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Bean medium size, round, kidney-shaped, white. A desirable variety. 

 Early. 



Burlingame — Maule. Growth large, vigorous; leaflets small; some rust; 

 pods light green, 3 inches long, straight, stringy. Bean medium size, 

 round, white. Productive. 



Snow flake — Greg. Growth strong, vigorous; foliage yellowish-green; 

 leaflets small; considerable rust; pods green, 2-3 inches long, straight. Bean 

 small, round, white. Valuable for productiveness. 



Tree — Maule. Growth slender, spreading; leaflets very small; no rust. 

 A very late variety and bears few pods. 



The fallowing varieties were obtained from Jack Hatt, Argentine, Mich. : 



No. 1 1-2. Growth strong, upright; foliage dark green; leaflets small; 

 very little rust; pods green, 4-5 inches long, flat, largest at apex, tender 

 and of good quality. Bean medium size, white, Productive. 



No. 2 1-2. Growth strong, reclining; foliage dark green; leaflets 

 medium size; some rust; pods green, 3-4 inches long, straight, flat. Bean 

 medium size, white, more flat than No. 1^. 



No. 3. Growth strong, inclined to pole; foliage medium green; leaflets 

 medium size; some rust; pods green, 4-6 inches long, flat, curved. Bean 

 large, white; a good many are cracked. 



The following short list of varieties will prove satisfactory for home or 

 market use. 



Wax beans — Cylinder Black Wax, Yosemite, Mammoth Wax and Pink- 

 eye Wax. Green-podded varieties — Paris Canner, Ne Plus Ultra, Refugee, 

 and Sion House. 



For field bean — Aroostook, Burlingame, Snowflake, and Jack Hatt 

 No. U. 



BEETS. 



Nine varieties of beet were planted May 12. One hundred seeds 

 were sown in a row ten feet long, with a space of two and one-half feet 

 between rows. After vegetation the beets were thinned to six inches apart. 



Table II. 



Variety. 



Dracaena-leaved 



Eclipse 



Egyptian 



Bassano 



Half -long Blood 



Chilian 



Mitchell's Turnip 



Red Beauty 



Sample N 



Seedsman. 



Vaughan 

 Ferry 



Vaughan 

 J.&S.--. 

 Salzer 



Burpee . . 



Remarks. 



Valuable only as a foliage plant. 



Diam. 3-3^4 in., ZYt in. long; flesh— outer 



rings dark crim^son, lighter in center. 



Diam. 3-4 in., length 2-2'/4 in., bottom 



flat; flesh dark crimson, little white. 



Diam. 3-4 in., length 3 in., tap root_8 in. 



I long; flesh white with narrow red rings. 



' Diam. 2 in., length 10 to 12 in., flesh 



' crimson with narrow rings of white. 



Valuable as a foliage plant. 



i Diam. 3 ia., round, flesh pink-scarlet 



I with white rings, firm. 



I Diam. 25/2 in., length 3 in., flesh bright 



' red with lighter streaks, firm. 



' Diam. ihi in. length 10 to 12 in., flesh 



dark crimson with streaks of pinkish 



white, solid. 



Eclipse, Bassano and Sample N were alike in earliness. Eclipse, because 

 of its regular form and dark colored flesh, is better for a table beet. Bass- 

 ano 16 preferable for greens. 



