502 NEW JEESEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



"Kleckley's Favorite" produced plants of medium height ancF 

 white pods of medium length. 



"JSTew Lady Finger" gave dwarf plants with very long, curved,, 

 slender pods. 



"Dwarf Prolific," represented by only one plant, was medium in 

 height with short pods, and dark green in color. 



"Dwarf 3291," with but one exception, conformed to the dwarf" 

 type of plant, and produced pods of medium length, dark green 

 before ripening. 



The above varieties gave three general types of pods: (1) long- 

 slender; (2) medium slender, and (3) short thick, which varied 

 in color from a dark green to white (or cream). 



From Mr. Beattie's bulletin the following classification of the- 

 okras is developed: 



Plants, Standard — 

 Long pod 

 Short pod. 

 Plants, Dwarf — 



Plants dark green 

 Long pod 

 Short pod 

 Plants pale green 

 Green pod 

 White pod. 

 The standard type has plants from four to eight feet tall, while- 

 the dwarfs are usually less than three feet high. The latter are 

 divided upon the color of the foliage, one group having the ordi- 

 nary green foliage of the standards, while the other has a lighter 

 prevailing color in the leaves. A pod is long when exceeding 

 seven, and short when less than five inches. In the last-named' 

 group with pale green plants, the pods are slender, and the name 

 of "Lady Finger" is given to them; they are divided into those 

 with green and others with white ]>ods. 



The varieties grown in the Gardens furnished representatives 

 of all the six groups in the above classification, excepting the last, 

 which is a dwarf, with pale green foliage and a slender white pod. 

 One of these, the "White Louisiana," is recommended as among 

 the best for (Cultivation, the leading one for general use being the- 

 dwarf green, long pod. 



