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of the pods. It is also slightly more productive, slightly hardier and gen- 

 erally more reliable. Except for a more pronounced coloring of the stems 

 and stalks, the plant is the same. These two stocks of Black \\'ax are 

 often confounded, one frequently being sold for the other. 



Purple Flageolet 



Comparison. — This is a purple or violet-seeded strain of Flageolet Wax. 

 It is the same in every other respect. Plate II, fig. (2; VII, fig. a6; VIII, 

 fig. 6. 



Refugee Wax 



Synonyins. — Thousand-to-one Wax, Epicure Wax. 



Confusing names. — Refugee, Early Refugee, Golden Refugee, and String- 

 less Refugee Wax are dififerent from Refugee Wax. 



History.— A sport of Early Refugee. Introduced in 1890 by J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co. 



Description. — Plant dwarf, with runner-like branches falling loosely over 

 the ground, bushy, very vigorous, very hardy, moderately resistant to dis- 

 ease, midseason, very productive. Branches wholly green. Leaflets very 

 small, long, narrow, pointed, very thin, flat, smooth surface, light grayish 

 green. Flowers pink. Pods small, 4J^< to 5 inches long, slender, regularly 

 curved, round in cross section, well filled, no depressions, moderately long 

 curved point, 5 to 6 seeded, very pale yellow, becoming slightly purplish 

 splashed at the green-shell stage, stringy, very little fiber, very fleshy, very 

 brittle, very fine-grained, of excellent quality, unattractive. Dry seeds 

 (1.3 X .7 x .65 cm.) oblong, ends abruptly rounded or truncated, very turgid, 

 subcircular in cross section, irregularly marked with about equal propor- 

 tions of fawn and very dark brown or black. 



Comparison. — A vigorous, productive, resistant, tender-podded variety of 

 good quality. It is, however, too small, too stringy and not suf^ciently at- 

 tractive for general market purposes. The type known as Stringless Refugee 

 Wax is a strain of this variety and is superior to it in that it is strictlv 

 stringless. Plate II, fig. ^5; VII, fig. by; IX, fig. 2. 



Round Pod Kidney 



Synonyms. — Burpee's Brittle Wax, New Early Brittle Wax. 



History. — Originated with N. B. Keeney & Son, Leroy, N. Y., and intro- 

 duced in 1900 by Johnson & Stokes. 



Comparison. — Very similar to Pencil Pod Black Wax, dififering only in 

 making a smaller and more upright growth, in being less productive and in 

 having white flowers, wholly green branches, smaller and lighter colored 

 leaves and slightly shorter pods. Dry seeds (i..=;s -x. .7 x .7 cm.") oblong, 

 ends usually rounded, occasionally truncated, subcircular in cross section, 

 veiny white with a distinct prolongated black or brownish black eye. Oc- 

 casionally the eye is of two shades of brown. A good round-podded wax 

 sort. Although apparently less productive it may, under certain conditions, 

 be more valuable than Pencil Pod Black Wax. Plate II, fig. ^4. 



Scarlet Flageolet 



Comparison. — This is a scarlet-seeded strain of Flageolet Wax. It is 

 the same as that varietv in evcrv other respect. Plate IT, fig. fT,; ^'1T. 

 fig. a6; VIII, fig. 6. " 



Speckled Wax 



Synonym. — .Speckled Kidney. 



History. — Introduced in 1887 by Robert Buist Company. 



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

 Tiact, moderately vigorous, slightly susceptible to disease, late, unproductive. 

 Branches wholly green. Leaflets medium in size, regular in shape, crumpled, 



