early crop a sowiny of Mazagon 
may be made in October or November^ on well drained soil. The 
main crop .should be sown in February, others may follow up to the 
end of May. Sow in drills, about 2 deep^ the beans to be 
H inches apart and the drills 2 to Z feet apart. 2 he ground 
should be trenched and well manured. I’er quart. — 8. (1. 
Giant Seville Long Pod— This variety is one of the 
longest ]) 0 (ltled beans in eiiltivation, eonsequcntly 
it is well adapted for exhibition purposes; good 
cropper and of tine flavour ... ... 1 
Early Mazagan — The best for the first sowing ... 0 G 
Johnson’s Wonderful Long Pod— Very early, and 
a good cropper... 
Taylor’s Broad Windsor— Large, and fine flavour 0 8 
Green Windsor — Splendid eolour when cooked, and 
fine flavour 
Minster Giant Long Pod— Extra fine; a very 
prolific and large-podded sort ... 
Monarch Long Pod— Large and productive... ... 
Green Long Pod — Very fine, and a nice colour when 
cooked 
Harlington Windsor— The largest and most prolific 
Windsor Bean in cultivation 
Beck's Dwarf Green Gem— An excellent dwarf 
sort, only one foot high ... ... ..• 
Bunyard’s Exhibition Long -Pod. —This is 
undoubtedly the finest and most productive Long- 
I’od Broad Bean we have ever seen. We have 
thoroughly tested it, and is by far the best Bean 
ill cultivation for exhibition. We have had pods 
measuring one foot in length well filled with beans, 
and are quite confident it is a splendid introduction 1 (i 
RUNNER bYa NS 
(Phaseolus multiflorus). 
CULTURE. — It is a common mistake to plant these too 
early. Sowings may be made in April, under gla.ss, and the plants 
put out about the middle of May where they are to stand. Ij, 
however, they are to be sown in the open ground, do not put them 
in until the first week in May. This is the vegetable for a hot 
and dry season. When thickly mulched and watered, they will 
bear hcarily and deserve all the labour of watering afforded 
them. They should be occasionally topped, to induce, side growth. 
Per quart. — s. d_ 
Cannells’ Selected Scarlet— A great improvement 
upon the old variety, produces very long pods, fleshy 
and tender : a licnvy cropper 
Neal’S Ne Plus Ultra— The best for e.xhibition and 
main crop, producing an enormous quantity of 
extraordinary pods of splendid form, from 10 to 14 
inches long,’ and quite straight. To grow it to 
perfection each bean should bo planted 14 feet 
apart in the rows 
Giant White— A wonderful cropper, long pods, which 
are very tender ; a eapital exhibition variety 
Champion— A select stock of the old Scarlet Bunner 
Painted Lady — Very handsome, scarlet and white 
fhiwers ; very ornamental Jis well as useful 
New White, Laxton’s Czar. - By far the largest and 
best in the world, 'riie true variety sent out by 
T. La.xton is an enormous podded while runner 
Bean, the pods of which run from 12 to 16 inches 
in length, are very thick, fleshy, and almost string- 
less, often 2 inches in diameter, and produced in 
clusters. It is also somewhat earlier and hardier 
than the Scarlet Uiinner. The tendency of the 
Czar is to form thick fleshy pods and few seeds, 
and no other Bean approximates this for size, 
quality, and productiveness. The stock of this has 
continuously from the finest pods only, and although the 
, the flavour is extremely delicate. Per pkt. Is. Gu. 
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