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Yield of Green Pod Bush Beans. 



No. NAME AND SOURCE. 





50 Warren Bush. Ggy 1 5-8 lbs. 



51 Green Winter. Sal 1 5-8 " 



52 Wonder of France. Brk 1 



53 Early Yellow 6 weeks. Btl 1 9-16 " 



54 " "6 " Bru 1 H " 



55 Lons " 6 " Drr 1 H " 



56 Early " 6 " N. K. .. . 3 7-16 " 



The "Landreth Scarlet" (24) is seen to be the most seeded, 

 the average being 4.2 per pod, while the "Eclair'' (13) and 

 "Emperor William" (16) yielded near half as many seeds. The 

 "Eclair" has a very long slender pod, and when ready for market 

 the seeds make up a very small part of the pod. On the other 

 hand, the "Emperor William" has a long, wide pod; that is, 

 these two sorts low in seed contents are almost opposites in the 

 make-up of their pods. 



The greatest number of pods, 302 and 300, were produced 

 by Nos. 38 and 10, respectively, both of which have ix)ds of 

 small size, and the two sorts are in other ways much alike. The 

 "Silver Bush" (38) is a very little more seedy than the "Crystal 

 Wax" (10). The "First of All'' (23) has a very large flat 

 pod, while the "Warren" (50) has an equally wide pod, but not 

 much more than half the length of No. 23. 



Enough has been said to indicate that there is great variation 

 in form and size of the pods. There are many other important 

 differences that are not indicated in Plate X.. such as tender- 

 ness and the presence or absence of the fibers along the back of 

 the pod. that is termed the "string." This plate indicates some- 

 thing of the age of pods that are at their best for the table. It 

 is not possible to get the best results unless the ^wds are picked 

 before the seeds are of full size, and when much younger than 

 this they are still more delicate, but the yield is correspondingly 

 reduced. 



Classification of Green Pod Beans. 



Upon the color and size of the seeds the following prelimi- 

 nary classification of the green pod beans may be made: 



