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Confusing names. — White Flageolet, Green Flageolet, and French Flageolet 

 are all different types from Flageolet Wax. 



History. — Introduced into this country from Germany about 1875. 



Description. — Plant strictly dwarf, 12 to 16 inches high, very erect, tree- 

 like, compact, vigorous, very hardy, midseason, moderately productive. 

 Branches green, with an occasional node purplish tinged. Leaflets large, 

 broad, thick, coarse, slightly crumpled, rough surface, medium green. 

 Flowers pink. Snap pods very large, 6J/2 to 7^ inches long, moderately 

 stout, regularly and gracefully curved, flat, long well-defined point, seven- 

 seeded, greenish yellow with a decidedly green point, decidedly stringy, 

 fibrous, moderately fleshy, very tough, very coarse-grained, of poor quality, 

 unattractive. Green-shell pods much depressed between beans. Dry seed 

 (1.7 X .8 X .65 cm.) oblong or subreniform, ends frequently truncated, broad- 

 oval in cross section, either deep red, purple, or seal-brown with a purplish 

 tinge. 



Coinl^arison. — This variety is known in commerce under various names 

 according to the color of the seed. Many stocks contain a mixture of both 

 scarlet and purple in various nroportions. Others contain only one or the 

 other of these two colors. The type known as Perfection is said to be a 

 cross of these two types of Flageolet and differs from them only in having 

 very dark brown, purplish tinged seed. Flageolet Wax more closely re- 

 sembles Davis than any other wax sort. It makes a larger growth, however, 

 and has slightly larger, greenish tinged, curved pods. In shape, size and 

 texture, the pod is very similar to Canadian Wonder. It is too tough, 

 stringy and unattractive to be of value for general market purposes. It 

 keeps for a long time after picking and may be profitably used for shipping- 

 long distances. Plate II, figs, /i, 2, 3; VII, fig. 06; VIII, fig. 6. 



German Bl.'^ck Wax 



Syiwiiynis. — Ringleader, Fuller's Ringleader, Butter, Salter's Round 

 Podded Wax, Griswold's Everbearing Wax, Saddle-back, Burpee's Saddle- 

 back Wax. 



Confusing names. — Challenire Black Wax, Pencil-ood Black Wax and 

 Prolific Black Wax are different tvpes from German Black Wax. 



History. — Has been grown in this country for fifty years. Probably the 

 fir?t wax-podded variety .grown. 



Description. — ■ Plant strictly dwarf. 10 to 12 inches high, erect, stocky, 

 compact, moderately vigorous, slightly susceptible to disease, early, pro- 

 ductive. Branches purplish tinged. Leaflets medium in size, long, flat, 

 smooth surface, medium green. Flowers pink. Pods mediu'"-'' in si7e. j'/^ to 

 S inches long, moderately stout, cun^ed (especially near the tip), round, 

 ill-defined thick point of medium length, uniformlv six-seeded, deep yellow, 

 slricllv stringless, almost free from fiber in the walls, verv fleshy, very brittle, 

 vcrv fine-grained, of good c|uality, attractive. Dry seeds ^1.3^ x .75. x .65 

 (W.) oblong, frequently truncatiHJ at one end, abruptly' rounded at the other, 

 subcircular in cross section, shining black. 



Comparison. — .A well-known earlv variety. Valuable because of its high 

 nualitv and reliability. Probably less desirable, however, than either Pro- 

 lific Black Wax or Pencil Pod. Very similar to the former, difi^ering 

 principally in being somewh.at later in season, in having larger and coarser 

 leaves and deeper colored pods. Plate IV, fig. b2; VII, fig. 07: IX, fig. 5. 



Goi.nF.N Beauty 



History. — Introduced in 7890 by the John S. Pearce Seed Company, 

 London, Canada. 



Description. — Plant strictly dwarf, medium in size, 10 to T2 inches high, 

 erect, con^inact, medium in vigor, fairlv hardy, midseason, moderately pro- 

 ductive. Branches wholly green. Leaflets small to medium in size, broad, 

 flat, smooth surface, grayish green in color. Flowers white. Pods small to 

 medium, ^^A to 5 inches long, stout, slightly curved near tip, almost round, 



