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"Livlrujstotis Pencil Pud-Eclair" (148/13).— The ''reiieil 

 Pod" is of the ''Eefugee" type of foliage, with longer pods, which, 

 combincKl with the long, green, flat pod of the "Eclair," has re- 

 sulted, by selection, in a long, green, curved, round pod, with either 

 brown or niottle<l seeds. This promises a fine, new green pod 

 variety. 



Rejected Croases of Bush Beams. 



The following crosses are rejected because, from the economic 

 point of view, they seem to promise nothing superior to the parents 

 involved. In other respects they offer quite as much of interest as 

 do those of the "Promising" groups: 



'''Bountiful Bush-Lightning" (2/25). Earliness was the main 

 thought in eifeeting this cross, twenty-two first and ninety- 

 seven second generation plants being grown. Many of the 

 plants were the first in the field to bloom and the dark-green 

 foliage of the "'Lightning" was evident, as also its long, green, 

 flat pods. The dominant seed colors were brown and dark 

 mottled. 



^'Byer's Bush-Longfellow" (0/26). By uniting these two excel- 

 lent green-podded varieties it was hoped to secure something 

 better than either. Both parents are early and prolific, with 

 round pods, the '"Longfellow" being much the longer. 



^'China Red Eye-Best of All" (9/1). With this combination, the 

 object was to secure a new variety with a red-''eyed" seed. 

 Thirty-four plants of the first and twenty-four of the second 

 generation were grown, the "red eye" becoming a fixed char- 

 acter in the ofl^spring of two plants, but no advance was made 

 in earliness, type of pod or bearing quality. 



"'Crystal Wax-Henderson's Black Valentine" (10/45). The cross 

 plants, one hundred and nine in number, were late, wide- 

 spreading and bore small pods. 



"'Dwarf Chocolate-]\Iammoth Stringiess" (11/40). Considering 

 the dark-green, narrow-leaved foliage a^d long, slender pod of 

 the "Chocolate," and the round, stringiess pod of "Mam- 

 moth," their imion pointed to a prolific offspring, with "Choc- 

 olate" type of foliage and a long, slender, round, stringiess 

 pod. Twenty-three plants, all of the first generation, were 

 grown, the plant characters of "Mammoth" dominating, but 

 the desired long, slender, round pod failed to appear. 



