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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Queen of France. In France and Germany and 

 at the Missouri Botanical Garden, this variety is a true 

 pole bean, an excellent semi-late variety, very productive 

 of pods practically free from string and fiber. The exact 

 origin is unknown, but it has been grown in France for 

 more than 50 years. There is some uncertainty as to 

 whether a true dwarf form of Queen of France exists. 

 Exceptional weather and soil conditions possibly account 

 for the dwarfing of the plants grown at Geneva in 1889. 



The pods resemble those of Zulu, long, heavy, semi-round, 

 much swollen over beans and constricted between them; light green 

 changing to light yellow and then white occasionally shaded with 

 violet. Seeds in shape and markings are similar to very broad 

 Dwarf Golden Carmines but with ashy gray or coffee brown ground 

 color and black " Zebra " stripes. 



Rod Orleans. Refs. 13. Burr describes Red 

 Orleans as quite prolific of pods, suitable for soups and 

 stews. 



Plant of medium height. Flowers white. Pods sickle 

 shaped, about 5 inches long, tinged red as they mature and becoming 

 yellow. Seeds 5 or 6, oblong, often squarely or diagonally trun- 

 cate, ? _> inch long, three-fifths as wide, plump, bright blood red when 

 harvested, soon becoming brownish red. 



Rice. Refs. 32, 47, 56, 93, 94. Syn. Haricot Riz. 

 Rice was grown at the Missouri Botanical Garden but 

 seems not otherwise known in the United States, the 

 Rice as described by Burr being a variety known as 

 Dwarf White Rice, which variety was also grown by 

 Irish. This bean was considered too tender for England 

 except when grown next to a warm south wall for 

 protection. In season it was late, although moderately 

 productive and tender podded; its chief use is for the 

 small white dry beans. 



Plant 4 to 6 feet tall, climbing but rather weak-growing, 

 allowing pods to touch the soil; thin, smooth leaflets, 2 to 2j:j inches 

 by 1/4 to 2 inches. Pods 2 to 3 inches, sub-cylindrical, slightly 

 curved, with short-curved tips, light green. Seeds 5 or 6, small, 

 Jj inch long or slightly more, nearly as broad, only slightly flattened, 

 rounded or slightly truncate at ends, dingy, yellowish white. 



Rocky Mountain. Refs. 46. A variety which 

 appears to be known only by test at Geneva in 1890. 

 The descriptions are very incomplete and without 

 reference to its origin or time of introduction. 



Plant 6 to 7 feet tall; very early in season. Foliage light 

 green. Pods curved and very much wrinkled. Seeds ? 4 ' inch long, 

 smooth surfaced, dun colored. 



Ronceray. Refs. 46. Vilmorin, in 1890, was the 

 introducer of this variety which in its principal vegeta- 

 tive characters approaches rather closely Haricot Dwarf 

 Soissons Vert. Whether or not it is a running type of 

 the dwarf form is unknown. At first very popular 

 it soon lost ground and was dropped from lists after 

 about 15 years. In the trial at Geneva in 1891 it was 

 considered of great merit as a snap bean, with broad pods 

 of good length, produced over a long season. 



Plant late, moderately productive. Pods 4 1 ■> to 6 inches long, 

 nearly ? , inch wide, considerably flattened, straight or slightly 

 curved, crisp when young, fibrous and stringy when old, green to 

 maturity. Seeds 6 or 7, more than J ■'< inch long, and more than 

 half as wide, kidney-shaped, flattened, greenish white. 



Royal Corn. Refs. 48, 91. Livingston intro- 

 duced this variety in 1898 and carried it for more than 



10 years, although only one or two other seedsmen 

 listed it. The plant in growth habit was very similar 

 to White Sickle, but earlier, more productive, and 

 with flatter pods that were much curved or sometimes 

 twisted; quality poor, stringy; seeds slightly shorter, 

 broader, more kidney-shaped. 



Scotia. Refs. 48, 58, 77, 91. Syns. Daisy Bell, 

 Genuine Cornfield, Nancy Davis, Nancy Davis Corn- 

 field, Striped Creaseback. The Scotia type of zebra- 

 banded bean seed was known to Martens who had 

 received seed from Louisiana through Duke Paul of 

 Wurttemburg, and the type was also known to Savi 

 who published a classification of beans in 1822. Scotia 

 was first brought to general notice in this country in 

 1892 by Joseph Harris who had secured the seed from 

 a customer in eastern New York who recommended the 

 variety very highly. In the trials it proved to be a good 

 late pole variety for either home or market use, the pods 

 remaining in edible condition for a long period. The 

 first pods were ready for picking in 72 days at Geneva. 

 This was 10 days later than Kentucky Wonder, about 

 the same time as Black-Seeded Kentucky Wonder, and 

 a few days earlier than Cut Short and White Crease- 

 back. Scotia is very similar in general growth habit 

 and utility to Black-Seeded Kentucky Wonder, although 

 since the pods are slightly stringy it is not quite as good 

 in quality. The original strain as first introduced had 

 pods which were stringless but this quality is lacking 

 in most existing strains. The pods are similar in 

 shape to pods of White Creaseback but differ in having 

 purple coloring as they mature. 



Plant large, 43 2 feet tall, with spread of two feet at base 

 of plant; good climbing habit, compact growth, vigorous, very 

 long in bearing, very heavily productive; stem heavy, thick, branches 

 many, stems usually a reddish brown. Foliage abundant, dark 

 green, smooth surface, slightly crumpled, medium in thickness; 

 medium in size, 4 inches long by 3 inches wide, terminal leaflet 

 rounded, side leaflets nearly triangular to broad ovate, taperpointed 

 to short blunt tip. Flowers phlox purple. 



Pods medium dark green, often shaded with purplish brown in 

 later stages. Quality good; fairly brittle, fleshy, quite stringy, 

 small amount of fiber and of very fine texture. Size long, narrow, 

 and quite plump, (6-7 x ys x ? 8 inches), containing 8-9 seeds per pod. 

 Shape round, nearly circular in cross-section, straight, crease backed, 

 regular, fairly well crowded, filled to the tip and edge, and rounded 

 at the end. Spur short, slender, and curved, occasionally recurved 

 slightly. Suture, placental is slightly indented and carpellary, 

 obtuse. 



Seeds small to medium, 1.3 x .7 x .5 cm., (100-105 per oz.) 

 oblong to slightly sub-reniform, somewhat flattened, long oval in 

 cross-section; ends rounded. Hilum medium, somewhat indented. 

 Color grayish buff brown (tilleul-buff ) under color, mottled 

 with pinkish brown (light brownish vinaceousl over entire surface 

 except for an occasional black stripe or two usually on the dorsal 

 surface altho it may occur on the placental suture to some extent; 

 prominent yellow drab narrow eye-ring always present. 



Sou thorn Prolific. Refs. 14, 15, 28, 36, 47, 48, 

 63, 79, 96, 97, 98. Syns. Haricot Don Carlos, Monster 

 Podded Southern Prolific, Willing's Pride. Landreth 

 listed Southern Prolific about 1872, but it was undoubt- 

 edly grown in the South before that date. According 

 to Tracy, it originally bore short, fleshy pods of high 

 quality, and was widely grown about 1880 and highly 



