VARIETIES AND ENVIRONMENT 4I 



beans. The earliest varieties were Marblehead Cham- 

 pion and Dwarf Earliest Wax. In 1890 the report of 

 Prof. C. W. :Minott (Sta. Rpt. for 1890) showed that 

 for the field sorts Aroostook proved the earliest but 

 the Improved Field set the largest number of pods. 



Virginia. — General notes (Bui. 60) on several va- 

 rieties of snap and lima beans. Extra Early Valentine 

 is recommended as the best variety of snap beans and 

 Henderson Dwarf for limas. In 1905 the field sorts 

 with yields to the acre are as follows : Choice Navy, 23 

 bushels; Burlingame, 19 bushels; Choice Mediterra- 

 nean, 14 bushels ; Boston Pea, 12 bushels. 



Washington. — Tabulated data (Bui. 42) on 19 varie- 

 ties of bush and nine of early beans. Willing Pride 

 produced the heaviest yield among the pole beans 

 tested and Horticultural Lima the greatest among the 

 limas. 



