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"Dwarf Chocolate-Six Weeks" (11/55). Of the seventeen first- 

 generation plants grown, none was earlier, more prolific or 

 longer-podded than "Six Weeks." 



"Lightning-Bnrlingame Medium" (25/5). This cross was repre- 

 sented in the field by twenty-five first and fourteen second 

 generation ])lants. The prepotency of "Lightning" was shown 

 in the ofi's})i'ing, resulting in early plants with dark-green, 

 foliage, but they were not prolific and bore flat, stringy pods^ 



"Lightning- Longfellow" (25/26). As in the cross above (also 

 the two following), the male parent dominates. Of the sev- 

 enty-two plants grown in the field, forty-one were of the first 

 and thirty-one of the second generation. A "Longfellow'^ 

 plant and pod with seed of "Lightning" was sought, but no 

 plants developed full, round pods, so desirable in the "Long- 

 fellow." 

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"Lightning- Wonder of France" (25/52). This combination 

 offered an earlier white-seeded, green pod. Forty-eight plants 

 were grown during the past season, nineteen of the first gen- 

 eration and tAventy-nine of the second. While the plants were 

 early, the pod was inferior to that of "Wonder," and the thin, 

 flat, white seed of selected plants did not promise a good 

 "shell" bean. 



"Lightning-Six Weeks" (25/55). Both parents are early and the 

 mother has a long, flat pod. Of the forty-nine plants grown, 

 none equaled "Six Weeks" in pod quality. 



"Lightning-Black Wax" (25/105). A wax variety with "Light- 

 ning" type of seed was expected in this cross. Fifteen plants 

 of the first and fourteen of the second generation were under 

 observation. Many bore broad, wax pods and were quite 

 prolific, but they were found inferior to the "Black Wax" 

 in quality. This cross is a good one for the study of heredity. 



"Low's Champion-Longfellow" (27/20). The union of an early, 

 good bearer with a short, flat-podded sort failed to produce 

 any plants earlier or more prolific than "Longfellow." 



"Eefugee Green-Six Weeks" (36/52). The "Kefugee Green," in 

 itself, is a prolific plant, bearing round, stringless pods. Its 

 union with "Six Weeks" could add nothing more than earli- 

 ness. Ninety-four plants were under observation — thirty-one 

 of the first, sixty-three of the second generation. Many plants 

 possessed earliness ; otherwise, no advance on the parents was 

 made. 



