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this type. Whether called pea bean, marrow pea 

 bean, white bean or navy bean the type is practically 

 identical. There is a tendency to call beans navy 

 in the West and pea in the East. 



New York, one of the three leading bean produc- 

 ing states, produces four varieties in a large major- 

 ity. These are pea beans, mediums, red kidney and 

 white marrows. Prof. J. L. Stone says,* "there are 

 grown in the state seven or eight distinct varieties 

 of commercial beans, and some of these have several 



FIG. 6 MARKET WAX BEANS. 



sub-varieties. These varieties are quite distinct 

 from the vegetable or garden sorts that are grown 

 for the canning factories or for sale in the green 

 state. The varieties may be named as follows : 

 Marrow Pea, Boston Small Pea, Medium, with sub- 

 varieties. Day's Leafless Medium, Blue Pod Me- 

 dium, Burlingame Medium, and White Wonder; 

 White Marrow (with sub-variety Vineless Marrow), 

 Red Marrow, Improved Yellow Eye, White Kidney, 

 Red Kidney, and Black Turtle Soup." 



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