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or an attempted cross has been termed a "suspect," and son.e of 

 those obtained early in the season with wax beans have been 

 grown for their first generation, with the result that a few were 

 able to mature before the frosts put an end to their growth. 



It is noted that seeds have been obtained as a result of "work- 

 ing" "Bismarck" (102) upon "Detroit" (113) ; that is a variety 

 ("Detroit") with large oval white seeds with a large mottled 

 "eye" was pollinated with a variety ("Bismarck") \A-hich has a 

 long seed that is uniformly black. The result is a seed that is 

 black and mottled brown, and near the shape of the male parent. 

 It is as if the mottled "eye" of the "Detroit" had become spread 

 over the whole seed, but, more than that, the shape of the seed is 

 nearly that of the "Bismarck." 



In a second case, instead of the "Detroit," the "Bismarck" 

 was worked upon "Keeney's Refugee" (133), which has a long 

 seed mottled throughout with two shades of brown. The result 

 is a bean that, while having nearly the same shape as No. 133, 

 has a fine blue as the background, with flecks of a lighter shade. 

 This is a*bean strikingly different from any of the forty-eight 

 numbers grown as wax beans this season. 



In a third case, with the "Bismarck" remaining in the same 

 position, the female was "Grennell's Golden" (127), which has 

 an oval seed of good size, and with a mottled "eye" that extends 

 well out into the otherwise white skin of the seed. The seeds 

 resulting are near to the "Grennell" in the markings, but the 

 shape is more flat, possibly due to partial maturity. It will 

 require the second generation to decide whether there is any 

 cross in this case. 



A fourth attempt was with "Bismarck" as the female and the 

 "Davis Kidney" as the pollinizer. In this case the male parent 

 has a solid white slender seed of medium size, the "Bismarck" 

 being black, as before described. The result here is a seed of solid 

 color, which is between seal brown and black. Neither the 

 white or the black controlled, and there is no tendency to become 

 streaked or niottled. 



Some other cases will need the next generation to give suf- 

 ficient proof to warrant the opinion that the cross was actually 

 made. Beans are easily self-fertile, and the stamens of a flower 

 may have deposited pollen upon the stigma before their removal 

 by the breeder. 



Beans from the Department of Agriculture. 

 Twenty- four packets of beans, mostly native of Mexico, were 



