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110. Plants very spreading Galega. 



1 10. Plants erect or very erect HI 



111. Variety early Mohawk. 



111. Varieties intermediate to very late French Kidney, 



French Mohavk, Marblehead Horticultural. 



VARIETIES CLASSED AS DISTINCT. 



The description of the bean varieties of this bulletin is most con- 

 veniently undertaken by describincj first those kinds which are dis- 

 tinct or known by well-defined characters. After these types are 

 described the subsidiary sorts, or kinds which are practically duplicates 

 or synonyms of the distinct varieties may next be discussed by ref- 

 erence to the distinct sorts, stating in what respect, if any, they difter 

 from the standard tj^ies. 



In the following list the dilTerent sorts are grouped according to 

 species and subdivided according to habit, whether pole or bush, or 

 whether green or yellow in color of snap pods. Some of the varieties 

 classed as subsidiary undoubtedly come from the same lots of seed 

 as do some of the distinct sorts and are therefore unquestionably 

 identical with them. In other cases, they are undoulitedly selected 

 and harvested separately, and though often of different origin from 

 the distinct sorts, they nevertheless sometimes so closely resemlde 

 them as to be either practically identical for all ordinary purposes, or 

 to be classed as merely superior or deteriorated strains. There are no 

 hard and fast rules for making a list of distinct varieties, and the fol- 

 lowing list can not therefore be said to be an absolute one. The more 

 specialized gardening becomes, the closer are drawn the distinctions 

 between varieties. It can not be expected that seedsmen and experi- 

 menters should agree in every- case as to when newly discovered t}-pes 

 are sufficiently different from recognized sorts to justify naming them as 

 new varieties, or as to the time when enough change has been made 

 in stocks of existing varieties 'to justify^ classing them as distinct. 



Practically all the distinct varieties now listed by American seeds- 

 , men are included in the following hst. The only omissions are cer- 

 tain field varieties known only to the produce trade and certain 

 garden varieties of local name not listed by American seedsmen. 

 After the variety name is given the number of seedsmen listing the 

 variety in 1906, and following this are given the seedsmen from whom 

 the seed was obtained and upon whose samples the descriptions are 

 largely based. 



ENGLISH BROAD BEANS (VICIA FAB A). 



This species is a comparatively unimportant one in American gar- 

 dens and but httle attention is paid in this country to variety types 

 of this bean. The ten or more so-called kinds listed by American 



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