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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Seeds medium to large (1.5 x .75 .5 cm, 65 per oz.), oblong, 

 sub-reniform, plump; ends abruptly rounded to truncate. Hilum 

 small, flat, portion of placental suture often adhering to it. Color 

 varying in intensity of brownish black over greater portion of the 

 surface, mottled and blotched with light fawn (vinaceous-buff i 

 which later turns to a darker shade (cinnamon-rufous). 



Tennessee Green Pod. Refs. 41, 48, 91. Syns. 

 Brown Bunch, Fields First Early, Knife Blade. This 

 bean was introduced in 1904 by D. M. Ferry with the 

 notation " Although new to the seed trade, it has for 

 many years been grown in the south," now nearly thirty 

 years later it is quite generally listed by both southern 

 and northern seed houses. In 1907 Henry Field listed 

 it as Fields First Early and at least since 1923 the 

 Springfield Seed Company has carried both Tennessee 

 Green Pod and Knife Blade. Since this variety is 

 quite distinct from other North America beans, it 

 probably was brought to this country by some new 

 settler. 



In the South it is used as an early home garden 

 variety. Pods are ready to pick in about 47 days, 

 making this one of the earliest varieties in our trials. It 

 is in season with Bountiful and Stringless Green Pod 

 and earlier than Full Measure and Black Valentine. 

 The general growth habit is somewhat similar to the 

 varieties Emperor William and Early Market, but the 

 plants have somewhat darker foliage and branches that 

 are more spreading. The foliage color also resembles 

 some of the French Green Seeded sorts, in particular 

 Dwarf Soissons. 



Plant is different from other green pod bush varieties, very 

 dwarf, stocky, rarely over 1-foot tall but wide spreading in row with 

 long jointed fruit-spurs and semi-runners trailing on ground. 

 Vigorous, hardy, susceptible to blight, only medium in yield. 

 Stem very thick, round, ridged above, internodes long; branches 

 few, wholly green. Foliage abundant, very dark green, (among 

 the darkest), thick, crumpled, medium to heavy veining; leaf large, 

 rough, wrinkled, 43 2 inches x 4} 2 inches, very wide across leaflets, 

 widest at rounded base, regular taper with sides incurved to short 

 point. Flowers white, turning cream with age. 



Pods borne well above foliage, medium dark dull green in 

 color. Quality fair, somewhat tough, stringy and coarse in texture. 

 Size medium to long, broad and fairly plump iS'j-7 x 5s- 3 4 x y^ 

 inches) containing 4—7 seeds in a pod. Shape somewhat flattened, 

 ovate in cross-section, straight to slightly curved, straight backed, 

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

 rounded to blunt on the end. Spur medium long, slender, flexible 

 and recurved. Suture, placental is flat and carpellary, acute. 



Seeds medium, 1.3 x .8 x .6 cm, (70-75 per oz.), broad-oval, 

 occasionally somewhat flat; well rounded ends. Hilum small, 

 flat. Color medium brown (buckhorn brown) over the entire 

 surface with a very slight greenish under color suggested, and 

 marked with an obscure narrow, reddish brown eye-ring. 



Tom Thumb. Refs. 48. Denaiffe introduced 

 Tom Thumb in 1895, as a sport from Flageolet Mammoth 

 (his Incomparable), it was brought to the United States 

 by Landreth in 1903 and carried two years; but was not 

 listed by others. 



Like Triumph in plant; with short pods, 3 1 ', to 4 inches long, 

 fleshy, slightly flattened, with short necks, slightly curved; seeds 

 broader, shorter, and more oblong than those of Triumph, light 

 green. Denaiffe says hardiness and disease resistance claimed for 

 variety, but not evident to him; while pods are not well held, being 

 liable to become soil stained, and are too short and too flat to be 

 attractive; not very productive. 



Triumph of the Frames. Refs. 47, 48, 49, 51, 



91. Syn. Triumph. This is a variety which belongs to 

 a race of beans very popular in France and grown not so 

 much for edible pods as for green shell beans or dry green 

 colored beans. Triumph was originated by Vilmorin and 

 introduced by him in 1892 as Triomphe des Chassis. 

 Thorburn in 1894 was the first in this country to list the 

 variety describing it as " a dwarf green seeded variety 

 which by its extreme earliness and small size is the best 

 of all for growing in frames." In 1931 it was found 

 in the catalogs of only four out of 125 leading seedsmen. 

 Twenty-five years ago it appeared more frequently 

 but since our markets are supplied with beans from 

 southern gardens the forcing varieties are no longer 

 grown. This is a productive sort for good quality snap 

 beans when picked very small, but its chief value is 

 when used for green shell beans of fine flavor and green 

 color. Midseason to late, 52 days or from 5 to 7 days 

 later than the earliest sorts. It is quite similar to 

 Wonder of Frame but with finer foliage and with shorter, 

 slenderer pods and seeds which are somewhat longer, 

 slenderer, and flatter. 



Plant very small, 8 to 12 inches high with spread of 1-foot 

 very erect, compact, runnerless; vigor fair to good, hardy, produc- 

 tive of moderate bearing period. Stem stout, short, round, ridged 

 above; branches many, with some secondaries, green throughout. 

 Foliage abundant, somewhat dense, dark green, glossy, rough 

 surface, very crumpled, medium to heavy veined, slight pubescence, 

 thick; leaflets medium to large, 4'^ inches long by 2 :i 4 inches wide, 

 widest at middle, irregularly square or trapezoidal in outline, 

 distinctly pointed with long tip. Flowers white, cream with age. 



Pods borne intermediate among the foliage; dark glossy 

 green in color. Quality poor, except when very small, stringy, 

 tough, quite fibrous, but fine in texture. Size medium short, rather 

 narrow, and slender (4J^— 5 x 3 g—£g inches), containing 4-5 seeds 

 per pod. Shape flat, oval in cross-section, moderately and uni- 

 formly curved, straight backed, regular, not crowded, smooth, 

 filled to the tip and edge and tapering at the end. Spur moderately 

 long, slender and recurved. Suture, placental is flattened to slightly 

 rounded and carpellary, moderately obtuse. 



Seeds small, 1.25 x .6 x .4 cm, (165-170 per oz.i, reniform, 

 rather flattened; ends rounded and occasionally somewhat truncate. 

 Hilum medium, flattened to slightly protuberant. Color very light 

 green (water green) over entire surface, marked with a darker, 

 vein-like under pattern. 



Unique. Refs. 47, 93, 94. Seedsmen in France 

 still list this very old variety; but apparently it is known 

 in the United States only through Irish's trials and 

 descriptions. It is said not to be entirely fiberless, but 

 originally it showed parchment late in the snap-bean 

 stage. 



Plant 1' 4 ' to l'o feet tall, much branched, with some runners, 

 holding pods rather poorly so that they are often soil-stained. 

 Foliage deep green, blistered, thick, with quite large, almost round 

 leaflets. Flowers white. Pods 4 to 6 inches long, J > inch wide, 

 flattened, considerably curved, green. Seeds 5-6, } ■> inch or more 

 long, more than half as broad, plump, oblong or slightly kidney- 

 shaped, with rounded, rarely truncate, ends. White. 



Ventre <1«- Biche. This is an old French variety 

 that has long since passed from cultivation. It has 

 been grown in America only in tests at this Station in 

 1883. 



Plant dwarf, vigorous, forming large bushes, with pods 

 sometimes borne above the abundant, grayish green, slightly rough- 



