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Black-Eyed Wax 



History.— Introduced in 1887 by Peter Henderson & Co. and W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co. 



Comparison. — An old variety, but very little grown at the present time. A 

 fairly reliable early sort for home use or market. It is of the same general 

 usefulness as Golden Wax but is about five days earlier in season. The 

 plant makes a larger and more open growth and has shorter, more curved, 

 longer-pointed pods. The dry seeds are about the same in size and shape, 

 but differ in color, being white with a black blotch or eye on the ventral 

 margin covering about one-sixth of seed. 



Burpee Kidney 



Synonym. — Burpee's New Kidney Wax. 



History.—- Introduced in 1906 by W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



Description. — Plant strictly dwarf, 12 to 14 inches high, erect when 

 young, somewhat spreading when laden with fruit, stocky, vigorous, moder- 

 ately resistant to disease, midseason, productive. Branches wholly green. 

 Leaflets large, broad, coarse, crumpled, rough surface, medium green. 

 Flowers white. Pods large, about six inches long, moderately stout, straight, 

 oval-flat in cross section, long curved point, seven-seeded, clear yellow, 

 strictly stringless, fiberless, very fleshy, brittle, fine-grained, of good quality, 

 very attractive. Dry seeds (1.5 x .7 x .65 cm.) reniform, ends usually 

 rounded, round-oval in cross section, white with ventral surface irregularly 

 marked with chocolate-brown occasionally intermixed with bluff. Colored 

 area covering about one sixth of seed. Closely resembles Wardwell (Plate 

 II, fig. fs), differing chiefly in being thicker, slightly narrower and having 

 a smaller colored area. 



Comparison. — A new and valuable variety of the Wardwell type. Not 

 sufficiently tested to accurately determine its value, but apparently an im- 

 provement on Wardwell. It is a few days later in season, slightly more 

 productive and has straighter, more uniform and attractive pods. It is of 

 the same general usefulness as Wardwell. 



Burpee White Wax 



History. — An improved strain of old White Wax. Developed by N. B. 

 Keeney & Son, Leroy, N. Y., and introduced in 1904 by W. Atlee Burpee ' 

 & Co. 



Description. — Plant strictly dwarf, 10 to 12 inches high, erect, very com- 

 pact, bushy, vigorous, hardy, slightly susceptible to disease, midseason, pro- 

 ductive. Branches wholly green. Leaflets large, broad, slightly crumpled, 

 rough surface, very dark green. Flowers white. Pods slightly variable, 

 medium to lar.ge, 5 to sYi inches long, very stout, perfectly straight, very 

 flat, much depressed between beans and along dorsal suture, short curved 

 point, 5 to 6 seeded, very clear light yellow, strictly stringless, almost free 

 from fiber, very fleshy, very brittle, moderately fine-grained, of good quality, 

 very attractive. Dry .^eeds (1.3 x .g x .7 cm.) broad-oval in outline, some- 

 what flattened, oval in cross section, veiny-white. 



Comparison. — A new, distinct, and worthy sort. The pods somewhat 

 resemble Keeney Rustless, but are less uniform, much flatter, thicker and 

 more depressed between beans and along the dorsal margin. An exceeding 

 attractive, tender, flat-podded sort. Except for the lack of uniformity in 

 the size of pods, or, in other words, the presence of many undeveloped 

 pods, or " nubbins," this would be an exceedingly valuable acquisition. 

 Under more favorable conditions this undesirable character may not be so 

 pronounced. Plate V, fig. ci; VII, fig. a\; VIII, fig. i. 



Challenge Black Wax 



Synonyms. — Challenge Dwarf Black Wax, Challenge German Black Wax. 

 History. — Introduced in 1891 by D. M. Ferry & Co. It is said to be an 

 extra early form of old Black Wax. 



