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Branches wholly green. Leaflets large, broad, crumpled, rough surface, 

 medium green. Flowers white. Pods large, 6J^ to 7 inches long, very 

 uniform, moderately stout, exceedingly straight, flat, straight well-defined 

 point, 6 to 7 seeded, clear bright yellow, with a decidedly greenish tinged 

 point, stringy, fibrous, tough, moderately fine-grained, of fair quality, 

 very attractive. Dry seeds (1.6 x .7 x .65 cm.) reniform, rounded ends, sub- 

 circular in cross section, veiny-white, slight yellowish ring around hilum. 



Comparison. — A valuable market-garden variety. Peculiar for its even- 

 ness in maturity and its uniformly large, exceedinglj' straight, clear yellow, 

 symmetrical and attractive pods. It is more like Currie than any other, 

 differing as described under that head. Plate V, fig. b2; VII, fig. 04; 

 VIII, fig. 4. 



Detroit 



Synonyms.— Ferry's Detroit Wax, Detroit Golden Wax. 



IJislury. — Introduced in 1885 by D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Comparison. — Very similar to Improved Golden Wax. The plant is the 

 same in every respect, but the pods are decidedly shorter, uniformly 

 straighter, decidedly flatter and more frequently greenish-tinged. The point 

 is decidedly greener in color and more poorly defined. The pods differ also 

 in being decidedly stringy. The dry seeds (1.3 x .85 x .75 cm.) are slightly 

 larger and the darker markings are very dark brown or black. The colored 

 portion covers only about one-third of the seed. Detroit is slightly more 

 Ijroduciive and more even in maturing than Improved Golden Wax. Plate 

 II, fig. ci. 



Double-barrel 



Synonym. — Landreth's Double-barrel. 



History. — Introduced in 1901 by D. Landrcth Seed Company. 



Description. — Plant strictly dwarf. 8 to ip inches high, low-growing, 

 bushy, compact, moderately vigorous, slightly susceptible to disease, mid- 

 season, moderately productive. Branches wholly green. Leaflets medium in 

 size, broad, reticulated, rough surface, dark green. Flowers light pink. Pods 

 medium in size, 4K' to 5 inches long, stout, slightly curved, bent backwards 

 at stem end, round-broad in cross section, double-barreled, stout ill-defined 

 point, six-seeded, well filled and crowded, deep yellow with a slightly darker 

 colored point, strictly stringless, very tender, very fleshy, very brittle, fine- 

 grained, good quality. Dry seeds (1.3 x .8 x .7 cm.) broad-oblong, abruptly 

 rounded or truncated ends, round-oval in cross section, ochraceous brown 

 with a ring of a darker shade around hilum. 



Comparison. — This little-known variety somewhat resembles Maule Butter. 

 The low-growing dense habit and coarse dark-colored foliage, so character- 

 istic of Maule Butter, is in evidence here, but much less pronounced. The 

 pods are decidedly smaller, straighter and less double-barreled than Maule 

 Butter. It is a very tender, stringless, round-podded sort. Suitable for 'ocpI 

 market or home use. It is of slightly better quality than German Black 

 Wax, but slightly less productive. Plate II, fig. ct,; VII, fig. «5 ; VIII, fig. 5. 



Dwarf -Butter 



Synonym. — Very Early Dwarf-Butter. 



Comparison. — An European variety, rarely grown in this country. It 

 is too late in season, too small in pod and not sufficiently productive to be 

 of any value. It is peculiar for its very small, dense habit of growth and 

 for its extremely dark foliage. Plate III, fig. ai. 



Flageolet Wax 



Synonyms. — ■ Perfection Wax, Scarlet Flageolet, Purple Flageolet, Violet 

 Flageolet, Red Flageolet, Red German, Giant Red Wax, Giant Dwarf Wax, 

 Simmer's Extra Early Giant, Landreth's Scarlet, Midsummer, Long Pod 

 Wax, McKenzie's Perfection, Rennie's Stringless Wax. 



