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faint purple, vory iniuh di-prcsscd on uutsitlc between beans, about 8 inches long, and 

 usually containing 7 or 8 seeds much separated in pod. Dry pods very easy to thrash. 

 Dry seeds very large, proportionally medium in length, flattish through cross section, 

 truncate or rounded at ends, decidedly incurved at eye. sometimes irregular in .'shaiic 

 or bulged (mt on one sich', .=!olitl while. 



Comparison.- — One of the six most largely planted Kidney pole beans. Most popu- 

 lar in the Middle West. Decidedly too tough and thin walled for .'^naps. but largely 

 planted as a late green shell l)ean. for which use it ranks ecpially with Lazy WiU- Pole 

 and Worcester Mammoth. Except Early Giant Advance it is the flat lest jwdded ^ari- 

 ety cultivated in the United States. More like Early Giant Advance than any other, 

 differing ])rincipally in earlines.-* and size of pods. 



Synonyms. — Prince.><s Pole, Corn Hill Pole. 



History. — Cultivated in this country at least since 1820, and one of the oldest of the 

 pole varieties. 



I U 11. "it rat ions. — Dry seeds are illustrated on Plate IV. 24; cross section of snap pods 

 on Plate V, 28; and green .><hell pod on Plate XX, 1. 



E.\RLY C.I.WT .\nV.\NCE POLE. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Vaughan, 1905, 1906. 



Description. — Vine of small growth, of good climljing habit, little branched, slender 

 stemmed, very early, of short bearing period, lightly productive. Leaf of medium 

 size, of medium green color. Flowers white. Snap pods variable in size, generally 

 very long, straight, very flat, medium green in color, of somewhat coarse surface, very 

 tough, very stringy, of much fiber, ^■ery poor in (piality, free from anthracnose. Point 

 of pod medium in size and slightly curved. Green shell pods solid green in color 

 excepting black lines along dorsal and ventral sutures, and sometimes sparingly 

 splashed throughout pod with faint purple, very much depressed on outside between 

 seeds, about 7 inches long and usually containing 7 or 8 seeds much separated in pod. 

 Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds very large, proportionally medium in length, 

 flattish through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, decidedly incurved at eye, 

 sometimes irregular in shape, bulged out on one side, solid white. 



Comparison. — New, little cultivated, and of but limited usefulness. Decidedly 

 too thin walled and tough for snaps. Suitable only for green shell l)eans, and desirable 

 for this use only because of its large white seed and extreme earliness. Too small- 

 growing and improductive as a general crop for green or dry shell beans. Most like 

 Dutch Case Knife, the pods being indistinguishable from that variety, but vine differ- 

 ing principally in being less productive, much earlier in season, and much smaller in 

 growth. 



History. — Introduced in 1903 from Germany by J. C. Vaughan Seed Company. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds, green shell pods, and cross sections of snap pods are same 

 as Dutch Case Knife (PI. IV, 24: PI. XX, 1: and PI. V, 28, respectively). 



EXTR.\ EARLY HORTICULTURAL POLE. 



No longer listed by American seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ross, 1904-1906. 



Description. — Vine of large-medium growth, of somewhat poor climbing habit 

 when young, l)ut climl)ing well when once started, somewhat thick stemmed, mod- 

 erately branched, wholly green, early, of moderate bearing period, moderately to 

 lightly productive. Leaf large-medium in size, dark green. Flowers pink. Snap 

 pods very uniform in size, proportionally very short and wide, very straight, flat, dark 

 green, of somewhat coarse surface, brittle, stringless, of small fiber, of fair quality, 

 free from anthracnose. Point of pod long and very straight. Green shell pods gen- 

 erally abundantly and distinctly splashed with l)rilliant red, moderately depressed 



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