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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 : 



GoDDAKD 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. 



