It is
recommended for its great productiveness and late maturity.
GREEN JULIENNE. _Vil._
Plant about three feet and a half high, usually divided into four
branches; the pods are erect, four inches long, three-fourths of an inch
thick, and contain two or three small, oblong, green seeds.
Early and of good quality.
GREEN WINDSOR.
Toker.
Stem three feet high, separating into two, and sometimes three,
branches; flowers white; pods erect, often horizontal, four inches and a
half long, an inch and a quarter wide, and containing three large,
green, nearly circular, and rather thick seeds.
The latter retain their fresh, green color till near maturity, and, to a
considerable extent, when fully ripe; and, on this account, are found in
the market, and used at table, after most other varieties have
disappeared.
The variety resembles the Common Broad Windsor; but the seeds are
smaller, and retain their green color after maturity. Eleven or twelve
well-developed seeds will weigh an ounce.
HORSE-BEAN. _Law._
Scotch Bean. Faba vulgaris arvensis.
Stem from three to five feet high; flowers variable in color; the ripe
seeds are from a half to five-eighths of an inch in length by
three-eighths in breadth, generally slightly compressed on the sides,
and frequently a little hollowed or flattened at the end, of a whitish
or light-brownish color, occasionally interspersed with darker blotches,
particularly towards the extremities; eye black; average weight per
bushel sixty-two pounds.
An agricultural sort, generally cultivated in rows, but sometimes sown
broadcast. It is not adapted to the climate of the United States, though
extensively and profitably grown in England and Scotland.
JOHNSON'S WONDERFUL. _Law._
An improved variety of the Broad Windsor, recently introduced, and
apparently of excellent quality. The pods are long, and contain six or
eight beans, which are similar in size and form to the Windsor.
LONG-PODDED. _Law._
Lisbon. Hang-down Long Pod. Early Long Pod. Sandwich. Turkey Long Pod.
Sword Long Pod.
Stems from three to five feet high; pods six to seven inches long, an
inch and a fourth broad, rather pendulous, and containing four or five
whitish, somewhat oblong, flattened seeds, about an inch in length, and
five-eighths of an inch in breadth.
The variety has been long in cultivation, is remarkably productive, and
one of the most esteemed of the English Beans. It is about a we
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