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surface, dark grayish green. Flowers white. Snap pods uniformly large, 

 6 to 7 inches long, moderately slender, round-oval in cross section, crease- 

 backed, almost straiglit, bent backwards at stem end, slightly depressed 

 between beans, wrinkled, very short slender point, eight to nine-seeded, very 

 dark green, black line along both sutures, strictly stringless, very tender, 

 very fleshy, very brittle, very fine-grained, of excellent ciualitj^ moderately 

 attractive. Green-shell pods much depressed between beans, decidedly 

 crease-backed, shell out with difliculty, wholly green except for the black 

 lines along the sutures. Green-shell beans medium in size, attractive. Dry 

 seeds (i-5 x .8 x .55 cm.) reniform, ends usually slightly truncated, oval 

 in cross section, ivory-white. 



Coiiiparisoii. — A little-known variety. Not sufficiently vigorous or pro- 

 ductive to be of much value except for home use or for early market. More 

 suitable for snap purposes than for green-shell beans. It belongs to the 

 same class as Kentucky Wonder and Creaseback and_ of the same general 

 usefulness, but less productive. The pods are very similar to White Pro- 

 lific, but are straighter, rounder, absolutely stringless and never become 

 reddish tinged or splashed. Plate V, fig. 05; VII, fig. 72; XIV, fig. 4. 



Case Knife 



Sv)Win'}iis. — Dutch Case Knife, White Case Knife, Case Knife Runner, 

 Early Giant Advance, Tennessee White Corn Hill, Sword, Princess. 



History.— Catalogued by J. M. Thorburn & Co., as early as 1822. 



Description.— Plant of medium growth, climbs well, moderately compact, 

 slightly lacking in vigor, slightly susceptible to disease, midseason, mod- 

 erately productive. Branches wholly green. Leaflets medium in size, broad, 

 slightly crumpled, rough surface, medium green. Flowers white. Snap 

 pods very large, 7 to 8 inches in length, very straight, extremely _ flat, 

 moderately long slender point, seven to eight-seeded, dull dark green, stringy, 

 moderately fibrous, moderately fleshy, brittle, coarse-grained, of fair quality, 

 attractive. Green-shell pods much depressed between beans, shell out easily, 

 light green with a brown line along each suture. Green-shell beans very 

 large, flat, pale green, very attractive. Dry seeds (1.8 x i x .55 cm.) 

 decidedly reniform, very flat, ivory-white. 



Comparison. — An old well-known variety. Not sufficiently productive, 

 vigorous, nor hardy to be of commercial value. Suitable for home use, 

 especially for green-shell purposes. Plate V, fig. f/3 ; VII, fig. /hS; XV, fig. 3. 



Childs Horticultural 



Confusing names.— HorticuUural. London Horticultural. King Horticul- 

 tural and Mammoth Horticultural are different from Childs Horticultural. 



History. — Originated in Jav, Me., and introduced in 1891 by John Lewis 

 Childs. 



Description. — Plant of large growth, climbs well, moderately compact, 

 vigorous, slightly susceptible to disease, moderately late, productive. 

 Branches whollv' green. Leaflets medium in size, long, very flat, smooth 

 surface, dark green. Flowers light pink. Snap pods large, 6 to 6V2 inches 

 long, sliehtlv curved, flat, slightly depressed between beans, six to seven- 

 seeded, dark green, becoming splashed with dull red, very stringy, very 

 fibrous, tough, very coarse-grained, of poor quality, moderately attractive. 

 Green-shell "pods, mucli depressed between beans, oval in cross section, much 

 splashed with verv bright red. very attractive, shell out easily. Green-shell 

 beans verv large, attractive. Dry seeds (1.65 x .95 x .8 cm.) oval in outline, 

 round-oval in cross section, light fawn irregularly spotted and streaked with 

 dark red. 



Comparison. — A well-known variety of the Horticultural class. It is 

 valuable as a green-shell bean for its highly colored, attractive pods. Too 

 tough and stringy for snap purposes. More productive than Worcester 

 Mammoth or Early Horticultural and more attractive than London Horti- 

 cultural. Next to "Brockton, the best of the Horticultural class for strictly 

 green-shell beans. Plate III, fig. d^; VII, fig. h^; XV, fig. 6. 



