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Pole Beans. 



II. 



In 1907, at harvest time, a climbing plant with coarse ''Willow- 

 leaf" foliage and large, flat pods, containing mottled seeds was 

 discovered among the "Willow-leaf Polo" jdants— the beans jf 

 M-hich in their markings resembled "Sijeelded Lima," an old 

 variety whose seeds are blotched with reddish bro^^'n. As the 

 ''Speckled Lima" had been grown near the "Willow-leaf Pole" in 

 1!)06, it was considered to be the male parent of this "Suspect," 

 which, imlike the nnion of "J. W." with a white Lima fo-ivinff 

 dark-red m the blend )^ was found to be a mottled bean. Although 

 the first generation plants of 1908 were all "polers," none inherited 

 the foliage of the mother ("Willow-leaf"), while the pods were 

 smaller than those of the "Speckled Lima" with a smoother sur- 

 face. The seed not so large as its mottled parent, varied somewhat 

 in its markings, but none gave a solid color, white resulting in only 

 one instance. The plants of this season were grown from the two 

 selections of "Mottled Brown" and white. Eighteen individuals 

 represented the former and produced mottled beans in seven- 

 teen cases, the other being white. 



In regard to one plant, a new form of mottling appeared, in 

 which the medium-sized, flat seed was red, with the exception of 

 a few lighter markings. The progeny grown from the white seed 

 numbered ten, with a leaf varying from light to dark green, the 

 pods being medium to large. Eight plants produced white, and 

 two mottled beans. 



'' JACKSON WONDER' ^-^'^DKEEK'^ POLE STKAIX. 



The parent was a "Runner" and bore 133 pods with light red 

 seeds. This was selected as a new pole sort and produced eight 

 climbers, six yielding Avhite, one mottled and but one light red seed. 

 Four other "J. W."-"Dreer" "Runners" chosen from the 1908 

 crop, were grown and gave in all fifty offspring, thirty-four of 

 which required poles and sixteen were bush, the progeny of the 

 selected white parents (two of the four) breeding true to color in 

 all but one case. 



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