The high-colored pods and 

 seeds of Flash Horticult- 

 ural Beans are brilliantly ^ 

 flashed with red. 



to produce a crop under northern, 

 cool climate conditions, this variety 

 was named White Mountain Bush in 

 the autumn of 1948. Seed stock is 

 at present available only in trial 

 quantities. It is introduced as a 

 market-garden and home-garden 

 variety for northern gardeners. Un- 

 satisfactory yields were reported 

 from Beltsville in 1948, but the stock 

 did well in Pennsyvlania and Michi- 

 gan, indicating that it may not be 

 adapted to warmer sections. 



COWEY RED LIMA BEAN 



In 1943, a sample of lima beans 

 which he said was a certain cropper 

 in his garden was received from S. 

 D. Cowey of York Beach, Maine. 

 This sample contained seeds of vari- 

 ous colors ranging from almost black 

 to red and pink, some solid colored 

 and some mottled beans. They were 

 planted in the University greenhouse 

 and were found to be similar to each 

 other so far as plant characteristics 

 were concerned. Individual plant se- 

 lections were made and the seeds 

 planted in the field in 1944. From 

 these individual plants, one of which 

 had an attractive, red seed was se- 



lected. When purified, it was given 

 the name of Coivey Red Lima. 



The Cowey Red Lima is a bush 

 variety of about the same season as 

 the Henderson Bush. The seed is 

 somewhat larger as are the pods. It 

 is very prolific. When planted in 

 the garden in the spring, this bean 

 seems to have the ability to germi- 

 nate under colder conditions than do 

 most other lima beans. Probably 

 its principal value is as breeding ma- 

 terial. It has been used in crosses 

 both at the University of New Hamp- 

 shire and at Beltsville, in an attempt 

 to develop more cold-resistant varie- 

 ties. For immediate practical pur- 

 poses, its value lies in the novelty 

 field. 



At exhibitions where these beans 

 were shown, visitors have been much 

 attracted to them and have requested 

 seed. 



TINY GREEN SNAP BEAN 



The Tiny Green bean was pro- 

 duced as a result of a remark of a 

 commercial canner who said that his 

 aim was to can whole beans, though 

 he usually canned cut ones because 

 the pods became too large for whole 

 canning. It was then decided to 



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