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Ilislonj. — Ont' of tlio oldest varieties cultivated in IhiscDiuUiy. Listed by J. M. 

 Thorburn ct Co. since 1822. 



Illastralioiis. — Dry seeds of round-poddeil type are shown on Plate III, 5; snap 

 pods of round type are shown on Plate XII, 8; cross sections of snap pods of round 

 and flat-podded types on Plate V, 1 1 and 12, respectively. 



ROUND YELLOW SI.V WEEKS. 



Listed by 35 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1901; Ferry, 1900; Keeney, 1904, 

 190«; Rogers, 1904. 



Description. — Plant small-medium in size, very erect, bushy, compact, without run- 

 ners or spreading branches, slender stemmed, green throughout, early-intermediate in 

 season, of moderate l)earing period, moderately productive. Leaf medium in size, 

 light green in color, and of smooth surface. Flowers light pink. Snap pods very uni- 

 form in size, medium in length, straight, oval through cross section, becoming round at 

 green shell stage, light green in color, brittle, of inappreciable string, of small fiber, of 

 good quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of j)od short and either slightly 

 curved or straight. Green siiell pods borne ecjually above ami below foliage, never 

 appreciably colored or splashed, nuieli depressed between seeds, about 4^ inches long, 

 and usually containing 5 or (5 seeds tightly crowded in pod. Dry jjods moderately hard 

 to thrasli. Dry seeds s:nall-:nediu!n, proportionally short, roundish through cross sec- 

 tion, generally well rounch-d at ends, flat at eye, sliver from pod commonly attached to 

 eye, solid straw in color, s:)metinies tinged with coppery yellow, but always with 

 minute dark brownish area around eye. 



Comparison. — This secondary garden variety is too small seeded and short podded 

 to make good green shell beans, and is decidedly lacking in vigor and productiveness 

 for profitable field beans, l)ut is excellent as early snaps for either home or market, being 

 specially valuable becaus ■ of its n liability, liardiness. high quality, and uniform size 

 and shape of jjods. ]\Iore like Tayl)r's (ireen Pud than any other, and next most like 

 China Red Eye, differing principally in earlier season, peculiarly well rounded habit 

 of growth, and rounder, shorter, stringlcss pods. 



History. — Grown in this coiuitry at least since I8G5. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate I. 4; snap pods on Plate XIII, 5. 



RUBY HORTICULTURAL BUSH. 



Listed by only 3 seedsmen under this name and by 101 under name of Dwarf 

 Horticultural. Seeds tested: Rogers, 1904. 



Description. — Plant medium in size, of very erect, well rounded, compact form, 

 without runners or spreading branches, thick stemmed, wholly green, early, of mod- 

 erate bearing period, fairly productive. Leaf large, dark green, unusually wide across 

 leaflets. Flowers light jnnk. Snap pods uniform in size, medium in length, slightly 

 curved, flat, becoming almost round at green shell stage, dark green, brittle, stririgless, 

 of inappreciable fiber, of mediuni quality, quite free from anthracnose. Point of pod 

 short and straight. Green shell pods borne both above and below foliage, freely 

 splashed with Ijrilliant red, moderately depressed between seeds, al)out 5i inches long, 

 and usually containing 6 seeds tightly crowded in pod. Dry pods sometimes hard to 

 thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, .proportionally short, oval through cross section, 

 generally truncate at ends, rounded or full at eye, pale buff in color, freely splashed 

 with purplish red. 



Comparison. — One of the standard variety types of thejcountry, l^ut generally known 

 and sold under name of Dwarf Horticult ural. Excellent as snaps or green shell beans for 

 home or market, no other variety, except possibly Low's Champion and Warren Bush, 

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