. The book of the garden. Gardening. 68 CULINAEY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. when most other beans are done. It is known as the Toker, and is the Feve de Windsor verte of the French. Weight of seed, 36 to 37 grains. 11. Sed Windsor.—In character similar to the last two, differing, however, in the beans being of a light red colour while young, and dark red when ripe, which renders it seldom sought after. The French have a bean very similar, under the name of Feve violette. Weight of seed, 31^ grains. 12. Oreen China.—From 2 to 2^ feet in height. Not much cultivated, but is deserving of greater notice on
. The book of the garden. Gardening. 68 CULINAEY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. when most other beans are done. It is known as the Toker, and is the Feve de Windsor verte of the French. Weight of seed, 36 to 37 grains. 11. Sed Windsor.—In character similar to the last two, differing, however, in the beans being of a light red colour while young, and dark red when ripe, which renders it seldom sought after. The French have a bean very similar, under the name of Feve violette. Weight of seed, 31^ grains. 12. Oreen China.—From 2 to 2^ feet in height. Not much cultivated, but is deserving of greater notice on account of its productive- ness and coming in late ; pods long, cylindrical, containing three or four beans, which remain green when dry. Much cultivated on the Con- tinent, and known as the Feve verte de la Chine.—Bon. Jard., edit. 1835. 13. Dwarf crimson seeded.—Esteemed only on account of its earliness and dwarf habit, in both of which it exceeds all the other beans, seldom attaining a foot in height. Pods produced in great abundance, about 2 inches long, well fiUed with beans of a crimson colour, and nearly as large as the long pod. Known as Vilmorin's dwarf red seeded. This is the Feve trds naine rouge, nain rouge, of the French. The varieties of beans have not increased by any means in the same ratio as pease, for which both cultivators and seedsmen ought to be thankful As a selection from the above, we would recommend Nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, and 9; and No. S, where delicacy of flavour, at the expense of a moderate return, is no object. Gregory's early hang-down is merely seed selected from No. 6. The thick-seeded Windsor, Child's long pod, green long pod, gangster's imperial long pod, green fan or cluster, and other names found in catalogues, are scarcely worth the attention of the cultivator. and Diseases.— The bean is liable, particularly in dry sea- sons, to the attacks of the Aphis fabce, the black-fly collier, or, as it is in many places called, the dolphin. It
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