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bean, Earliest Red Speckled Brazilian Dwarf bean, etc., in Germany. 
It is classed by Martens under Phaseolus oblongus purpureovariegatus, 
. Martens. 
A rather stout bush bean, with no tendrils, about twelve inches in 
height, quite bushy. Foliage not very abundant, dark green, somewhat 
curly. Leaflets large, broadly wedge obovate, taper pointed. Flowers 
white, slightly tinged with pink. Pods, when fully developed, light 
green, almost straight, slightly swollen by the beans, tipped with a long 
straight or curved point; when ripe, slightly bent, ‘almost cylindrical, 
light dun yellow, 4 3-4 to 5 1-4 inches long, containing about four 
beans. Ripe beans oblong, usually slightly kidney-form, almost cylin- 
drical, occasionally slightly compressed at the ends, dull reddish pur- 
ple streaked and mottled with light brown. . Average size of ten beans 
19-32 inch long, 9-32 inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. 
It was in cultivation in this country in 1828, and we may suspect is 
one of the native beans of this country. 
35, FRENCH EMILE. 
A low, stocky bush bean, without tendrils or twining habit, eight to 
ten inches high, little branched. Foliage abundant, rather dark-green, 
somewhat curly. Leaflets of medium size,broadly obovate, taper pointed, 
rarely slightly heart-shaped. Flowers white, with a very slight tinge 
of pink. Fully developed pods green, somewhat sabre-form, tipped 
with a slender straight or curved point; three and three-fourths to 
four and one-half inches long, containing about three beans; ripe 
beans oblong, occasionally slightly kidney form, almost cylindrical, 
rarely slightly compressed at the ends, dark chocolate purple mottled 
with light brown. Average size of ten beans, 12-32 inch long, 9-32 
inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. The ripe beans resemble somewhat those 
of the Early Mohawk, but may easily be distinguished by their shorter 
proportionate length and general lighter appearance. 
36. Brst oF ALL. 
A bushy bean of medium size, with no twining habit, about twelve 
inches high. Leaflets large, obovate, taper pointed. Flowers pinkish 
white. Pods green when young; when fully developed yellow, more 
or less blotched with rose-color, smooth, almost straight, much 
swollen by the beans, tipped with a blunt curved point; when ripe 
not very much swollen, slightly wrinkled, almost cylindrical, pale dun 
yellow, five to five and one-half inches long, containing from three to 
four beans. Fully developed beans white mottled with pale rose-color. 
Ripe beans oblong, very slightly kidney-form, somewhat flattened 
sidewise, rarely slightly compressed on the ends, light brown, mottled 
and streaked with dull red, a yellow ring about the eye. Average size 
of ten beans 1-2 inch long, 9-32 inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. 
The color of these beans is very similar to Horticultural and Inter- 
mediate Horticultural, but they may be easily distinguished by the 
oblong, slightly flattened form of Best of All. 
