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entinc in iipi>oaranri' and gcm'ral usefulnes,", differing principally in lator, darker 

 gi-een. ct)ar»t>r growing,' plants. roundcT, darker green jxhIs and seed of different eolor. 



5?/no«.;/»is.— Emerald Beauty. Emperor of Ru.«.sia. French Market, French Lead 

 Pencil. French Stringles.<, Perfettly Straight Round Pod, Steckler's Perfectly Straight 

 Round Pod, Sutton's Perfection. 



/7/*7on/.— Introduced in 1S05 by Peter Henderson ct Co.. and dc-ii-rihed as of Euro- 

 pean origin. 



Ill list rations. —Dry seeds are shown on Plate I. '20; snap pods on Plate IX. J; cross 

 sections of snap pods are aljout as broad as the round-poddeil type of Refugee 

 (PI. V, 12). 



LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS. 



Listed by 160 seedsmen. Seeds tested: lUiist, 1001; Denis<m, lOO:^; Feny. 1?M)('; 

 Henderson, liXll; Keeney, 1!)()5, lOOd; May, 1897; Rogers. 190(1; Schlegel & Fotller, 

 1901; Thorburn, 1897, 1901-1903; Vaugluin, 1901. 



Description.— F\ant medium i-n size, very erect, without runners or spreading 

 branches, somewhat thick stemmed, green throughout, early, of inodc-ratt" bearing 

 period, heavily to moderately ]m)ductive. Leaf medium in size, light green in color. 

 Flowers light pink. Sua]) jhuIs very uniform in size, long, generally curved at middle, 

 flat, light green, tough, very stringy, of moderate to strong fiber, poor to fair in quality, 

 fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod long and either straight or slightly curved. 

 Green shell pods borne both above and below foliage, never colored or splashed, 

 slightly depressed between seeds, about inches long, and usually ct)ntaining 6 seeds, 

 fairly close in pod. Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry ^seeds of medium size, 

 slender, roundish oval through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, straight or 

 slightly incurved at eye, solid straw yellow in color, sometimes shading to coppery 

 yellow, always with minute brownisli area around eye. 



Comparison.— This variety, whicli is extensively grown in all parts of the country, 

 has been a standard sort for over seventy years and is to-day one of the five most largely 

 grown green-podded garden varieties. Being an unusually line shipper, hardy, 

 reliable, fairly productive. hand.some,.and of even shape, it is one of the best for 

 market gardening, but its pods are too tough to be of good quality as snaps for home 

 use, Bountiful being decidedly preferable for private gardens. Pods more like those 

 of Bountiful than any other, differing principally in being smaller, tougher, curved 

 at middle instead of tip end, while vines are darker green, smaller, and less spreading 

 in habit. 



Synonym. — Pride of Newton. 



History.— One of the oldest of the present-day sorts. Listed by J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., at least since 1822. 



lllustralions.—Seeds are shown on Plate III, IS; snap pods on Plate X, 1; cross sec- 

 tions of snap pods are similar to Bountiful (PI. V, 9). 



low's champion. 



Listed by 31 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Farquhar, 1905; Rawson, 1902; Rogers, 1904. 



Description. — Plant very large, generally erect, without runners or decidedly 

 spreading Iwanches, very thick stemmed, green throughout, late-intermediate in 

 season, long in bearing, moderately to heavily productive. Leaf medium in size, 

 dark green in color, of glossy surface, wide across leaflets. Flowers light pink. Snap 

 pods uniform in size, medium long, extremely wide, straight, flat, dark green, brittle, 

 of inappreciable string, of slight fiber, of good quality, fairly free from anthracnose. 

 Point of pod short, straight, and generally projecting from middle end of pod. Green 



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