458 NEW JEESEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



tliigTiishcd liv the j^liape, it bciiiir very flat in tlic cross, and tlicre- 

 fore the seed apjiears nuicli the hiriier of the two in the picture. 



The second row deals with the "Longfellow" (26) and '*^^^lite 

 Afarrowfat*' (29), both gTeen-podded sorts and differing from each 

 other markedly in the color of the floAvers, shape of pods and color 

 of seeds, the ''Longfellow'' having pink blooms, roiTnd pods, and 

 long, mottled (dull red and gi'ay) seeds, while the ^'Marrowfat" is 

 with white flowers, flat pods, and large, short, plump white seeds. 

 The sample plant, selected as nearest to the male parent, has its 

 seeds, in part, shown at 9. They differ somewhat in the markings^ 

 or, more acciirately, in the greater difference in the colors between 

 the darker portions and the background, thus giving a more at- 

 tractive lot of seed. They are also somewhat shorter and broader 

 than the "Longfellow." The next lot (10) differs chiefly from 

 the last in the much lighter color of the markings. Both are much 

 blotched like the male parent, and differ from it in l^eing less 

 slender. At 11 the seeds are white, like the * 'Marrowfat," but have 

 the shape of the "Longfellow," and taking the two named qualities 

 into consideration, this lot merits a midway place in the row. The 

 next lot (12) is a step nearer the "Marrowfat," and the ones at 13 

 are not easily distinguished from it. The gradations in shape are 

 much more easily worked out than those of color, for the plate 

 shows that three lots are dark and four light, with but little inter- 

 gTading — a little less, however, than in reality. 



The third row has points of special interest because the two 

 parents pass for white beans, the male parent, "Jones" Striugless" 

 (131), being entirely so, and the mother of the crosses is white, 

 with a dull yellow eye, giving the name "Golden Eye" (130) to 

 this variety. The plants of both sorts are medium-sized, white- 

 flowered, Avith the "Jones" having a medium, round pod and the 

 "Golden Eye" a short, flat one, the latter having the larger seed. 

 At 16 is shown a pile of white seeds that agTee quite closely w'itla 

 the parent shown upon its left (15). The seeds shown at 17 are 

 a plain tan, and therefore someA\hat darker than^ the color of the 

 "eye" in the female parent. The seeds at 18 are unlike any other 

 in the series in being mottled on nearly the whole surface Avith two 

 shades of broAvn, the exception being a white tip at the root end of 

 the bean. The same AA'hite extremity is still more conspicuous in 

 the next lot (19) because the uncolored area is larger and the main 



