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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Plant about same size as Refugee Wax, but with stouter 

 stem and more rigid branches, bearing foliage very similar in shape 

 and size to that of Refugee tho slightly longer and distinctly broader. 

 Pods 4} 4 to 5 inches long, straight or very slightly curved, round- 

 ended with long, straight, rigid tips, ' •_> inch broad, quite evenly 

 oval in cross-section, stringy, somewhat fibrous and coarse in tex- 

 ture, of only fair quality, dull light yellow. Seeds 5, about 55 to 

 the ounce, quite variant in shape and color, but in general larger 

 and darker than Hardy Wax, brown mottled with cinnamon, 

 broader and plumper, occasionally as long, but usually shorter. 



Fillbasket Wax. Refs. 50, 86. This name has also 

 been applied to a dwarf green pod and a tall wax bean. 

 With three forms bearing a similar name there has been 

 difficulty in establishing the extent of the distribution 

 of Fillbasket Wax. The Michigan Station reports a 

 trial in 1899 and describes the variety as having round, 

 fleshy pods. All of the " Fillbaskets " had their origin 

 in Germany. 



Fisher Stringless Golden. A variety developed by 

 F. S. Fisher from bush plants found among those of 

 Powell Giant Pole, and introduced by Vick in 1913. 

 After about 5 years it was dropped as it did not attain 

 popular fancy. 



Plant bush type, extraordinarily vigorous, productive and 

 healthy, but late in bearing; pods 6 to 6 1 •> inches long, nearly J-i 

 inch wide, ovate in cross-section, straight, with short necks, rounded 

 ends, with short, heavy, straight tips from dorsal edges, " hooked " 

 at ends; golden yellow, fairly thick-walled, tender, stringless, of fine 

 flavor. Seeds 5, white, large, very broad oval, flattened, fairly 

 plump, of excellent cooking quality when dry. 



Flageolet Wax. Refs. 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 29, 41, 



45, 47, 48, 49, 66, 67, 68, 84, 85, 91, 97, 98. Syns. 

 Giant Red Wax, King of Wax, Midsummer Long Pod 

 Wax, Perfection Wax, Red German, Rennie d'Or, 

 Rennie's Stringless Wax, Simmer's Early Giant Wax. 

 This once popular variety reached America about 1875 

 from Germany. As originally introduced, it was made 

 up of two distinct strains differing in color of seed. 

 The variation in the seed color consisted of different 

 shades of brownish red, crimson red, purplish red, or 

 violet. In this country strains have been separated on 

 the basis of seed color, the dark called Purple Flageolet 

 and the light called Violet, Scarlet, or Crimson Flageolet. 

 There is also one type known as Perfection Wax which 

 is reputed to have originated by crossing Scarlet Flageo- 

 let and Purple Flageolet, seed of this cross appearing 

 with more brown coloring. Burpee introduced Per- 

 fection Wax in 1887. This later became known as 

 Violet Flageolet and Purple Flageolet Wax. The 

 Landreth Seed Co., in 1887, introduced Landreth's 

 Scarlet Wax, which later became known as Crimson 

 Flageolet Wax, Red Flageolet Wax and Scarlet Flageolet 

 Wax. The credit for originating both of the above 

 introductions is given to A. H. Ansley 8s Son, Milo 

 Center, N. Y. All of these strains have been mixed 

 and reseparated many times. Thirty years ago it was 

 a rather popular sort, being listed in 1901 by about 

 120 seedsmen. Their popularity has steadily declined 

 so that in 1921 there were 30 listings and only 1 in 1931. 

 The pods are ready in 51 days, or 5 days later than the 

 earliest wax sorts, similar in season to Pencil Pod and 

 Brittle Wax. The variety closely resembles Davis 



Wax with the chief difference being in the color of seed 

 and larger pods. The shape of the pod is somewhat 

 similar to pods of Canadian Wonder. 



Plant medium to large, 14 to 17 inches high with spread of 

 14 inches, erect, tree like, compact; without runners, vigor good, 

 yield moderate, bearing season tends to be rather short. Stem 

 stout, very rigid, round, smooth, ridged above, internodes long, 

 branches strong, stiff, occasionally slight purplish shading near 

 nodes. Foliage abundant, medium green or lighter, dull, rough 

 surfaced, coarse, crumpled, slight pubescence, heavy veined, thick; 

 leaflets above medium in size 4 to 4'a inches long by 3 to 3,'^ 

 inches wide at one-fourth or one-third the distance from base, 

 midvein of side leaflets divides the area unequally, almost straight 

 to rather short tips. Flowers phlox pink. 



Pods borne intermediate among the foliage; deep waxy 

 yellow in color. Quality poor; tough, stringy, fibrous, and rather 

 coarse in texture. Size long, broad and medium slender to plump 

 (6-7 x J/2 x tV inches), containing 6-7 seeds per pod. Shape flat, 

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

 not crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge and pointed at the 

 end. Spur long, slender and nearly straight. Suture, placental is 

 flattened and carpellary, rounded to obtuse. 



Seeds large 1.6 x .8 x .6 cm. (55 per oz.); oblong, sub-reniform, 

 fairly plump to somewhat flattened; ends rounded and occasionally 

 somewhat truncate. Hilum small, flattened. Color varying shades 

 of deep bluish black to maroon with a purplish tinge (indian 

 purple). 



German Blaek Wax. Refs. 9, 10, 30, 41, 44, 48, 



49, 60, 63, 66, 79, 91, 96, 97, 98. Syns. Earliest of 

 All Wax, Fuller's Black Wax, Fuller's Ringlead Black 

 Wax, Saddle Back Wax. This variety is one of our 

 oldest known dwarf wax beans. Whether it preceded 

 Dwarf Indian Chief is unknown, but it was listed in 

 America somewhat earlier, about 1865. Interlocking 

 synonyms and the advent of improved strains of black 

 wax beans of this type make it impossible to separate 

 the listings of German Black Wax from the many 

 selections and renamed sorts that came along during 

 the next 40 years. It was very popular during the last 

 quarter of the past century, 150 seedsmen listing Black 

 Wax (which was undoubtedly in great part the German 

 variety) and German Black Wax in 1901, but less than 

 one-third as many 20 years later and only 3 in 1931. 

 As with Currie Wax, several rather distinct strains arose. 

 Saddle-back Wax raised by Keeney and introduced 

 about 1889 by Landreth, Burpee and others, had pods 

 thicker than wide, very fleshy, much curved, with longer 

 tips, and large, plump seeds. Seed of German Black 

 Wax was often substituted for Saddle-back and the two 

 were usually considered identical, but apparently pure 

 seed still produces strains easily separable. Fuller 

 Black Wax had rather longer pods, darker yellow, and 

 rather less stringy. Earliest of All Wax was developed 

 in Northern Michigan for earliness and supposedly 

 rust -resistance, neither of which was apparent in recent 

 tests here. While the yield was very good, the pods 

 were not quite as round as those of other types, and were 

 often distinctly purplish, stringless, and of fine quality, 

 with the seeds crowded in the pods and often truncate. 

 Shipper Wax is a long podded Saddle-back Wax, with 

 much taller plants, very long, very thick, much curved 

 pods. At Geneva pods were ready to pick in 50 days, a 

 second early similar in season to Prolific Black Wax and 

 Pencil Pod, 3 to 5 days later than Challenge Black Wax. 



