GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 113 
little wrinkled. Blossoms white, slightly tinged with pur- 
ple. Pods green, 3-5 in. long, 3—} in. broad, slightly 
flattened, straight or nearly so; spur slender, slightly 
curved, 4 in. long. Seed black or brownish black, 73—;%; 
in. long, +-;5; in. broad, ovate, smooth. — Plate 39, 
ae “pI 
Curriz.* Plant strictly dwarf, 8-10 in. high. Leaflets 
light yellowish green, 3-3} in. long, thin, a little rough 
but not wrinkled. Blossoms pale purple. Pods yellow, 
4—5 in. long, 3—3 in. broad, flattened, curved ; spur straight, 
3+ in. long. Seed black, 74-795 in. long, }-# in. broad, 
slightly compressed, subreniform. Very sesalieies Origi- 
nated about 1890.—Plate 39, f. 22. 
CyLinDER.{ Identical with the preceding except that the 
pods are subterete, 3-4 in. long, and the seeds less com- 
pressed and but little flattened on the ends. —Plate 39, 
f, 23 
Yosremite.{ Plant strictly dwarf, 10-12 in. high, much 
branched, spreading, leafy. Leaflets 33-4 in. long, 23-3 
in. broad, light green, thick, rough but not wrinkled. 
Blossoms purplish. Pods light yellow, 4—6 in. long, subte- 
rete ; spur medium stout, curved, 4-1 in. long. Seed black, 
4-8 in. long, }-;5; in. broad, ovate. Very productive and 
early. Originated about 1888. Its spreading habit re- 
quires more than the ordinary space in growing. — Plate 
39, f. 24. 
cal, Costa Rica; 5548, ‘‘Frijoles negros,”’ Ficafres, Costa Rica; 6190, 
‘‘ Frijoles negros,’”” Dept. Masaja, Nicaragua; 6206, “ Frijoles negros,”’ 
Dept. Granda, Nicaragua; 10468, Navarro, State of Buenos Ayres, Ar- 
gentina; 10504, ‘‘ Frijoles negros pequefios,’”” Santa Ana, Costa Rica; 
10629, ‘“‘Caraotas negras,’? Valencia, State of Carabobo, Venezuela; 
10654, “Frijol prieto,”’ Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico; 10655, Tenancingo, 
State of Mexico, Mexico. 
* Currie’s Rust Proof. Thorburn, Cat. (1895). 
+ Cylinder Black Wax. Henderson, Cat. (1890). 
t Yosemite Mammoth. Henderson, Cat. (1890). — Burpee’s Saddle- 
back Wax. Burpee, Cat. (1894). 
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