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'^^Sieva" to the large-leaved type, while one plant developed a 

 •strong tendency to '"run." At harvest time the bearing quality 

 Avas found to ])e excellent, with a variation in pod and seed from 

 that of the "Kelsey" to the ''Station." 



The following is a gTouping of the seed colors for each of the 

 above-named crosses : 



Brick Light 



"Jackson" Dark Light Red Red 



Type. Red. Red. Mottled. Mottled. White. Total. 



"Jackson-Burpee" 10 4 1 15 



■"Jackson-Henderson" 21 9 1 6 37 



"Jackson- Wood's" 35 15 1 2 22 76 



"Jackson-Willow-leaf" 22 10 1 4 3 15 55 



-'Jackson-Station" 29 13 10 .... 8 22 82 



Total 117 51 11 G 14 66 265 



It is seen that the white-seeded plants make up almost exactly 

 €ne-fourth of the total and, according to the Mendelian law, the 

 white might well be expected to he dominated by the red color. 

 Should all the mottled ones be grouped together, the total 137 

 would correspond very closely to the theoretical number (132.5) 

 for the '"hybrids," thus leaving the solid red 62, which is quite 

 ^\f)f^e to the quarter (66) of wliite ones. 



Notes npon Pole Lima Beans. 



Only three pole kinds of lima beans were grown the past season, 

 namely, (1) "Station" (selected pole), (2) "Willow-leaf" and 

 (3) "Speckled Lima." 



In 1905 seed was selected from certain of the "Station" plants 

 vvhicli showed a strong running tendency. All the plants grown 

 from this lot of seed were true pole beans, thrifty and prolific, with 

 the "Station" type of pod and seed. 



Seed was saved from a "Sport" of 1905, which appeared in a. 

 standard row of the "Sieva" type.' Five hills were planted, most 

 of the plants being tnie to the parent type, and all others were 

 <liscarded. 



Of the thirteen plants eleven were pole .beans and two were 

 dwarfs, five of the fonner having more vigor than the others and 

 bearing broader foliage than the true "Willow-leaf" fonn, and 

 larger pods and seeds than the ordinary "Sieva" type. 



