GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 103 
to nearly spherical. Poor bearer and medium early. — 
Plate 38, f. 16. 
DwarFr Suear.* Plant strictly dwarf, 12-15 in. high, 
much branched, compact, of vigorous growth, bearing many 
pods. Otherwise identical with the preceding. 
aa. Seed ovate, breadth equal to % the length or more. 
* Usually less than @ in. long. 
Navy.t Plant 1-1} ft. high, producing numerous runners 
about a foot long, often spreading or trailing. When grown 
on poles attains a height of 2-2} ft. Stem rather slender. 
Leaflets deep green, 2-2} in. long, roundish ovate, slightly 
wrinkled, somewhat coriaceous. Blossoms white. Pods 
yellowish green, 3-4 in. long, 3} in. broad, subterete, 
slightly curved, borne in clusters of three or four; spur } 
in. long. Seed white with veiny markings, {7 in. long, 
?;—} in. wide. 
The pods are very inferior for cooking purposes but the 
seed is much used in baking and for stock food, hence grown 
largely as a field crop. The famous ‘ Boston baked 
beans ”’ are prepared from this variety. — Plate 38, f. 17. 
* Buschbohne, Speck weisse etc. Haage & Sch. 1. c. 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds belonging to this or the 
preceding variety, No. 10885, Buenos Ayres, Argentina: Field Colum- 
bian Museum, No. 12017. , 
+ Pea-Bean, Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 467. (1863). — True White Pea. 
[Wing], Rept. N.Y. Exp. Sta. 13104. (1882).— White Navy or Pea Bean. 
Sibley, Cat. (1883). — California Branch. Tillinghast, Cat. (1883).— 
Imperial Prolific. Livingston, Cat. (1886).— ‘¢ Boston”? Small Pea. 
Vick, Cat. (1890). — White Field. Bull. Utah Exp. Sta. 20: 17. (1892).— 
California Pea. Bull. Mich. Exp. Sta. 144: 211. (1896). — Haricot rond 
blanc commun. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1891). — Buschbohne, Zucker Perl. 
Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1876). 
Phaseolus ellipticus saccharatus Moench, Martens, Gartenbohnen 66. 
(1860). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 13224, 15953, 26658: Philadelphia 
Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10450, ‘‘ Feij&o branco,’’ Sio Lourengo, 
Brazil; 10730, Mexico. 
