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EXPEEIMEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 19l5 



BEANS. 



In the farmer's list of the best vegetables given in previous reports, a few of the 

 best yellow-podded and green-podded bush varieties are indicated. In the accompany- 

 ing list in this report, these are included among some others which have proven the 

 best in the test plots. Here again, others might be mentioned that have been only 

 recently tried and that so far have done well. They shall be published in subsequent 

 reports. 



The early varieties took from fifty-three to fifty-seven days from time of sowing 

 till they were ready for use; the medium early, fifty-seven to sixty-eight days, and 

 the late varieties from sixty-eight to eighty-two days. The variety Challenge Black 

 Wax has -been selected, at Ottawa, for earliness since 1905 for those parts of Canada 

 wliere the season is much shorter than elsewhere. It is also a prolific yielder but some- 

 what susceptible to anthraenose. Altogether, sixty-five varieties were tested in 1913. 



Varieties. 



Colour 



Shape of pod. 



Yield 

 of 

 ripe beans. 



Early — 



Challenge Blaok Wax 



Grennell's Pencil Pod 



Orcer 



Early Red Aalentine 



Davis Wax 



Michigan White Wax 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax. 

 Golden Wax 



Medium — 



Round Pod Kidney Wax. 



Improved Black Wax 



Refugee 



Dwarf Chocolate 



Sure Crop Stringless Wax. 



Dwarf Rustproof 



New Trench Dwarf 



Horticultural Dwarf , 



Late — 



New Hodson Wax. 



Golden Refugee 



Kentucky Wonder. 



Yellow. 

 Green. . 



White.. 



Yellow 



Yellow. 



Green.. 

 Yellow. 



Flat... 

 Round. 

 Flat 

 Round. 



Flat. 



Round. 



Flat... 

 Round 



a 



Flat... 



Lbs. Oz. 



Yellow Round 



Golden wax Flat 



Green | Round, uneven. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



U 



1 7 



2 

 4 



7 



12 

 5 



1 14 

 1 U 



1 a 



3 



1 14 



Ottawa. 



