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leathery, short, very broad, flat, not much distended by the beaus. 
Beans large, broad flat, more or less kidney-form, white or greenish 
white with veins radiating from the eye. 
Several varieties are in cultivation, but owing to the cold and wet 
in the early part of the season those grown by us did not develop in 
sufficient perfection to bring out their distinctive characteristics. 
Among those attempted may be mentioned : 
Bliss’ Early, Dreer’s Improved and New Challenger, all varieties 
more or less distinct of the White Lima. 
Small White Lima, Syn. Frost, West Indian, Carolina, Carolina 
Sewee, Sieva, Saba. A smaller, earlier and more prolific variety than 
the common Lima. | 
Red Lima, a red variety, in all other respects resembling the White 
Lima, and Speckled Lima a variety mottled with red. 
The Large White Lima and the Sieva were in cultivation in this 
country in 1828. . 
56. SCARLET RUNNER. 
The Scarlet Runner is considered a distinct species and classed 
under Phaseolus multifiorus, Lam. 
A tall growing pole bean with luxuriant foliage, rather dark green. 
Leaflets of medium size, broadly obovate, inclining to triangular, the 
lateral often €nequally developed, rather short pointed. Flowers large, 
scarlet, borne in well-developed racemes. Pods, when fully developed, 
dark green, rough, sabre form ; when ripe, dark brown, almost cylin- 
drical, parchment like, not greatly swollen by the beans, 5 1-2 to 6 1-2 
inches long, containing about three beans. Ripe beans large, oblong, 
very slightly kidney-form, flattened sidewise, occasionally compressed 
on the ends, black mottled with dull lilac. Average size of ten beans 
13 to 16 inches long, 1-2 inch broad, 5-16 inch thick. 
5”. WHITE oR DutcH RUNNER. 
A variety of Scarlet Runner with white flowers and white beans, in 
all other respects scarcely to be distinguished from the Scarlet Runner. 
Both were in cultivation in this country in 1828. 
58. FRENCH YARD LONG. 
Apparently identical with the Asparagus Bean of Burr, classed 
under Dolichos sesquipedalis. 
A pole bean that apparently needs a warmer climate than ours for 
its perfect development. Stems very long but not tending to climb 
upwards, moderately leafy. Jueaflets halberd shaped, long and narrow, 
taper pointed, very slightly pubescent. Flowers very large, purplish 
yellow. Pods very long, 18 to 24 inches, borne in pairs, almost cylin- 
drical, not swollen by the beans, light green when approaching ripe- 
ness, very leathery, tipped with a very short blunt point, containing 
from ten to eleven beans. Fully developed beans very distant in the 
pods, light greenish tinged with red. Ripe beans small, oblong, kid- 
ney form, flattened sidewise, nct compressed on the ends, dark brown 
with a black ring about the eye. Average size of ten beans 7-16 inch 
long, 7-32 inch broad, 5-32 inch thick. It was in cultivation in this 
country in 1828. 
