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No. 239. "Nczi! White Valentine." This is a medium early 

 bush, bearing long, flat, curved, wax pods with 

 slight stringiness. 



No. 240. "O shorn' s Forcing." An early green-podded bush 

 variety with pods of medium length, flat, straight 

 and stringy. 



No. 241. "Phenomenon." Failed. 



No. 242. "Pink Eye Wax." Failed. 



No. 243. "President Roosevelt." This is a green-podded pole 

 bean, medium early in season with long, stringless 

 pods and white seeds. (It is a promising sort for 

 breeding with bush varieties and crosses have been 

 secured with it). 



No. 244. ' "XXX Bush Bvtter." A promising sort, medium 

 early bearing, long, slightly curved, round, 

 • stringless wax pods. 



No. 245. "XXX Bush." A medium early green-podded 

 variety with short, round, curved, stringless pods. 



No. 246. "Painted Lady." In plant habit, this pole bean re- 

 sembles the "Scarlet Runner." The bloom differs 

 from that sort in being marked with white. 



No. 247. "Roger's Lima Wax." This is apparently the same 

 as the "'Lima Wax" previously grown under the 

 number 175. 



No. 248. "Trucker's Delight." This is a large-podded pole 

 Lima bean with good-sized pods and large, plump 

 seeds. 



No. 249. "Tzi'O-Colored Fire." An ornamental pole bean 

 which resembles "Painted Lady" (246). 



No. 250. "Walter's Prolific Thick Green." This is a pole Lima 

 and a good strong climber with pods not so long 

 as the "New Ideal" (216) but thicker with plump, 

 greenish white seeds of the "Potato Lima" type. 



No. 251. "Warivick." An early, green-podded bush variety 

 with short, flat, straight, stringy pods. 



No. 252. "JVilkie's Perfection Price." This pole Lima is not 

 a strong climber, bearing pods similar to those of 

 the "New Ideal" but is not so prolific. Seeds 

 large and greenish white. 



No. 253. "Yard Long" (Dolichos sesquipedalis). A species 

 with very long pods and identical with the "aspar- 

 agus bean" heretofore grown. It is of interest 

 from the breeding standpoint. 



