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indiscriminately, a larger number of color types could have been 

 shown, but those given are the chief ones quite constantly met 

 with in all the crosses of the "Jackson Wonder" with the various 

 kinds of white Lima beans. 



"Jackson Wonder-Dreer" Cross. 



The blend of this cross made its appearance last year, and is 

 one generation behind the crosses given above; it was of strong 

 spreading growth with the large, light-green leaves of the "Dreer" 

 type, a prolific bearer of good-sized pods, thicker than those of 

 the "Jackson Wonder" and containing dark-red seeds of medium 

 size. The twenty offspring from this plant, grown the present 

 season, were of low, spreading habit, about half showing the 

 "Dreer" foliage. 



The plants in general were prolific and medium early, two 

 were of the "Jackson Wonder" type^in seed color, fourteen dark 

 red, one light red and one greenish white. The last-named 

 was a seed much smaller than either parent, with the "Dreer" 

 plumpness, promising the superior table quality and color of one 

 parent combined with the prolificness of the other. One pro- 

 nounced "Dwarf" was especially small, scarcely more than three 

 inches high, of compact growth with leaves of the "Dreer" type 

 and bore but one short, thick pod. 



Selection Experiment with "Kelsey" and "Station" Lima Beans. 



In 1906, a small plot was devoted to a crop of "Kelsey" Lima 

 beans using selected seed. From this lot of plants, the best in- 

 dividuals were selected and from them, the best seeds were planted 

 the present season. The seed of the best plants has been saved 

 separately for a continuation of the selection experiment. 



With the "Station," one lot of seed was selected for their 

 "flatness" and another because of unusual "plumpness." Last 

 year, the "plump" strain showed a great tendency to run, and 

 this has so much increased the present season that this 

 strain has been discarded as practically worthless. 



