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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Plant of Six Weeks runnerless, those of Rob Roy with nu- 

 merous short, barren runners; pods of Rob Roy shorter, yellowish 

 becoming white with age: seeds of Six Weeks more or less fawn or 

 tan when fresh, those of Rob Roy clear cream or yellowish, and 

 broad oval, rather than kidney-shaped. 



Round Yellow Six Weeks. Refs. 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 



25, 27, 29, 41, 47, 48, 49, 61, 66, 84, 91, 93, 94, 98. Burr 

 described this variety in 1865 stating that it had been 

 grown in this country for more than a century. It is, 

 therefore, a companion variety in point of age with 

 Long Yellow Six Weeks. Its seeds resemble the seed 

 of the Chilean Bean, Bayos chicos. This leads to the 

 conclusion that it was brought from that country, 

 " round the Horn " in the early days of American 

 shipping. Round Yellow Six Weeks is a fairly reliable 

 sort but does not have the necessary good qualities 

 to rate as a leading garden variety. It is quite hardy, 

 a good cropper with pod flavor richer than most sorts. 

 A second early, 51 days to first pods, or 4 days later 

 than those of Bountiful. It is somewhat similar in 

 general habit to Bountiful but the foliage is not so 

 light colored and is less coarse. The pods are quite 

 different from those of Long Yellow Six Weeks as they 

 are less curved, shorter, more narrow and much rounder 

 in cross-section. The foliage is also finer and more 

 compact. In some ways it resembles China Red Eye 

 but is a smaller, more open plant with lighter foliage 

 and with pods of better quality. Other names that 

 are synonyms of Round Yellow Six Weeks are mostly 

 variations of arrangement of the descriptive terms early, 

 round, yellow, six, and dwarf. 



Plant small to medium 10 to 14 inches tall with spread of 

 1 foot; erect, compact, runnerless; vigor good, moderately productive 

 with bearing period moderately long. Stem slender, branches few, 

 wholly green. Foliage rather abundant, light green, smooth surface, 

 crumpled; leaflets medium to small, 3 3 4 inches long, 2 ! 4 inches 

 wide nearest base, tapering to long slightly curved point, base 

 of leaflet curved to quite rounded. Flowers lilac. Pods borne 

 intermediate among the foliage; light, moderately glossy green 

 in color. Quality good; stringless, almost fiberless, fleshy, brittle 

 and moderately fine in texture. Size long, rather broad and 

 moderately slender, (5 J 2~~6i4 x » I Ji inches), containing 6-8 

 seeds per pod. Shape flat, oval in cross-section, moderately curved, 

 straight backed, regular, fairly well crowded, smooth, filled to the 

 tip and edge and pointed at the end. Spur long, straight and 

 slender. Suture, placental is flat and carpellary moderately obtuse. 



Seeds medium, 1.5 x .8 x .6 cm, (^80—85 per oz.) oblong to long 

 oval, occasionally sub-reniform, fairly plump altho at times some- 

 what flattened; ends uniformly rounded. Hilum medium in size, 

 flat. Color solid (straw yellow) later turning to a light copper 

 (pinkish cinnamon) shade, distinctly marked on the younger seed 

 with a darker yellowish-brown i^vinaceous-buff) vein-like system 

 over the entire surface; a narrow, yellowish brown (sanford's brown) 

 eye-ring is present in all instances. 



Satisfaction. Refs. 53. This sort was first offered 

 in 1918 by Sutton and won an award of merit from the 

 Royal Horticultural Society the next year. It was 

 developed as the result of a cross between Superlative 

 and Masterpiece and was offered in the United States 

 in 1926 by Hunt and others. The straight dark green 

 pods made a good appearance for exhibition, the plants 

 are hardy, probably most suitable as a forcing bean or 

 where the high quality of the young pods is known. The 

 pods are ready in from 53-55 days. It is less vigorous 



than the parents, with pods broader than Superlative 

 and of a darker green than Masterpiece. In foliage it 

 is very similar to Feltham Prolific. 



