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liOss Desirable Crosses of Bush Beans. 



"Canadian Wonder-Golden Eye Wax" (8/130). — The male 

 parent is a large, stocky, thrifty plant with long-, flat, gi-een pods 

 containing large, flat seeds. The "Golden Eye" is an early, hardy, 

 prolific wax with flat pods of a medinm size. A combination of the 

 two has resulted in an early, prolific jdant bearing a large, fiat 

 wax pod having seeds w4th a pink "eye," and no wax variety yet 

 grown at the Gardens has this type of seed. 



''Dwarf Cho'colate-Burpeie's Brittle Wax" (11/101).— The 

 nnion of the "Dwarf Chocolate," with its slender green pods, with 

 the "Brittle," having ronnd, curved wax pods, has resulted in 

 plants bearing two distinct types of fruit, namely, a slender, curved 

 green pod with "Burpee Brittle" type of seed,. and second, a long, 

 round, curved, slender wax pod with either parent type of seed as 

 desired. 



"Dimrf ChocoJaie-FIageO'let" (11/114).— The "Flageolet Wax" 

 is a large, broad, flat pod which, by the infusion of "Dwarf Choco- 

 late" blood, has become much more slender while retaining its 

 golden color and prolificness. A plant bearing slender wax pods 

 with chocolate-polored seeds may bei obtained by this cross. 



"LigUning-EcMr" (25/13).— The "Lightning" has mottled 

 flowers and is extremely early. As a snap bean, it is undesirable, 

 but, in the combination above, the slender pod of the "Eclair" is 

 retained with the earliness of the "Lightning." Selection is being 

 made to obtain a plant with striped flowers bearing "Eclair" pods 

 with "Lightning" seeds which are of a peculiar mottled gray color. 



" Li ghtn.ing-M arrow fai" (25/28). — This combination has rch 

 sulted in a very early, white-seeded cross, which, if not desirable 

 ■as a snap bean, promises to be a good "shell' variety especially 

 where the season is short. Plants grown from the first crop, har- 

 vested the last of July, matured seed fifty-four days from the time 

 •of planting. 



"Lirjktming-Proliific Tre^e" (25/34). — This cross is similar to 

 the one preceding but has a^ smaller white seed. It also gives 

 promise of being an early "shell" bean. 



" Lightning -Dawis' Wax" (25/111). — Selection from this cross 

 has resulted in two types, (1) an early plant bearing long green 

 pods with large, white seeds, and (2) a kind having a long, flat 



