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Dfscriptinn .—X'mo of large jjrowth, of poor climhing habit wIumi young, l)iit doing 

 well when once started, thick steniiaed, much liranched, wholly green, late, long in 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf small, of medium green color. Flowers white. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, much curved back at stem end, otherwise 

 very straight, very flat, much bulged out at seeds, light green, brittle, of smooth sur- 

 face-, stringless, of inappreciulde IiIkt, of good quality, free from anthracnose. Point 

 of pod short and very straight. Green shell pods never colored or sjjlashed, much 

 sunken between seeds, about 5| inches long, and usually containing 7 or 8 seeds 

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

 short or almost as wid<> as l(jng, roundish through cro.ss section, generally well rounded 

 at ends, decidedly larger at one end than at other, much rounded or full at eye, solid 

 white. 



Cornpmison.—Onc' of the live most largely grown kidney pt)le varieties. The best 

 general purpose late pole variety, excellent for either home or market. Of superior 

 quality as snaps and on account of large white seeds and attractive pods excellent also 

 for gieen or dry shell beans. For late snap beans it is surpassed only by Scotia and 

 Black Kentucky Wonder, while it is best of all for late white-seeded green or dry shell 

 beans. More like Arlington Red Cranberry than any other, differing princijjally in 

 seed, and later, flatter, wider pods. Also similar to Concord Pole. Pods hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from Warren Bush. 



5(/?io/i(/H(s.— Maryland A\hite Pole, White Cherry Pole. 



7/is/o/-i/.— Name first used about 1882, though the type or one similar to it is said to 

 have been in existence at least since 1810 under the name of White Cherry Pole and 

 White Cranberry Pole. The old tyjie was proliably not stringless like the present day 

 type. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate IV, 10; green shell pods on Plate 



XV, 3. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL POLE. 



Listed by 116 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1903; Fish, 1903-1905. 



Description.— \'mc of large gi-owth, of poor climbing habit when young, but climljing 

 well when once started, thick stemmed, much branched, wholly green, late, long in 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf of medium size, dark green. Flowers pink. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, long, straight, flat, becoming oval at green shell stage, 

 very dark green, of smooth surface, brittle, stringless, of small fiber, of good quality, 

 fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod medium in size and straight. Green shell 

 pods al)undantly and distinctly splashed with purplish red but not until very late, 

 moderately depressed on outside between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually con- 

 taining G or 7 seeds fairly close in pod. Dry pods fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds 

 large-medium, proportionally very short, roundish oval through cross section, gen- 

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

 purplish red. 



Comparison.— One of the five most largely grown Kidney pole beans. Decidedly 

 the best of the Horticultural varieties for general use and almost equal to Lazy Wife 

 as a general-purpose late snap and green shell bean suitable for home or market. More 

 reliable than Worcester Mammoth and much better as snaps than Childs's Horticul- 

 tural or Brockton Pole, l)ut for green shell beans its pods are not nearly as brilliantly 

 splashed and handsome. More like Childs's Horticultural than any other variety 

 now listed by American seedsmen, differing principally in season, color of splashing, 

 and freedom from string. 



Synonj/jn.s.— Horticultural Cranberry Pole, Horticultural Pole, Speckled Cran- 

 berry Pole, Wren's Egg Pole. 



History. — Name has been in common use in this country at least since about 1860. 



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