96 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, 
*** Seed proportionally longer than the preceding. 
+ Ovate-oblong, often a little flattened. 
¢ Usually less than twice as long as broad. 
+ One color. 
Seed white. 
Warped or dented, with hilum a little to one side. 
Skin not folded; plant a runner. INTESTIN. 
Outer skin considerably folded; plant dwarf. WHITE VALENTINE. 
Not warped as in the preceding. 
Plant a climber. WHITE ASPARAGUS. 
Plant dwarf. 
Seed snow white, yellowish line around the hilum. 
' EDIBLE Pop. 
Seed dingy white, no yellow line. LONG PRINCESS. 
Seed black. 
Pods green. Earty NEGRO. 
Pods yellow. 
Flattened. CuRRIE. 
Terete. 
3-4 in. long. CYLINDER. 
4-6 in. long. YOsEMITE. 
Seed neither black nor white. 
Small, usually less than 4 in. long. 
Reddish brown. ORLEANS. 
Dark yellowish brown; plant aclimber. SouTHERN PROLIFIC. 
Light yellow; plant dwarf. 
Pods green. HUNDREDFOLD. 
Pods yellow. Digorn. 
Pods white. WHITE Pop. 
Larger than the preceding, usually more than 4 in. long and pro- 
portionally larger in diameter. 
Bright sulphurous yellow. Ros Roy. 
Light dun but not glistening. RUSSIAN, 
Glistening dark dun or reddish; plant dwarf. 
. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON. 
Dark brown. 
Pods broader than thick. Brown HOLLAND. 
Pods usually thicker than broad. STRINGLESS. 
Seed variegated. 
With no white markings. 
Marked more or less with black. 
Pods green. REFUGEE. 
Pods yellow. REFUGEE Wax. 
