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fuzzy, and yellow when ripe, bearing two or three medium 

 size, yellow beans. This variety makes a satisfactory crop of 

 both seed and hay, and being a rank growing variety may be 

 used very satisfactorily for a green manure crop. It is well 

 adapted to the Gulf States. 



OTOOTAN.— This is a very late variety. The plants vary 

 from 4U to 45 inches in height. The stems are rather fine, 

 almost vine-like with consideiable tendency to lodge when the 

 plants are about grown. The branches spring out from 4 to 6 

 inches above the ground, an advantage in mowing. It has an 

 abundance of leaves and cures readily. Its pods are brown 

 and fuzzy and have two or three large brown beans. It is 

 a promising variety for hay production and soil improvement. 



PEKIN 152. — The variety is early. The blooms are white 

 and purple. The plants range from 24 to 36 inches in height. 

 The plant is perfectly erect with rather fine stem and small, 

 pale yellow foliage. This variety ranks well both as a seed 

 and as a hay crop. The seed is black and small. There is 

 practically no loss of seed from shattering. 



RUELAND 2U797.— This is a very late variety. The planis 

 range from 30 to 40 inches in iieight. The stems arc vine 

 like, barely strong enough to give an upright form to the 

 plants. The leaves are medium in size, and heart shaped. 

 The beans are dark and small and do not shatter from the 

 pods. This is a promising variety for hay. 



SHANGHAI 14952. — This is a medium early variety. The 

 plants range about 30 inches in height. The stems are strong, 



Plants of Three Leading Varieties. From Left to Ri;4ht; 

 1. Barchet; 2. Arlington; 3 Mammoth Yellow. 



