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taper pointed. Flowers pinkish white. Pods, when fully developed 
yellow, straight or nearly so, tipped with a long slender point.; when 
ripe swollen by the beans, not flattened, parchment like, dun color, 
six to six and a half inches long, containing about three beans. Fully 
developed beans white with a tinge of red. Ripe beans oblong, slightly 
kidney-form, slightly flattened sidewise, unusually more or less com- 
pressed on the ends, dark red shading almost to black. Average size 
of ten beans 5-8 inch long, 5-16 inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. 
49. Purpre FLAGEOLET. 
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A strongly branched leafy bush bean, without twining habit, twelve 
to fifteen inches high. Leaflets rather small, obovate, inclining to 
lozenge shape, taper pointed. Flowers purple. Pods when fully 
developed, dark green, very broad, straight or slightly bent, tipped 
with a long slender point ; when ripe, slightly swollen by the beans, 
almost cylindrical, dun color, 4 3-4 to 5 1-4 inches long, containing 
from two to three beans. Ripe beans oblong, slightly kidney-form, 
flattened sidewise, rarely compressed at the ends, dull dark purple, 
almost black. Average size of ten beans, 9-16 inch long, 9-32 inch 
broad, 7-32 inchjthick. They are easily distinguished from the preced- 
ing by the green color of the pods and the purple color of the beans. 
50. TRANSYLVANIAN BUTTER. 
A pole bean, with us scarcely climbing, not more than one foot high. 
Foliage quite abundant, dark green. Leaflets small, obovate inclining 
to triangular, short pointed. Flowers purplish. Pods, when fully 
developed, very broad, dark green, almost entirely covered with purple 
stripes ; when ripe, much swollen by the beans, straight or nearly so, 
wrinkled, parchment like, dun color with dark purple stripes, 3 1-2 to 
4 inches long, containing about three beans. Ripe beans, lenticular, 
pale dirty blue shading off into bluish duncolor. Average size of ten 
beans, 1-2 inch long, 3-8 inch broad, 9-32 inch thick. 
51. Case KNIFE. 
Syn. Dutch Case Knife, the German Sword bean (Martens). Accord- 
ing to the same authority it is known by the following names in various 
places: In Zurich, White Seeded Sword-Grease-Pole bean ; in Ulm 
aud Stuttgart, High Sword bean; in Hohenheim, Large White Sword 
bean, Broadsword Pole bean; in Bopfingen, White Sword bean; in 
Munich, Largest Broadsword Pole bean; in England, Large Dutch 
Kidney bean; in Canada, Case Knife Runner bean, etce., etc. 
A pole bean, growing six feet or over in height. It is said by Mar- 
_ tens to grow as high as fifteen feet in Germany, rather slender. Foliage 
scanty. Leaflets broadly oval, slightly heart-shaped, almost as broad as 
long, short pointed. Flowers white. Pods, when fully developed, 
pale greenish yellow, straight or slightly sabre-form, very broad and 
very flat, scarcely distended by the beans, tipped with a slender bent 
point ; when ripe very papery, light dun yellow, 7 to 7 1-2 inches long, 
containing about five beans. Fully developed beans white with veiny 
markings. Ripe beans oblong, very broad, kidney-form, strongly 
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