EXPERIMENT STATION REPOET. 455' 



'•Loiujfclluu-Marroivfat" (26/29).— This cross combines the 

 early, long, round, stringless, green pod of the "J^ongfellow" with 

 the white^seed of the ^'ilarrowfat." By selection, it seems possi- 

 ble to secure a long, round, white^seeded, green pod, qualities 

 which no commercial variety in the Gardens has been found to 

 pdisess in full. Seeds of this cross are shown in the second row of 



Plate XIV. 



•'Lomjfdloii'-Brittle' (2G/101).— This cross, together with its 

 reciprocal, 101/26, promises either a round, stringless, green pod 

 with the "Longfellow" type of seed, or a round wax pod with the 

 "Brittle" kind of seed, and either may make a desirable new 

 variety. Plants of this cross are prolific and early a.nd a wax 

 with the pods borne above the foliage like the "Tx)ngfellow" would 

 be superior to the mother. 



"BnUle-Yosemite" (101/146).— This combines the excellent 

 qualities of the "Burpee Wax" with the remarkably large, fleshy 

 pod of the "Yosemite." By rejecting the black-seeded plants, 

 there is promise of a mammoth "Burpee" type superior to the 

 "Yosemite" in prolificness. 



"Bismarcl-Beiroit" (102/113).— This ei^oss, Avhich has been 

 carried to the sixth generation, was shown in the annual reiwrt 

 for last year, Plate VIIL, which represented seed from sixteen 

 different plants, all grown from a mottled seed of a plant of the 

 second generation. Of these, two were black-seeded, five with the 

 dark "eye" of the "Detroit" and nine were mottled. The "dark 

 eye" seeds have bred true up to the fifth generation. One of these 

 has a long, flat, straight wax pod with a, seed like "Bismarck" m 

 form and giving a suiDerior golden wax bean. 



-Davis-BlacJc" (11/107).— This is a combination of the long- 

 podded, white-seeded "Davis Wax," and a medium length, round- 

 podded "Black Wax," and is promising. 



-Dams-Refugee' (111/133).— This emss unites the fine quali- 

 ties of the "Keeney Refugee" with the longer, white-seeded pod 

 of the "Davis." ^ The object sought here is a white-seeded 



"Refugee." 



"Scimitar-Davis' (129/111).— Both parents are pTolific bear- 

 ers of large pods, the "Scimitar" being a round, curved, black- 

 seeded wax. Out of this combination it is hoped to obtain a white- 

 seeded "Scimitar Wax." 



