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"Lightning-Marrowfat" (25/28). Neither parent produces 

 a good snap bean, pods of both being flat, tough and stringy. The 

 one. merit of the "Lightning" is its extreme earhness, and this 

 quahty, combined with the more proHfic white-seeded "Marrow- 

 fat," has produced a medium, prohiic bush plant,, free from the 

 running tendency of the mother. The flat green pods are of 

 medium size, containing seeds 'smaller than the "Marrowfat." 



"Lightning-Prolific Tree" (25/34). The "Prolific Tree," as 

 its name indicates, bears an abundance of rather small, flat pods 

 upon a late plant. The white seeds are a "Pea" bean and of fine 

 cooking quality. The resulting cross gives evidence of more 

 earliness. 



"Lightning-Davis' Wax" (25/1 11). This cross has resulted 

 in large plants with flat green pods containing white seed of the 

 "Davis" type, which resemble the commercial "White Kidney," 

 though smaller. It promises a desirable new Kidney bean. 



"White Marrowfat-Canadian Wonder" (29/8), The mother 

 plant is distinguished by its large, thrifty, bushy plant with very 

 long, flat, green pods. The seeds of the cross resemble those of 

 the "Red Kidney," but are of a darker red and larger, with the 

 rich quality of that variety. Either the "White Kidney" or the 

 "White Marrowfat" type of seed, combined with the richness of 

 the "Canadian Wonder," is desired in this cross. 



"Green Winter-White Klarrowf at" (51/28). Here it is de- 

 sired to combine the earliness of the "Green Winter" with the 

 large, round seed of the "White Marrowfat." Another white 

 "medium" variety, seems possible through judicious selection.- 



"Burpee's Brittle-Wonder of France" (101/52). Both parents 

 have medium-early, bush plants, while "Wonder of France" has 

 a medium-sized white seed and is a good bearer. The expected 

 round pod has failed to appear in this cross, but a white-seeded 

 green pod has resulted with medium-sized beans, promising an- 

 other good variety. 



Novelties or Commercial Kinds Not Before Grown in the Gardens. 



The following varieties have been added to our list for 1907 

 and assigned record numbers as seen below : 



