474 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



"Scarlet Runner-TennesBee '* Hybrids. 



Tlie "Tennessee" is a variety of bush bean that is taller than 

 the average of its class, bearing white flovpers and long, flat green 

 pods that produce seeds of medium size and of a light browTi color. 

 The seeds obtained from the blend late in 1905 were uniformly 

 of a size and shape midway between the two parents and with 

 nearly the same markings as the male parent (''Scarlet Runner") ; 

 from these seeds the present crop has been gl'o^\^l. In the ac- 

 companying plate, XVIL, the lot of seeds that most nearly matches 

 the blend is shown at 9. A set of thirteen piles of the first genera- 

 tion of the hybrid is shown from 2-14, seeds of the male parent 

 being given at 1 and of the "'Tennessee" at 15. The blend seeds 

 were planted May 1st, and the several plants and their crop of 

 seeds are considered in the following paragraphs : 



No. 1. The first plant in the row of hybrids was of the bush 

 type, medium-sized, with purple flowers, the seeds of which (shown 

 at 2 in the plate) were all uniformly of the size and shape of the 

 "Tennessee," and were solid, dark purple, looking black at a little 

 distance. 



No. 2. This was a small, earW-fruited plant, the produce being 

 only a few seeds (shown at 3), the beans having a yellowish-brown 

 color, with a fine, indistinct mottling. There was very little in 

 these seeds to suggest the "Scarlet Eunner" parent. 



No. 3. This was a small, early-maturing plant, which gave a 

 very handsome *ype of seeds (shown at 4), the plumpness of which 

 exceeded that of either parent, and in markings is quite unusual. 

 The beans were nearly four-fifths black, with small, irregular 

 patches of white in the area most distant from the "eye." The 

 bright, shiny coat is in striking contrast with those of the two 

 previously-mentioned numbers. 



No. 4. This was a large,. wide-spreading plant, with red flowers 

 and dark gi-een, curved pods. It was the most prolific member of 

 this set and its type is shown at 5. The seeds here were very 

 variable in size, and, being borne close to each other in the pods, 

 have their ends of a peculiar angular form. Still more extraor- 

 dinaiw is the color, which is a gTay, with fine, bluish mottlings, be- 

 coming darker near the "eye." They do not suggest either parent 

 and appear like a new departure in beans, the worth of which re- 

 mains to be demonstrated. 



