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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dwarf Horticultural, Ferry.— Plants very productive; excellent as a shell-bean 

 w^hen partly ripened; also can be used as a green-podded snap sort. 



Longfellow, Peter Henderson & Co., New York.— New. Plants strong, vigorous, 

 upright growth; leaflets very large, slightly wrinkled, color medium dark green. 

 Pods six to seven inches long, curved, somewhat flattened; quality fair, color light 

 green; valuable for strong, healthy growth and productiveness. 



New Prolific Market, J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. — New. Plant a vigorous, 

 growth; leaflets somewhat wrinkled dark brown color; pods five to six inches long, 

 round, light green in color, flesh solid and of good quality; rather late, but plants 

 very productive; an excellent sort. 



Marblehead Horticultural, Ferry.— New. Earlier and superior to Dwarf Horticul- 

 tural; an excellent early shell-bean. 



Stringless Green Pod, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, J. C. Vaughan, Chi- 

 cago.— New. Plants of medium growth; pods 4^^ to 5^^ inches long, nearly round, 

 slightly curved and twisted; light green in color; flesh tender and of best quality; 

 the pods remain long in edible condition; even when the beans are large the pods 

 are not stringy. Valuable for good quality and lack of stringiness. 



Cleveland's Improved Valentine, Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, N. Y. — Plants 

 of medium growth and very productive. Pods four to six inches long, curved, 

 round, green in color, tender and of best quality; an excellent green-podded variety. 



Improved, Department of Agriculture. — Plants of vigorous, spreading growth, 

 inclined to climb; pods three to four inches long, narrow, flattened, light green iu 

 color, tender, juicy, and of best quality; lacks productiveness. 



No. 71, A. N. Jones.— New. Plants of strong, vigorous growth and very product- 

 ive; pods five to six inches long, round, curved, golden yellow; flesh thick, tender, 

 and of good quality; a good variety. 



Holstein, H. W. Buckbee, Rocliford, 111. — New. Seed did not germinate well and 

 but few weak plants grew; beans peculiarly marked in red and white. 



David Kidney Wax, D. C. Hicks, North Clarendon, Vt.— New. Plants of strong 

 growth; leaflets somewhat wrinkled, dai'k green color; pods five to six inches long, 

 broad, flat, rich golden yellow color; fiesh solid, crisp, and of best quality; very pro- 

 ductive; an excellent sort. 



Of the older and better known varieties. Cylinder Black Wax, Golden Wax, and 

 Saddle-back Wax, among the yellow-podded sorts, and Red Valentine and Marvel 

 of Paris among the green-podded, are up to the usual high standard of excellence. 

 Gold Dot, Detroit Wax, German Wax, Queen and Blue-podded Butter are good 

 varieties. 



Goddard, Flageolet Victoria, Nettle-Leaved Bagnolet, Refugee, Roides Vertes, 

 Speckled Wax. Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Warren, and Yosemite Wax are not so 

 good as the varieties given above. 



The following Wax sorts did best with us: Challenge, Cylinder Black Wax, 

 Davis, and David Kidney Wax. Green-podded sorts: Cleveland's Improved Val- 

 entine, Longfellow, New Prolific Market, and Stringless Green Pod. As a green 

 shell-bean, Marblehead Horticutural was the best grown. 



POLE-BEANS. 



The pole-beans Avere planted July 14-15. 

 pods or beans reached edible maturity: 



The following table shows the time the 



Variety. 



Mastiff... 



Soathern Prolific 



Snnshine Wax 



Willow Leaf 



White Creaseback... 



White Lima 



White Zola 



Worcester 



Seedsman. 



Johnson & Stokes 



Ferry 



Borpee 



Dreer 



Ferry. 



Barpee . 

 Raw son 



Time 

 edible. 



Sept. 7 

 10 



Ang. 17 

 21 

 20 

 28 



Brockton, Ferry.— Plants are small growers and most of the pods are borne low 

 down; pods dark green, mottled with purplish red, and well filled with large 

 beans; a good shell-bean variety. 



