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should experiment for himself as to the best variety. 

 The different Valentine varieties usually do well 

 for snap beans. The plants are medium to large, 

 pods round, green, tender; seeds medium to large, 

 blotched and speckled with various shades of red 

 and brown. Early Mohawk and Long Yellow Six 

 Weeks are also given as good snap varieties by O. 

 M. Morris*. Early Mohawk is a medium to large 

 kidney shaped bean, brown speckled and blotched 

 with dark red. Long Yellow Six Weeks is similar 

 to Early Mohawk only it is solid brown. Morris 

 names among the best wax or yellow podded varie- 

 ties: Golden Wax, Dwarf Black Wax and Refugee 

 Wax. Golden Wax is a small bean, white, covered 

 with blotches of red. Dwarf Black Wax is a me- 

 dium sized black bean. Refugee Wax is a small 

 brown bean covered with blotches of black. Profes- 

 sor Irish says** that among the best green podded 

 sorts for snaps are Valentine, Refugee, Sion House, 

 White Flagolet, Cream Stringless, Canadian Won- 

 der and Mohawk. For the wax sorts he names 

 Black Wax, Golden Wax, Davis, Currie, Yosemite, 

 Wardwell and Detroit. Bailey*** says the German 

 Black Wax is the type of most of the yellow podded 

 varieties and the progenitor of many, but the newer 

 and more carefully selected sorts are likely to prove 

 best in most situations. Of these Golden Wax, 

 Flagolet Wax, Yosemite, Mammoth Wax, Valen- 

 tine Wax and Refugee Wax are best known. Green 

 podded varieties for snaps are not so popular but 

 sell readily in many markets. Of these Early Red 

 Valentine, Extra Early Refugee and Long Yellow 



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