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(.li-j)n'sxiil lu'lwccii sfods, about (i inches lonfj, and usually conlaining S to ill seeds 

 somewhat dose in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds sinall-mediuni, long, 

 roundi.>ih or oval through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, straight at eye, 

 varying in colitr from .solid dark fawn in some beans to light fawn in others. 



Desniption of xhort Jioihij-poiUlnl lypr. — Sec comparison below. 



Covipniison of loiiij and short- poddid tij pes. ^Xhont ISSO this liean was one of t]\e 

 best known and most generally cultivated of the pole varit-ties, l)Ut to-day is only 

 little planted, and the variety, once brittle and fleshy-ixxlded and excelh'iit for snaps, 

 has degenerated into a mixture of tough-i)odd<'d beans, generally containing more 

 lilu'raud less suited for snaps tiian any other i)ole variety; at least, ."^o far as our experi- 

 ments have been carried, no .samples have shown any considerable innnl)er of the ohl 

 fleshy piKlsof twenty years ago. Most of pre.>*ent day stocks si-em to consist largely 

 of the long llat-pothled type described above or of iK)ds about the shape of Navy Pea 

 but al)ou( twice as large, and more resembling Virginia <\)rnfield than any other pole 

 variety. Some present day stocks also contain a shorter and less llat-podded type, 

 somewhat resembling the old brittle-poddeil type. l)Ut decidt'dly too tough and 

 stringy for u.se as snaps, sonu-what oval through crosi* section, and inclined to Ije 

 very reddish tinged at green shell stage. Besidi-s above differences in pod, present 

 day stocks vary considerably also in the color of seeds. 



Synonym of }on<j Jlal-pod'lnl ^(//« .— Willing's Pride Pole. 



History. — Listed in lS7:i by I). Landreth Seed ("onipaiiy, allhougli probalijy <ulli- 

 vate<l in the South before that time. 



Illustrations.— Light coloretl seeds are illustrated on Plate II. 2; cross section of the 

 old, true, fleshy-poilded type on Plate V, 1; cro.ss .section (.f present long, flat-podded 

 type on Plate V, 2; green shell pods of the long, flat-potlded type, the jjresent short, 

 tough-poddcHl type, and the old, short, fleshy-podded type on Plate XVI, 1, 2, and 

 1, respectively. 



SPECKLED CLT SHORT POLE. 



Li.sted by 101 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry. 1898, 1900; Fish, 1903, HlOt; Mc- 

 ("lure, 1903; Thorburn. 1897, 1902. 



Description.— \\m^ of moderate to large growth, of good climbing habit, moderately 

 branching, somewhat thick stemmed, wholly green, intermediate-late in season, 

 long in bearing, heavily productive. Leaf small-medium in size, medium gi-een in 

 color. Flowers w-liite. Snap pods very uniform in size, very short, very straight, 

 decidedly bulged out in places, flat, becoming oval at green shell stage, medium 

 green in color, of smooth surface, .somewhat tough, very stringy, of moderate fiber, 

 medium to poor in quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod short and very 

 straight. Green shell pods reddish tinged, much depressed on outside between 

 beans, about 4 im-hes long, and usually containing 7 seeds very crowded in pod. Dry 

 pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds small, very short, sometimes Avider than long, 

 oval through cross section, decidedly truncate and generally more obliquely than 

 squarely so, invariably straight at eye, irregular and variable in shape, dingy gray in 

 color, dotted or completely covered with purplish red around eye, at back, and one end. 



Comparison. — One of the most largely cultivated Kidney pole beans. Probably 

 more largely used for planting among corn than any other variety and apparently- 

 useful only for this purpose. Pods and seeds much too small and unattractive as 

 gi-een shell beans for sale in market or for general use. Variety does not closely 

 resemble any other pole bean, but in shape and color of pods it is perhaps as much 

 like Lazy Wife as any, although much smaller. Pods also similar to those of Navy 

 Bush, differing principally in color, size, and with seeds more crowded in pod. 



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