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"Early :\r()lia\vk-Sih'er JJiisli" (31/38). This cross was well rep 

 resented by thirty-five plants of the second generation and 

 one hundred and ninety-three of the third generation. Xonc 

 of the offspring have huriie white seeds and the pods are- STrmll^ 

 flat and stringy. The tendency to "run" was strong, in the 

 crossed plants. 



''Six Weeks-Henderson's Black Valentine" (55 AS). ThiV fs-"- 

 another case of combining two good varieties witb wj ad- 

 vantage gained in the offspring. An especially large number 

 of plants represented this cross in the lield — fifty-three of the- 

 first generation and four hundred and twent^'-six of the second. 



''Burpee's Brittle Wax-Lightning" (101/25). This cross offercti 

 a ''Brittle Wax" pod with "Lightning" seed, but of the.ninety- 

 three plants grown, early and prolific as many werc^ theiir 

 broad, flat pods were objectionable. 



"Bismarck-Brittle Wax" (102/101). This combination repre- 

 sents a cross between a good "Black Wax" and one of the^ 

 best round pod wax sorts. Thirty-five plants of the first, gen- 

 eration and thirteen of the second were grown. Many TOimd 

 pods appeared in the first generation, but the flat pod of "Bis- 

 marck" prevailed in the second. Four green-podded plants 

 were discarded. Many plants, though well-podded, did not 

 excel the "Brittle Wax." 



"Davis' Wax- Wonder of France" (111/52). This cross-, betweeu'" 

 two long, flat-podded plants, one a white-seeded wax, the 

 other a white-seeded green pod, has promised more from the 

 standpoint of heredity than that of a new variety. A wax. 

 pod more slender than 111 was the only advantage appare-nty. 

 an object already sought after in the promising cross of 

 11/101. 



''Davis-Eldorado Wax" (112/152). This is a cross bet^veen two-" 

 flat-podded varieties, both prolific and early. Eighteen plants- 

 of the first generation were grown and twenty-three of the 

 second. The offspring bore long, flat, straight pods, not 

 superior to either parent. 



''Golden Crown-Flageolet" (125/114). The male parent is a: 

 round, wax pod, but the commercial sort often produces as 

 flat, green pod. This may explain the appearance of large-,.. 

 green, flat pods in the cross. Thirty plants of the first gen- 

 eration were imder observation and sixty-one of the seeoiwil- 

 The plants are rank growers, do not pod well and many 



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