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BEAN'.
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Varieties.
There are several varieties of the bean, but the
principal sorts planted in British gardens are, the
Early Mazagan; it is the hardiest and best fla¬
voured of any of the early sorts, which are, the
Early Long-pod, the Early Lisbon, and Dwarf
Fan or Cluster; the latter being planted chiefly
for curiosity, as it grows little more than half a
foot high with its branches spreading out like a
fan, and the pods are ip clusters. The Sandwich,
the Toker, and Spanish, are considered very
profitable, as being great bearers, but the Broad
Windsor is most esteemed at table; there is also
the Kentish Windsor, and Taylor’s Windsor,
both good beans. Generally speaking, the best
bearers are the Early and Sword Long-pods; they
rise about three feet high, and are good bearers,
having long narrow pods, closely filled with mid¬
dling-sized oblong seeds. The White-blossom is
a. bean much esteemed as a good bearer, and
proper both for earlyand late crops, and when
eaten young it has but little of the peculiar bean
flavour, on which account it is considered much
more wholesome. There are se\pral subordinate
varieties mentioned in the catalogues, to which
those who are desirous to cultivate a variety of
this useful plant must refer.
Times of Sowing or Planting for Early and
Successional Crops.
The time of sowing or planting beans as well as
several other vegetables, depends upon the time