DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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was introduced by Carter in 1913 and received an 

 Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 It was tested here recently and found early and very 

 productive. 



Plants very much like those of some of the strains of Bountiful 

 but with finer, rather darker, almost glossy foliage. Pods of very 

 similar shape but half an inch or more shorter, and stringy, tho 

 brittle, fine textured and of fine quality in early stages. Seeds much 

 like those of Giant Stringless, smaller because more slender, and 

 clear brown, darker than Giant, lighter than Burpee Stringless. 



Superlative. Refs. 51, 53. Syn. Magpie. This 

 variety is probably of French origin, altho it was intro- 

 duced by Sutton in 1909. Its introduction and use in 

 this country is more complicated due to its similarity 

 with Magpie which was introduced from France in 

 1913 by Carter. The two as now found are identical. 

 They have been offered as forcing beans because of good 

 yield and strong plants. The pods are of good size, 

 attractive in appearance, and of good quality when 

 young, but with both string and parchment when older. 

 Like most of these socalled forcing beans it is a late 

 variety, 53-55 days, or about 10 days later than the 

 earliest sorts, in season with Satisfaction, Wonder of 

 France, and 5 days earlier than Refugee. 



Plant large, 15 to 18 inches tall with 15-inch spread; very 

 erect, completely runnerless and somewhat open in habit; vigor good, 

 moderate yield over long season. Stem stout, round, ridged below, 

 short internodes; branches few, holding pods well off ground, green 

 throughout. Foliage medium to abundant, dark green, rather 

 coarse, crumpled, rough, thick heavy veining; leaflets 3 3 4 inches 

 long, 2 3 4 inches wide with widest part x 4 inch from base, sides 

 straight with gradual slope to tip. Flowers white, cream with 

 age. Pods borne above foliage, dull, light green in color. Quality 

 fair, fairly brittle, partially stringy and of coarse texture. Size 

 long, fairly broad, and somewhat plump 7-8 x n x i? inches', 

 containing 6—7 seeds per pod. Shape, pod is nearly round, broad 

 oval in cross-section, slightly curved, straight backed, regular, 

 not crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge, and is pointed or 

 tapering at the end. Spur long, moderately slender, and straight. 

 Suture, placental is flat to slightly indented and carpellary, obtuse. 



Seeds small to medium 1.3 x .6 x .5 cm 85 per oz. I, slender, 

 long reniform, quite plump, rounded ends. Hilum small, flat to 

 very slightly protuberant. Color shining jet black over four-fifths 

 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 black spotting occurs in 

 the white area. In this respect very similar to Satisfaction. 



Taylor Green Pod. Refs. 48, 91. This bean 

 originated in Oldham Co., Kentucky, presumably with 

 a Mr. Taylor, several years before it was introduced by 

 Wood, Stubbs & Co., in 1902. 



It was exceedingly like Round Yellow Six Weeks, but with 

 smaller, low-growing, very compact plants and darker foliage, a 

 few days earlier, and bearing somewhat flatter, shorter pods, with 

 much smaller, very short oval. Seeds approaching spherical. 



Tender Pod. A very distinct variety, apparently 

 of foreign origin, locally grown by market gardeners in 

 northern California for several years, and listed by 

 Morse in 1920. It was grown in trials here for three 

 seasons, but apparently is unknown elsewhere except 

 about Placerville, California, where it is grown com- 

 mercially. This bean was introduced only after very 

 careful preliminary testing yet its popularity only 

 lasted a few years and it is no longer carried, possibly 



due to the pods which were rather too flat for use as 

 snap pods. 



Plant about 1 foot tall, stout-stemmed, somewhat spreading, 

 with abundant, medium sized, dark green foliage; flowers blush pink. 

 Pods almost straight, broad, nearly as long as those of Bountiful, 

 with short, thick, but flexible tips, attractive, waxy light green, 

 stringless, fine-textured and of excellent quality. The seeds, 

 when old, might be taken for small samples of Burpee Stringless, 

 but when fresh are reddish or purplish brown in color, faintly mottled 

 over entire surface with lighter brown. The small size and purplish 

 tint enable separation of seeds from Burpee Stringless, and the size 

 and brown color from Low Champion or Warren. 



Tendergreen. This variety was first introduced 

 by Peter Henderson 8c Co. in 1922. The parentage is 

 unknown as indicated in a letter from the concern 

 written in 1929. The seed of Tendergreen resemble 

 in pattern those of Early Refugee, Mohawk, Red 

 Valentine, Longfellow, and Full Measure. They have 

 some characters in common with each of these varieties, 

 yet are truly different in the combination of colors. 

 About this same period Henderson also introduced two 

 other new varieties. Golden Age I Wax Pod ) and the 

 Henderson. Inspection of the seed and plants of these 

 1 varieties together with Tendergreen would indicate 

 their close relationship and the possibility of their 

 coming from the same original cross. One of the parents 

 used must have been a wax pod to account for the wax 

 pod Golden Age. Since this is a variety with pods of 

 good quality it would appear to merit a trial for either 

 home garden or market use. There is a tendency on the 

 part of growers to plant more of the round podded 

 varieties and less of the flat pods. Tendergreen is 

 already ten years old and is beginning to be known and 

 is making friends wherever grown. At Geneva 47 days 

 to the first picking, therefore, it is an early sort, in 

 season with Bountiful and Stringless Green Pod; 2 days 

 earlier than Full Measure, and 4 days earlier than Red 

 Valentine. The plant characters resemble those of Full 

 Measure in many ways, especially in the size and shape 

 of the leaflets which are also much larger than found 

 in other greenpods. The pods are longer than those of 

 either Full Measure, Stringless Green Pod or Red 

 Valentine although they are narrower in width, one 

 noticeable characteristic is that the pods are thicker 

 from side to side than from placental to carpellary 

 sutures. 



Plant large, 14—15 inches tall with spread of 12 inches; very 

 erect, compact growth, entirely without runners, vigor good, 

 heavily productive over a short season. Stem very stout, rigid, 

 round, smooth, ridged above, internodes short; branches heavy, 

 rigid, spreading, green throughout. Foliage abundant, rather 

 dense, medium green, crumpled, slightly rough but glossy, thick; 

 leaflets large, 5 inches long by 3 3 4 inches wide, quite circular in 

 appearance, being widest nearer the middle with rather short 

 point. Flowers phlox pink. 



Pods borne below the foliage; dark dull green in color. Quality 

 excellent; fleshy, brittle, tender, stringless, fiberless and of fine 

 texture. Size medium to long, rather broad and plump, (4}2-6}'2 x 

 . x 3 j— rV inches , containing 5-7 seeds per pod. Shape round, 

 nearly circular to broad oval in cross-section, slightly curved, straight- 

 backed, regular, rather crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge 

 and pointed or tapering at the end. Spur long, medium thick and 

 curved — quite flexible. Suture, placental is slightly indented and 

 carpellary, rounded to obtuse. 



