TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER TEXT PAGE 



Preface iii 



I. History of American Garden Beans 3 



Introduction 3 



The Common Bean 4 



The Lima Bean 4 



The Runner Bean 5 



Horticultural Varieties 5 



II. Systematic Botany of Beans, and Their 



Allies 8 



III. Description of Varieties 17 



General Notes 17 



Glossary 19 



The Pole Varieties of Garden Beans . . 20 



Green Pods 20 



Wax Pods 31 



The Dwarf Varieties of Garden Beans. 35 



Green Pods 35 



Wax Pods 54 



The Horticultural or Shell Beans 70 



Pole Varieties 70 



Dwarf Varieties 73 



The Field Beans 74 



The Lima Beans 85 



Pole Varieties 86 



Dwarf Varieties 91 



The Runner Beans 96 



References 99 



Supplementary List of Variety Trials 100 



Index 101 



ILLUSTRATIONS F page G 



Pod Types of Pole Beans 22 



Types of Green Podded Pole Beans 23 



Early Stringless Wax 32 



Types of Wax Podded Pole Beans 33 



Black Valentine 36 



Dwarf Green Pods 37 



Dwarf Green Pods 42 



Dwarf Green Pods 43 



Emerald Beauty 44 



Dwarf Green Pods 45 



Triumph of the Frames 52 



Sunrise 53 



Dwarf Wax Pods 56 



Perpetual or Everbearing Wax 57 



Dwarf Wax Pods 60 



Dwarf Wax Pods 61 



Dwarf Wax Pods 62 



Earliest Market Wax 63 



Profusion Wax 66 



New Wax 67 



Dwarf Wax Pods 68 



Saddle Back Wax 69 



Types of Bean Seeds 72 



Types of Bean Seeds 73 



Perry Marrow 74 



Types of Bean Seeds 75 



Types of Bean Seeds 76 



Types of Bean Seeds 77 



Pod Types of Field Beans 80 



Pod Types of Dwarf Beans 81 



Dreer's Pole Lima 86 



Large Green Seeded 87 



Pod Types of Lima Beans 90 



Enormous Early 92 



Dwarf Sieva 93 



Butterfly Runner 94 



Pod Types of Runner Beans 95 



Scarlet Runner 96 



Jubilee Runner 97 



