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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VI I^ A. 1905 



SNAP BEAKS — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety- 



Extra Early Edible Poddea 

 Haricot or Golden Skinless 



Emperor of Russia 



Matchless 



Dwarf German Black Wax 

 Green Pod Lightning 



Valentine Wax 



Earl^ Warwick 



Dwarf Horticultural 

 Davis Kidney Wax . . 



Bountiful 



Brittle Wax 



Grencell'e Rust Proof 



Market Wax 



Carrie's Rust Proof 



Davis' Dwarf White Wax 



Early Mohawk . 



Ward well's New Kidney. 



Flageolet Wax 



Early China 



Keeuey's Rustless 

 Improved Golden Wax. 



Perfection Wax 



Golden Crown 



Extra Early Refugee, 

 Saddle Back Wax 

 Round Yellow Six Weeks 



Ne Plus Ultra 



Blue Podded Butter 



Don Carlos 



Early Giant Wax . . 



Best of All 



Challenge Black Wax 

 Early Golden Eye 

 Long Yellow Six Weeks 



Longfellow 



Knickerbocker 



Stringless Wax 



Golden Scimitar 



Earliest Red Valentine . 

 Improved Goddard 



White Kidney 



Fame of Vitry 



Refugee Wax 



Cylinder Ivory Podded . 



Dwarf Chocolate 



Pencil Pod Wax ... 



Giant Stringless 



Burpee's Stringless . . . 

 Royal Dwarf Kidney 

 Cream Valentine. . . . 

 Refugee or 1,000 to 1 



Black Speckled 



Eclair. 



Remarks. 



Stringless, good, no rust. 



Stringy, fair n 



Few strings, good n 



It II 



Stringless, good n 



Some strings, fair t. 

 Stringless, good m 



M some rust. 



II no rust. 



II slight rust. 



11 11 



II no rust. 



Some ■ strings, fair, some 



rust. 

 Stringless, good, some rust 

 Some string3,fair, no rust. 

 Stringless, good, some rust 



II II 



Some strings, fair, no rust 

 Stringless,good,sonie rust 

 II fair, slight rust 



II good II 



II no rust. 



n II 



II slight rust 



II no rust. 



Some strings,fair, no rust. 



Stringless, good n 



Some strings, fair, no rust. 



Stringless, good » 



II II 



II some rust. 



Some strings, fair, no rust. 



Stringless, fair h 



II good, slight rust 

 II some rust. 



II II 



II slight rust 



II no rust. 



II II 



Some strings, fair h 



Stringless, good h 



II II 



II _ sliglit rust 



Some strings, fair,no rust. 



Stringless,good,some rust 



Stringless, fair 

 II good 



no rust. 



Some strings, fair, no rust. 



ONIONS. 



The ground on whicli the onions were grown was in a fairly good state of fertility. 

 The soil was a light clay loam well drained but lacking somewhat in humus; so essen- 

 tial to make it an ideal soil for this crop. The best soil for onions is a light clay 



