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~—87. Karty FEerve|r. 
“Syn. White’s Early (Burr). 
_ A bush bean, of medium habit, about twelve inches high, but send- 
ing out long runners like a pole bean. Foliage quite thick, light green, 
not curly, stems and petioles with dark purplish lines. Leaflets quite 
small, broadly wedge obovate, the lateral often irregular from unequal 
development of the upper side, short pointed. Flowers white, striped 
with purple. Pods, when fully developed, dark green, splashed with 
dark purple, especially on the sunny side, quite strongly curved, much 
swollen by the beans, tipped with a short, stout curved point ; when 
ripe flattened, parchment-like, dun color, four and one-half to five and 
one-half inches long, containing from three to four beans. Fully de- 
veloped beans white, with veiny markings. Ripe beans oblong, quite 
strongly kidney-form, flattened sidewise, rarely compressed at the ends, 
varying from almost pure white to white mottled and streaked with 
various shades of dull blue and drab. Average size of ten beans 
17-32 inch long, 5-16 inch broad, 7-32 inch thick. 
38. WuiTE KIDNEY. 
Syn. Kidney, Large White Kidney, Royal Dwarf, the White Date 
Bean (Martens). 
According to the same authority it is called by the following 
names in various places: in Canada, Imperial Dwarf Kid- 
ney, and Dwarf Long Dutch White; in Spain, Judias blancas; in 
Naples, Fagioli a cannellini; in Venice, Fasoloni bianchi ; in France, 
Rognon de coq, and Haricot suisse blanc nain; in Germany, Early 
White Club bean, White Cylindrical Dwarf bean, Long-podded White 
Dwarf Kidney bean, etc., etc. It is classed by Martens under Phase- 
olus oblongus albus, Martens. 
A rather stocky bush bean without twining habit. Leaves rather 
light green with no tendency to curl. Leaflets rather large, wedge ob- 
ovate inclined to diamond shape, rather taper pointed. Flowers 
white. Pods, when fully developed, straight or nearly so, light yellow, 
tipped with a long slender straight point; when ripe nearly cylindrical, 
slightly. swollen, parchment-like, pale dun yellow, about six inches 
long, containing three to four beans. Fully developed beans white, 
with veiny markings. Average size of ten beans 5-8 inch long, 5-16 
inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. It was in cultivation in this country in 
1828. 
39. Lona YELLOW Six WEEKS. 
Syn. Six Weeks, Yellow Six Weeks (Burr), the Gold bean (Martens). 
According to Martens it is known in Canada as Montreal Bean; in 
Italy as Fagiolo della regina; in France as Haricots ronds printaniers; 
in Germany as Early Yellow Princess Dwarf bean, Yellow Egg bean, 
etc. It is classed by Martens under Phaseolus ellipticus aureus, 
Zuccagni. 
A vigorous bush bean, with no tendency to twining, quite well 
branched. Foliage very abundant, dark green, slightly inclined to curl. 
Leaflets rather large, broadly ovate, sometimes heart shaped, quite short 
pointed. Flowers white, tinged with pink. Pods, when fully devel- 
oped, light yellowish green, slightly sabre-form, scarcely swollen by the 
