d f g 



FIG. 49. Various types of pods kidney beans 



(Note curve at proximal and distal ends, as well as in body of pod, and length and shape of point) 

 a (two pods), Crystal Wax, dorsal and lateral curve ; b (two pods), Yankee Winter, dorsal 

 curve, saddleback; c (two pods), Challenge Black Wax, lateral and dorsal curve; d (two 

 pods), Blue-Podded Butter, straight pods; e (two pods), Canadian Wonder, pod convex 

 near center, point long, curved forward ; f (two pods), Wardwell's Kidney Wax, point short 

 from center of pod ; g (two pods), China Red Eye, pods full, convex near stem, point straight 



from back of pod 

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