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four inches long, narrow, tender, excellent quality and grow in succession. 



Best Dwarf — Burpee. Growth large, healthy; pods green, tender, good 

 quality, no string. Productive. 



No. 3 — Hatt. Growth tall, spreading; pods very tender, and excellent 

 quality. A rather late variety, but productive and affording a succession 

 of edible pods for a long season. Not affected with rust. 



FIELD SORTS. 



Aroostook — Jerrard. Growth small, healthy; bean rather small, round, 

 excellent quality. Early and productive. 



Burling ame — Maule. Growth large, spreading; bean large, white. 

 "Very productive. 



No. 2 1-2 — Hatt. Growth large; stalks long, reclining; bean of medium 

 size, white. Pods all mature together. Productive. 



Snowflake — Greg. Growth medium; stalks stout with many slender 

 branches; bean small, round, white; excellent quality. Productive. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



Challenge — Ferry. Growth low, stout, vigorous; pods golden-yellow, 

 four to six inches long, round, curved; good quality. With us it was not 

 as early as claimed by introducers. 



Osborn Forcing — Hend. Stalks very large, stout, of upright growth ; 

 pods green, five to six inches long, nearly all mature at the same time, and 

 remain a considerable period in edible condition. Bean yellow-brown, 

 with lighter markings. It was the most productive variety grown. It 

 was not tried as a forcing bean, but it is certainly a good out-door variety. 



Ruby Dwarf Horticultural — Rawson. Growth vigorous ; stalks slender, 

 trailing; pods green, two and one half to three inches long, broad, flat, 

 usually twisted sidewise, tender, excellent quality. The introducers claim 

 that the pods are of a very dark ruby color. The plants grown by us did 

 not show this characteristic. 



Shah — Thorburn. Growth very vigorous, erect; pods green, five to six 

 inches long, narrow, straight, tender and of excellent quality. Productive. 

 Season medium. Excellent for succession. 



Speckled Wax — Ferry. Growth strong, healthy, erect; pods greenish- 

 yellow with small streaks of purple, nearly straight, very tender, without 

 string, good quality, borne in succession. Season rather late. An excel- 

 lent bean for the family garden. 



Warwick — Hend. Growth large, erect, many branched; pods green, 

 three to four inches long, straight, mature together; do not remain long 

 edible. Productive. Early. 



Gold Dot — Hicks. Of vigorous, upright growth; pods golden-yellow, 

 broad, thick, straight, three to five inches long, tender, good quality. 

 Early. Productive. The bean varies much in color and form. The 

 variety is not fixed. 



Queen Wax — Hicks. Much like preceding in plant and pod. Evidently 

 a selection from Golden Eye Wax. 



Golden Eye Wax — Rice. Growth medium; pods golden-yellow, four to 

 five inches long, slightly curved, tender, good quality. 



The following short list of varieties will prove satisfactory to growers: 



