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GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 105 
tt Seed white. 
Whitt ALGERIAN.* Plant vigorous, climbing 4-5 ft. 
Stems and leafstalks light green. Leaflets 25-3 in. long, 
nearly as broad, light yellowish green, thin and papery. 
Blossoms white. Pods yellow, 31-4} in. long, a little 
flattened, slightly curved; spur slender, curved, } in. long. 
Seed dingy white, 3-1 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, ovate, not 
usually with truncated ends. A moderately productive but 
tender sort.— Plate 38, f. 21. 
Wuire Wax.t{ Plant 8-12 in. high, occasionally produc- 
ing a few runners, erect, stout, vigorous, few branched. 
Leaflets 23-3} in. long, 2-2} in. broad, often subtriangu- 
lar, taper pointed, thin, slightly wrinkled. Blossoms white. 
Pods greenish yellow, 3-5 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, % in. 
thick; spur slender, 4 in. long. Seed white, 3-3 in. long, 
nearly as broad, a little flattened, irregularly oblong or 
elliptical, slightly wrinkled. A very old and productive 
variety. —Plate 38, f. 22. 
Marrow.t Plant 12-16 in. high, strictly dwarf, vigorous, 
much branched, compact. Leaflets 3-3} in. long, 2-2} in. 
* Tall White Algerian Butter Wax. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 59. 
(1885). — Golden Cluster, Thorburn, Cat. (1887). — Haricot beurre blane 
& rames. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 267. (1883). — Stangenbohne, Wachs 
weisse. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1880). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 16515: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 5095, “‘ Frijoles blancos,’”’ Puriscal, Costa Rica; 
5099, “ Frijoles blancos,” Puriscal, Costa Rica; 5507, “ Frijoles blancos,”” 
Santa Ana, Escasu, Costa Rica. 
+ [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 13101. (1882). — White Round Wax. 
Sibley, Cat. (1883). — Dwarf White Algerian Butter. Vilmorin-And. Veg. 
Gard. 65. (1885).— Haricot beurre blanc nain. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 
273. (1883). — Buschbohne, Wachs weisse, etc. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. 
(1880). 
Phaseolus sphaericus pumilus Martens, Gartenbohnen 73. (1860). 
t White Marrow. [Wing], Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 13105 (1882).— Quar- 
antain. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 67. (1885).— Haricot nain blanc 
Quarantain. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 275. (1883).— Buschbohne, Speck 
weisse dickjleischige. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. ( 1876). 
