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RED VALENTINE is the most extensively grown green- 

 podded variety. The pods are produced in large clusters 

 on erect plants. It is very prolific and reliable and an 

 excellent shipper; used extensively for canning and 

 pickling- and for general commercial purposes. 



REFUGEE is an old reliable variety, hardy, vigorous and 

 productive, and used largely for canning. 



296. Varieties of Green Shell Beans: 



GODDARD is regarded the best green shell bean of the 

 class known as the "dwarf horticultural." It is an ex- 

 cellent midseason variety. 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL is better known than Goddard, 

 but the latter is superior to it in every particular. 



297. Varieties of Wax-Podded Pole Beans: 

 GOLDEN CARMINE, the best of the pole wax-podded 



varieties, originated in 1904, and is not so well known 

 as older varieties. The pods are large and equally val- 

 uable for snap or green shell purposes and desirable for 

 home use or for market. 



GOLDEN CLUSTER is better known than Golden Car- 

 mine, but is regarded as inferior. 



298. Varieties of Green-Podded Pole Beans: 

 CREASEBACK is the best early pole bean for snap pur-' 



poses. It is moderately productive, fleshy, very brittle 

 and of fair quality. 



KENTUCKY WONDER is the most extensively grown 

 green-podded pole variety, although C. D. Irish (Cor- 

 nell Station, Bui. 260, p. 225) states, "It is not sufficiently 

 productive, attractive nor resistant to be generally 

 recommended." 



LAZY WIFE, known in many localities as White Cran- 

 berry, is valued for its stringless pods of high quality. 

 It is an excellent general purpose late variety. 



299. Varieties of Pole Lima Beans : 



LEVIATHAN is one of the best varieties of pole limas. It 

 is early and desirable for home use and market. 



