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vigorous, hardy, very early, moderately productive. Branches vi^holly green. 

 Leaflets medium in size, slightly crumpled, rough, medium green. Flowers 

 white. Snap pods large, 5 to sV^ inches long, moderately sout, oval-flat, 

 almost straight, sometimes curved backwards at stem end, long well-defined 

 point, five to six-seeded, medium green, very stringy, tough, coarse-grained, 

 of poor quality, attractive. Dry seeds (1.4 x .7 x .6 cm.) oblong or subreni- 

 form, ends abruptly rounded or truncated, subcircular in cross section, veiny- 

 white with an irregular ochraceous yellow blotch or eye and occasionally 

 with a few smaller spots of the same color, an interrupted ring of a darker 

 shade around hilum. 



Comparison. — -Little grown in this country. A standard forcing variety 

 in Europe. Somewhat resembles Yellow Six Weeks. It differs from that 

 variety, however, in that the plants are smaller and more compact and in that 

 the pods are slightly smaller, straighter, darker green, tougher and with more 

 string. It has not the graceful curve of Yellow Six Weeks and is sometimes 

 bent backwards near the stem end. It is more like Reliance than any other, 

 difl^ering as described under that head. Slightly susceptible to disease. Of 

 little value for out-door culture. Plate I, fig. 04; VII, fig. fio; XII, fig. 10. 



ViNELESs Marrow 



Confusing names. — ]\Iarrow Pea (Navy Pea) and White Marrow are dif- 

 ferent types from Vineless Marrow. 



History. — Introduced in 1897 by D. M. F?rry & Co., but grown in New 

 York State much earlier. 



Comparison.— Thh variety resembles White Kidney in habit of plant, but, 

 on the whole, it is more like White INIarrow than any other sort. It is 

 more erect, free from runners, with larger and coarser leaves, later and 

 decidedly more productive. The pods are very similar ; Vineless Marrow 

 differing only in being somewhat more uniform, thicker at stem end and 

 in having a longer and straighter point. The seeds are slightly longer and 

 narrower (1.4 x .8 x .7 cm.). Strictly a field variety and probably the best 

 of the marrow type. Too tough and stringy for snap purposes. Plate IV, 

 fig. es; VII, fig. gi; XII, fig. 11. 



Warren 



History. — Originated with David Warren, Essex County, Mass., and in- 

 troduced about 1884 by several seedsmen. 



Comparison. — One of the lesser grown varieties, but worthy of more 

 general use. Probably the best flat-podded sort, both for snap and green- 

 shell purposes. It remains in snap condition for a long tiine and is of 

 excellent quality. As a green-shell bean it is unsurpassed in size and shape 

 of both seed and pod, but has not the advantage of white seed like White 

 Kidney nor of handsomely splashed pods like Ruby Horticultural or Im- 

 proved Goddard. This variety is the same as Low Champion except that it 

 makes a slightly more upright growth and has seed of a darker shade. 

 Plate I, fig. /5. 



Warwick 



SynoJiym. — Early Warwick. 



History. — Introduced in i8go by Peter Henderson & Co. 



Comparison. — -This little-known variety is very similar to China Red Eye, 

 differing' only in being slightly smaller, slightly earlier, decidedly less pro- 

 ductive and in having smaller, flatter, straighter, splashed pods and darker 

 colored seed. Instead of being white with a red " eye," the seed is irregu- 

 larly marked with fawn and deep red. As a snap variety it has little value 

 except for its earlincss. It is probably the earliest green-podded variety. 

 Of the same general usefulness as China Red Eye, but inferior to it in 

 many respects. Plate I, fig. gi. 



White Flageolet 



.Synonyms. — Dwarf Flageolet, Long White Canterbury, White Canterbury. 

 History.- — • Of European origin. 



