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tain plants of the "Station Bush," that incHned to twine, was 

 selected in 1905 and has developed into a true pole variety. 



The "Willow-leaf" foliage in the Limas is a variable one, 

 and gradations from the very narrow form of the true "Willow- 

 leaf" to the broad "Willow" approaching the Sieva foliage may 

 be met with in any block of crosses of this variety. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BUSH BEANS. 



Bush, or "snap," beans occupied a large part of the strips, 

 where they were planted in blocks that separated the several 

 plots of sweet corn. The following are the crosses that show 

 most of promise -and from which seeds, selected from the choicest 

 plants, have been saved for further testing upon the Home 

 Grounds and, in some instances, elsewhere by those who may 

 desire to grow them. 



"Everbearing Cylinder" (17/110). — ^The "Everbearing" is a 

 variety with long, flat, green pods, bearing flat white seeds ; and 

 the "Cylinder" has a long, round, stringless wax pod, with black 

 seeds. The white seeds of the cross were used for the present 

 crop and no plant showed any color in its seed or blossom. From 

 the mother came the compact bushy type of plant and the string- 

 less wax pod and, from the male parent, the desirable white seed. 

 The round pod of the "Cylinder" failed to appear upon any of 

 the seventy plants. 



" Lon gf ell ozv-M arrow fat" (26/29). This gave an even lot of 

 plants with long, straight, round pods of the male parent. The 

 pods, although brittle and tender, are not stringless when ready 

 for market. 



"Longfellow-Davis" (26/112). Plants from the selected white 

 seeds had the upright habit of "112," and bore plentifully of 

 long, straight, flat wax pods, which, while resembling the "Da- 

 vis," were less stringy. 



"Davis-Keeney's Refuge" (i 12/133). Here again, selection 

 for planting was made of the white seeds, and a desirable type of 

 plant and pod was secured. 



"Detroit-Black Wax" (113/117). From this cross has been 

 selected the round-podded type, and it has proved to be of super- 



