VEGETABLE NOVELTIES lo9 



brittle : free from rust the past season. Where a pencil pod 

 wax is wanted this variety is recommended. 



Landreth's Scarlet (Landreth). — A strong growing pro- 

 ductive variety. Pods large, slightly curved, flat; color 

 yellow; stringless when small; quality fair; rusted quite 

 badly; early. 



Landreth's Wax (Landreth). — An early variety. Vines 

 medium in size, erect and compact ; fair yielders of long 

 curved, flat yellow pods: nearly stringless; rusted sliohtly. 

 Quite promising as an early. 



Longfellow (Henderson). — Plant medium in size and 

 productivity. Season early; pods long, straight, nearly 

 round; color green; quality fair, almost stringless; nearly 

 free from rust the past season. Although an old variety, 

 it is listed by some as a novelty. 



Profusion Wax (^laule).— First offered in 1903 as name- 

 less. A vigorous spreading grower, producing a large num- 

 ber of small, curved round pods; color yellow, splashed with 

 light purple; stringless and brittle. Recommended where 

 small size is not objectionable. 



BEETS. 



Alhani (Vicks). — Shape, short turnip; size rather large 

 and coarse for market ; color fair, somewhat variable ; qual- 

 ity medium. A mid-season variety. 



Alalia (Maule). — For description, see Bingen Ball. 



Bingen Ball, or Alpha (Salzer). — These varieties are 

 listed by two seedsmen under their respective names, using 

 the same description for each. With us they appear to be 

 identical, or nearly so. Shape varies from flattened globe 

 to long turnip; top and root medium in size; color dark 

 red, zoned with light crimson and white; season medium 

 to late. Some promise. 



Black Red Ball (Burpee). — Shape nearly round, some 

 being rough and angular ; tops medium in size and upright ; 

 color green, heavily overlaid with bronze; color of flesh 



