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dark green. Flowers white. Snap pods medium in size, 5 to 5J/4 

 inches long, moderately slender, regularly curved, flat, smooth surface, 

 long straight point, seven-seeded, medium green, very stringy, very fibrous, 

 very tough, fine-grained, poor quality, unattractive. Green-shell pods spar- 

 ingly splashed with dull red, unattractive. Dry seeds (1.4 x .85 x .5 cm.) 

 reniform, usually truncated at one end and abruptly rounded at the other, 

 oval in cross section, pinkish fawn, irregularly spotted and streaked with 

 metallic brown, orange ring around hilum. 



Comparison. — Very little grown. Too tough and not sufficiently attractive 

 for general market purposes. Its only use seems to be for planting among 

 corn for dry-shell beans. There are however other varieties, such as Royal 

 Corn and Lazy Wife, better suited for this purpose. It is unlike any other 

 variety and cannot well be compared with any pole sort. The pods are 

 more like Yellow Six Weeks than any other, but are decidedly more stringy, 

 tougher, reddish splashed and with a slightly shorter point. Plate III, 

 fig. 64; XVI, fig. 9. 



Powell Prolific 



History.— Introduced in 1887 by A. T. Cook. Said to have originated 

 with Colonel Powell of North Carolina. 



Description. — -Plant of very large growth, climbs very well, exceed- 

 ingly compact, extremely vigorous, very hardy, resistant to anthracnose, 

 extremely late, very productive. Branches slightly tinged with red. Leaflets 

 large, regular, fiat smooth surface, dark green. Flowers white. Snap pods 

 small to medium, about five inches long, very uniform, in large clusters, 

 moderately stout, decidedly curved near tip, round, creasebacked, extremely 

 short point, eight to ten-seeded, crowded, well filled out. light grayish green, 

 almost stringless, free from fiber, very fleshy, extremely brittle, extremely 

 fine-grained, of excellent quality, attractive. Green-shell pods only slightly 

 depressed between beans, slightly tinged with purple. Dry seeds (1.2 x .65 

 X .5 cm.) oblong, bulged at center, keeled, truncated ends, broad-oval in 

 cross section, brownish black with a bluish tinge. 



Comparison. — A little-known variety. An excellent late sort for snap 

 purposes. Too late for general market purposes, but very suitable for 

 home use and, where the season is long, for canning. The pods resemble 

 Creaseback but are decidedly smaller, more slender, more curved, lighter 

 in color and less stringy. Plate IV, fig. C2; XIV, fig. 6. 



Red Cranberry 



Synonyms.— 'Rosion Market Pole, Cardinal, Medium Imperial. Pearl. 



History. — One of the oldest American varieties. Catalogued by J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co., as early as 1822. 



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

 vigorous, hardy, slighth' susceptible to disease, midseason, very productive. 

 Branches wholly green. Leaflets medium in size, slightly crumpled, very 

 smooth surface, medium green. Flowers pink. Snap pods medium in size, 

 very uniform, 5 to sV^ inches long, stout, very straight, occasionally curved 

 backwards, flat, short well-defined centered point, seven to eight-seeded, 

 light green, moderately stringy, slightly fibrous, fleshy, brittle, fine-grained. 

 oif good quality, attractive. Green-shell pods much swollen, almost round 

 in cross section, well filled, green, sutures often purplish tinged, attractive. 

 Green-shell beans medium in size, pink, moderately attractive. Dry seeds 

 (1.2 x .85 X .8 cm.) oval in outline, circular in cross section, ends fre- 

 quently flattened, extremely dark red. 



Comparison. — A popular variety twenty-five years ago. Little known at 

 present. Valuable for both snap and green-shell purposes. Generally con- 

 sidered a very certain cropper and of good quality. Plate III, fig. d2 ; 

 XIV, fig. 3. 



Royal Corn 



History. — Introduced in 1898 by The Livingston Seed Company. 

 Comparison. — Very similar to White Sickle. It is probably a strain of 

 that variety, for plants with similar characters are frequently found among 



