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A few seeds of the "Speckled Lima," received in 1905 late fo 

 planting, were grown, and matured a small crop. From this two 

 pliints resulted the present season, both resembling the "Burpee'^ 

 in ]).»d, while the seeds are marked with red. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BUSH BEANS. 



The seventy-six crosses, made during 1904 and 1905, were 

 planted April 25th-29th in the new land. When these were- 

 nearing maturity a second crop was planted (July 24tli-28th) 

 between the old rows, and from this there w^re ripe seeds before 

 October ISth, tlae date of the first killing frost. Many of the 

 crosses have advanced to the fourth generation and a fcAv beyond 

 it. Fifty additional crosses were made the past season, some of 

 which have been carried through the blend. 



With the ideal snap bean in mind — a medium-sized, round,, 

 white-seeded, stringless, prolific, early wax or green pod — three 

 general divisions of the crosses may be made, namely, desirable,, 

 uncertain (or doubtful) and the rejected. 



Some Promising Crosses of Bnsh Beans. 



''Earliest Green Pod-Bismarck" (14/102). — This cross is in- 

 teresting, as it combines the green and w^ax-pod characters. Three 

 hundred and thirty-one plants were gi-own of the second genera- 

 tion and gave four distinct colors or markings, of which 80 were 

 black, 28 brown, 198 mottled and 25 tricolor. The mottled in- 

 clude the parent type (14), the brown closely resemble the "Six 

 Weeks" type of seed and the "tricolor" is a curious mottle made 

 up of three colors. Seeds of this cross are shown in the upper row 

 of Plate XIV. 



''Everhearing-CyUnder'' (17/110).— The "Everbearing" is 

 represented by a long, flat, green pod with flat, white seeds. 

 "Cylinder Wax," a round, stringless, black wax pod, is undesir- 

 able only in the color of its seed, a defect which may be easily over- 

 come in the cross by. selection. The aim is to combine several de^ 

 sirable qualities, and secure a stringless, round-podded, white- 

 seeded wax bean. 



