512 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BEANS. 

 Crosses of Lima Beans. 



Since 1900 work has progressed upon crosses between the 

 "Henderson" as the male and the "Burpee" as the female parent. 

 The history of this breeding is given fro4n year to year in the 

 annual reports for the past four years, together with the charac- 

 teristics of the parent varieties, and those of the 'crosses that 

 have been made from them. 



In report for 1900 (page 430) is a plate showing the half- 

 opened pod of a "Henderson" and a "Burpee" variety, and of two 

 crosses between them. At page 392 of the report for 1901 a 

 plate shows heaps of the dry seeds and of the fresh seeds of the 

 parents, with corresponding heaps of a cross in comparison with 

 them. In last year's report, at page 490, is a plate of seeds and 

 leaves of five varieties of dwarf limas, including the "Hender- 

 son" and the "Burpee," and piles of seeds of six of the developing 

 crosses. 



Thirteen selected crosses were planted the present year, and 

 of these numbers 5, 12 and 13 resembled more nearlv the "Bur- 

 pee" parent, while numbers i, 4 and 11 were of the "Henderson" 

 type. The other numbers, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, were nearly 

 intermediate in all respects. Plate VII. shows sample pods and 

 seeds of the, thirteen crosses above considered. The quality of 

 the abo've crosses compares favorably with that of the "Burpee," 

 a variety of high grade but lacking in productiveness. 



Out of the above crosses two have been selected, and one, 

 nearer the "Burpee" than the "Henderson," is named the Station 

 Bush Lima, and the other, approaching the "Henderson" type, 

 is called the Kelsey, after Mr. J. A. Kelsey, a former assistant, 

 who for years cared for these crosses in their culture and selec- 

 tion. 



Notes Upon Bush Lima Beans. 



The following twenty- )ne numbers (8o-io'j) of Bush Lima 

 Beans were planted side by side across a plot and gave a length 

 of row for each sort of thirty-one feet. 



