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while others distinguish between them by the color pattern 

 alone. Still others distinguish them by both color pattern and 

 shape. In the following description we shall make the chief 

 distinction between these varieties on the color pattern alone. 

 This difference is shown in Figs. 36 and 38. There is also a 

 slight difference in shape between typical strains of these varie- 

 ties (Figs. 37 and 39). However, the market takes no account 

 of differences in the shape of these two kinds of beans. 



As a matter of fact it appears that outside of Maine only 

 one of these types, the Improved Yellow Eye, is grown to any 

 extent. In his work on bean varieties Tracy'' lists an Improved 

 Yellow Eye but does not mention an Old Fashioned Yellow 

 Eye. He does, however, refer to a Yellow Eye Field bean 

 which in many respects corresponds with the Old Fashioned 

 type. 



Improved Yellow Eye. 



In regard to the Improved Yellow Eye, Tracy says that it 

 has been listed by seedsmen in this country since about 1880. 

 "The beans are of medium size, proportionately short and 

 roundish in cross section. The ends are either truncate or 

 round. Often the beans are larger at one end than at the other. 

 The eye is either straight or rounded. The color is solid white 

 except brownish ochre around the eye covering about one- 

 fourth the area of the beans." 



This description corresponds very well with the type of 

 bean desired in the Boston market under this name! In Figs. 

 36 and 37 we have illustrated the type of the Improved Yellow 

 Eye which meets with most favor among the bean dealers in 

 Boston. It is proposed to make this bean the standard type 

 of the Improved Yellow Eye for Maine. It is urged that the 

 growers in the State bend their efforts towards the production 

 of beans of this type. We have the assurance of the Boston 

 merchants that beans of this type which fulfill the require- 

 ments given in the following paragraphs will receive the high- 

 est market price for Yellow Eye beans. 



^Tracy, Jr., W. W. American Varieties of Garden Beans. U. S. Dept. 

 of Agr., Bur. of PI. Ind. Bui. 109/ pp. 1-173, 1907. 