Plant erect, runnerless, vigor good, yield fair. Foliage 

 medium abundant, medium dense, very dark green, crumpled, 

 rough, thick, heavy veined. Flowers white cream with age. Pods 

 borne intermediate among the foliage; dull light green in color. 

 Quality fair; moderately fleshy, fairly brittle, rather stringy and 

 fibrous and coarse in texture. Size long, rather broad and slender, 

 (7-8x i^x '4 inches', containing about 7 seeds per pod. Shape 

 flat, ovate in cross-section, straight to moderately curved, straight 

 backed, regular, not crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge 

 and pointed or tapering at the end. Spur long, moderately slender 

 and straight. Suture, placental is flat to slightly indented and 

 carpellary, moderately acute. 



Seeds small to medium, 1.3 x .6 x .45 cm, (90— 95 per oz.); 

 long reniform, fairly plump, oval thru cross-section; ends abruptly 

 rounded and occasionally truncate. Hilum medium, flattened. 

 Color pattern, style very similar to Superlative. Medium dark 

 brown (snuff brown) over 4 .-, of the surface and patterned with 

 snowy white on a portion of one end, sides and dorsal surfaces; 

 division line between the two colors is very irregular and in many 

 instances spotting occurs in the white area. 



Shah. Refs. 53, 81, 85. Vilmorin introduced 

 Shah in 1890, and it was brought to America in 1892. 

 As used by the French chefs it was the best bean up 

 to its time for the production of the long, slender, green, 

 young pods. After a time it was surpassed by Dwarf 

 Parisian, introduced several years later. 



Plant strictly dwarf, but tall (l}> feet or more) holding the 

 very long pods well off the ground; branches and foliage rather 

 scanty; latter very large, dark green, smooth. Flowers lilac. 

 Pods 6 to 6 3 4 inches long, about ] i inch wide, slender, nearly round 

 in cross-section, fleshy, slightly swollen by beans, slightly and 

 regularly curved, with rather long, slender but rigid, curved tip, 

 green stringy and fibrous. Seeds about ? $ inch long, ' 4' inch wide, 

 and nearly as thick, oblong or kidney shaped, sub-cylindrical, 

 with round or slightly truncate ends, slightly unlike in width, 

 black. 



Sir Joseph Paxton. Refs. 47, 53, 94. This bean, 

 named for the celebrated English Botanist and Editor 

 of Paxton's Magazine of Botany, originated in England 

 about 1870, and has been grown to some extent in the 

 United States. The best American description is that 

 of Irish, altho he makes seed color rather dark. It is 

 moderately early and very productive; but the pods are 

 too short to be desirable for snaps. 



Plant strictly dwarf, 1 \ ■> to 1 '4 feet tall, erect, bushy; leaflets 

 medium to small, nearly as broad as long, scarcely wrinkled. Flowers 

 blush. Pods green, 4 to 6 inches long, about ' 2 inch wide, straight 

 or slightly curved, with short, stout nearly straight tip. Seeds 

 almost J _> inch long, rather more than half as wide, oblong or nearly 

 cylindrical with rounded ends, shining red or dark tan. 



Solitaire. Refs. 13, Martens gives this name as a 

 synonym for Mohawk; however, this variety is quite 

 distinct, being much later in season. It was an old 

 French variety, described by Burr but probably not 

 grown commercially in America. It was discarded in 

 France toward the end of the last century. 



Noteworthy for very large plants, 1 ' _> feet tall, with very 

 long, spreading branches, but not viny; foliage abundant, fine, light 

 gTeen. Pods are like those of Marvel of Paris and the seeds like 

 those of Refugee. Nearly two weeks later than Mohawk but 

 picking over a much longer season. 



Sunrise. Refs. 53. Originating as the result of a 

 cross between Ne Plus Ultra and Perpetual, Sunrise 



