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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Paris, probably coming as a selection from Black Speckled 

 or from Solitaire. It was brought to America in 1894 

 by Thorburn, and carried by him for 30 years. It 

 never won popularity here, as it did in England and 

 France where it is still much grown for the market. 



Plant much like Mohawk; more dwarf; a day or so earlier. 

 Pods much more slender, splashed with violet red where those of 

 Mohawk are reddish brown. Seeds decidedly smaller and more 

 slender, more often kidney-shaped, color and markings almost 

 identical. 



Masterpiece. Refs. 53. Syns. Glory of St. Andrew. 

 Before the advent of the refrigerator car and therefore 

 previous to the development of large areas in the South 

 for the growing of green produce to ship to northern 

 markets there was a place for bean varieties suitable 

 for forcing in greenhouses. This variety is another of 

 the group that was used chiefly for this purpose. It was 

 originally introduced by Vilmorin as jaune de Perreux 

 about 1907. Sutton listed it in 1910 as a novelty, under 

 the name Sutton's Masterpiece. Bunting of London, 

 using one of the French synonyms of the variety, trans- 

 lated, introduced this bean as Glory of St. Andrew. 

 After several trials he found it to be identical with 

 Masterpiece. Webber and Don brought Masterpiece, 

 to America in 1915, and Michell listed Glory of St, 

 Andrew in 1918. 



The first pods were ready in about 52 days, or 5-6 

 days later than pods of Bountiful. The pods are longer, 

 more slender but have the same silvery green color as 

 Bountiful. 



Plants are very similar to those of Bountiful with foliage 

 perhaps slightly darker. Flower lilac. Pods are borne intermediate 

 among the foliage; light silvery green in color. Quality good, fleshy, 

 almost wholly stringless, quite fiberless and fine in texture, not as 

 favorable in these respects as Bountiful. Size long, rather narrow 

 and slender, (6-7 x n s ,'4 inches) containing 5-6 seeds per pod. 

 Shape flat, ovate in cross-section, straight, straight backed, mod- 

 erately constricted, not crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge 

 and pointed on the end. Spur long, straight and slender. Suture, 

 placental is flattened and carpellary, obtuse. 



Seeds large, 1.8 x .8 x .6 cm, (60-65 per oz.); long reniform, 

 fairly plump to somewhat flattened; ends uniformly rounded. 

 Hilum large, flattened. Color very similar to Bountiful, light buff 

 (cream buff) which later turns to dark tawny yellow (clay color) 

 over entire surface; marked with a distinct broad eye-ring in two 

 bands of different shades, light browTi nearest the hilum and deep 

 olive brown on the outer portion. 



Matchless. Refs. 47, 51. This is a French variety 

 which originated with Vilmorin before 1894; and which 

 was praised most highly by him and others in France 

 for its very early and great production of young pods 

 which chefs and consumers in that country consider 

 most necessary. Because the pods become stringy and 

 tough later in the season, this variety never won favor 

 in America, although the green shell beans are excellent. 



Plant 1 to l}^ feet tall. Foliage yellowish green, scarcely 

 wrinkled; leaflets large. Flowers white. Pods 4-6 inches long, 

 nearly ,' _< inch broad, almost circular in cross-section, smooth 

 very regular, nearly or quite straight, with slender, straight, half- 

 inch spur. Seeds 6 or 7, white, with small black spot at each end 

 of eye, which rarely become " butterfly " marking, nearly ) £ inch 

 long, more than half as wide and nearly half as thick, oblong or 

 almost kidney shaped. 



Mohawk. Refs. 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 26, 27, 45, 48, | 



49, 56, 59, 66, 80, 91, 96, 97, 98. Mohawk held an 

 important place in the United States and in England 

 for more than three-quarters of a century and is still 

 listed by a few American seedsmen. It was cataloged 

 by Thorburn as early as 1825 but indications are that 

 it had been cultivated much earlier. The name Mohawk 

 would link its early use to the river valley of that name 

 in New York State. The long straight handsome pods 

 mask the poor quality which they possess. Mohawk 

 is a variety of historical importance although it may 

 also be suitable to use as an early parent in future 

 breeding work. 



Plant very tall, erect, vigorous, and hardy, the heavy foliage 

 withstanding light frosts. Foliage very dark green, rough but 

 glossy, thick; leaflets of medium size, somewhat larger than those 

 of Refugee, and broader at base. Flowers blush pink. Pods 

 5 ] 2 to 6'_> inches long, nearly -'4 inch wide, long-ovate, thinning 

 rapidly toward ventral edge, later becoming broad ovate or almost 

 long oval, straight or occasionally slightly curved toward tip, latter 

 short, rather heavy, rigid, almost straight from about middle of 

 short-pointed end of pod, long-necked, dark green, sometimes with 

 faint brownish or purplish lines, thin-fleshed, coarse-textured, soon 

 tough, very stringy, fibrous, of poor quality. 



Seeds 5, about 55 to 65 to the ounce, occasionally 6, about 

 % inch, nearly half as wide, one-third as thick, rather narrow oval 

 in cross-section, oblong, very slightly ovate, with eye-side only 

 slightly straighter than dorsum, ends well-rounded, very seldom 

 truncate; light faintly purplish cream or purplish light brown 

 almost wholly covered with patches of deep purplish brown, both 

 colors darkening with age to produce a dark brown or blackish 

 bean with lighter brown areas. 



Negro Long-pods. Refs. 47, 51, 93, 94. This 

 old variety is said to be of German origin; we are not 

 able to identify it in Martens Die Garten Bohnen 

 (I860) but our earliest reference to it is German. It 

 has disappeared from American catalogs; but as it is 

 still grown in several European countries, seed of it was 

 secured for trial here. It gave us the longest pods 

 of any kidney bean with the exception of The Prince, 

 which exceeded it by about half an inch, mostly due 

 to longer tip. 



Plant not over 1 foot tall, tho usually described as one-fourth 

 to one-third taller, very late. Stem stout, many spreading branches 

 and many short runners; leaflets small, narrow, taper-pointed, 

 almost smooth, light green. Fiowers pink. Pods single, on long, 

 rather heavy stalks, 8 inches or more long, about ■' ,, inch broad, 

 very slender, ovate in cross-section, slightly curved, very long 

 S-shaped, with long-pointed end and ' ■> to 3 4 inch, fairly heavy, 

 rigid curved tip. Seeds } ■> inch or more long, about 95 to the 

 ounce, oblong, or curved kidney shape, quite plump, shining black. 



New Slringless Green Pod. A new variety intro- 

 duced in 1930 by the Associated Seed Growers. It is 

 the result of careful breeding using known varieties as 

 parents and careful selection to perfect the better 

 hybrid. The parents used in the cross were Full Measure 

 and Keeney's Stringless Green Refugee. Only after 

 twelve years work was the stock considered fixed to 

 warrant its introduction. This variety has pods of 

 fine quality and should be worthy of trial for both 

 truckers and canners. It is hardier than Full Measure 

 and its season is very concentrated, producing the pods 

 abundantly and nearly all at one time. 



Pods light to medium green. Quality excellent, very meaty, 

 stringless and without fiber, texture fine. Size long, medium 



