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were perhaps a trifle more productive than those with the ''Hen- 

 derson," with the advantage (to many growers) of producing large 

 seeds. The seeds shown at 11 are marked nearly in the same 

 manner as those of the "Jackson." At 12, the seeds are purple 

 with tlie exoeption of an indistinct blotching of a lighter red upon 

 the dark background. In the next lot the marking is conspicuous, 

 but, being of two shades of red, it is not shown in the engraving. 

 It is as if the markings in 11 were nearly black and upon a bright 

 Ted background. Here, again, as in all the crosses except with the 

 •"Burpee," there is a fair percentage of white-seeded plants. It is 

 an these "albinos" that the hope lies of getting improved crosses 

 with the "Jackson," the seed-color being objected to by the house- 

 wife. 



At 16 is shown the seeds of a plant of tlie "Jackson" upon the 

 "''Willow-leaf," the thought here being, among other things, to 

 secure a variety with all the fruitfulness of the "Jackson" com- 

 bined with the form of foliage in the "Willow-leaf," the latter 

 heing more desirable because of its openness, and therefore less 

 subject to the mildew now becoming a dread to the grower of lima 

 beans. The most prolific plant, seed of which is shown in the 

 plate, is represented at 17. The output, while satisfactory, is 

 inidesirable from the standpoint of color. There is probably no 

 ■difference in quality between these and white beans, and the blind 

 would not know that they were dark, but all are not blind, and 

 the white strains will l)e preferred to the dark ones. At 18, the 

 seeds of a dull-brick red with slight indications of a mottling, 

 characteristic of the "Jackson," are sho^\Ti. In color, tliese lie 

 between the dark of IT and the light of 19, which latter are from 

 a fine productive plant. These white seeds are not quite equal in 

 size to those of the selected ten of the "Willow-leaf" lying nearby 

 at 20. 



The lowest row represents seeds of selected plants, among the 

 first generation from the cross of the "Jackson" uj^n the "Sta- 

 tion." The latter is a variety resulting from the union of 

 "Burpee" upon "Henderson," and is a blend of the two in several 

 characteristics. The pile at 21, representing the "Jackson" type, 

 is a set of fine seeds; those at 22 are of the dark purple previously 

 mentioned, while pile 23 is a set of uniformly dull red Ijeans, 

 standing l)etween the dark ones upon the left and the white ones 



