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led all others for the season in the second crop from 1904 seed 

 by blooming 28 days after planting-. It does not, howe\-er, rank 

 with the most prolific, nor is it a stringless variety. Tlie seed 

 when ripe are tlat and mottled. "Crystal Wax"' (to), on the 

 other hand, produces much vine, and has a tendency to run. It 

 is among the latest to bloom and pod for market, but ranks as 

 one of the most prolific varieties. The round, plump, medium- 

 sized pods of a very light green color are stringless during the 

 marketable stage. The seeds being white cause the pods to be 

 marketable for a longer time than No. 25. Also, the beans 

 when dry are excellent for cooking. In fact, the color of the 

 seed is an important quality in bush, or string, beans, the white 

 or light sorts being most desirable. 



"The Silver" (t,/) and "Silver Bush"' (38) are very similar 

 to No. 10 in respect to vine and fruit. 



"Prolific Tree" (34) was found to be desirable, because of its 

 bearing quality and the excellent flavor of its crisp, round string- 

 less pods. 



The pod-spot, which attacked the bush beans quite badly 

 during the rainy "spell," was not so prevalent with the green 

 pods as with the wax beans. 



It is to be noticed that a larger percentage of h?.nd pollina- 

 tions between varieties of green pod beans are more successful 

 than among the wax sorts. For example, five hundred trials 

 among the former gave thirty suspected crosses, while a thous- 

 and of the latter resulted in only twenty "suspects." 



Wax Beans. — On ?\Iay 4th forty-eight rows of wax beans 

 were planted, representing about thirty-five varieties. All came 

 up well, and were in bloom on June 13th. The leaves were 

 noted as being of a lighter green than those of the gre-en-podded 

 sorts. Fift}'-seven days after planting, the pods of all varieties 

 were ready for market, with the exception of Nos. 126, 138, 

 139, 145 and 148. 



A second planting from the commercial seed, made June nth, 

 began blooming on July 9th, and on July 24th the earliest were 

 ready for picking. A third planting from the commercial 

 packets, on July 19th, matured before any danger of frost. 



On July 2 1 St a planting from seed of the first cro]> was made 

 for the purpose of olptaining any "suspects" liable to result from 

 natural crossing of the varieties. These began blooming August 

 24th, 3.:]. days after planting. 



Several varieties were tested at the table, and No. 145, "Crys- 

 tal Wax," stood second to none, possessing all those qualities 



