BEANS.

 BEANS.—A curiosity in beans well worthy of attention may be seen at Host James' Old Spot Hotel. The sample in question is a foot in length, and was grown by Mr. A James, at Gawler South. These beans are very prolific, and have an advantage over many others in their utility. They can be used as a French bean, or else shelled and boiled separately from the skin, which is edible. They thus form two dishes, a fact which will be appreciated by many of our housewives.

‘Beans', Bunyip, (17 October 1879), p. 2., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article972....

This article was published on my Gawler: Colonial Athens blog in 2023. Allen Tiller