DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



63 



little or no purple. Pods, shorter, flatter, usually per- 

 fectly straight with longer tips. The pods are often 

 still quite green when in best edible condition but 

 stronger yellow when past green stage. 



Griswold Everbearing. Refs. 80. This bean origi- 

 nated with Thos. Griswold, Wethersfield, Conn., some 

 time before 1890, and was introduced by Johnson and 

 Stokes in 1890. After a brief reign of popularity it soon 

 disappeared from listings. 



Plant erect, stiff-stemmed, much branched, vigorous, spread- 

 ing, very productive, early and continued over a long season; pods 

 6 to 7 inches long, somewhat curved, round, fleshy, wholly stringless, 

 fine flavored, light waxy yellow; seeds of Mohawk or Full Measure 

 type. 



Hardy Wax. Refs. 48, 91. This wax bean, a seem- 

 ingly good and useful variety, originated with Keeney 

 and was introduced by Livingston in 1906. Inasmuch 

 as the color of the seed coat is unlike that of any other 

 garden bean in cultivation today, it is quite probable 

 that Hardy Wax is of hybrid origin and not a selection 

 from any other sort. Its popularity has perhaps been 

 influenced by the similarity of its pods to those of Pencil 

 Pod. They are somewhat more slender with shorter tips 

 and with a tendency toward more green in the yellow 

 coloring. It is an early variety, at Geneva 48 days to 

 edible pod, coming in just after Challenge and about 2 

 days earlier than Pencil Pod or Sure Crop and perhaps 

 4 days earlier than Brittle Wax. 



Plant medium to large, 14 to 16 inches high, 12 to 16 inches 

 spread, rather erect, compact, without runners; vigor good, moder- 

 ately productive with long bearing period. Stem stout, round, 

 slightly ridged, branches few, rather long, being weighed down 

 as pods enlarge but not enough to cause pods to rest on ground, 

 wholly green. Foliage medium to abundant, rather coarse, rough- 

 surfaced but not wrinkled, medium thick, leaflets large, about 

 4 ' 2 by ^ J s inches, very broad from somewhat above base to near 

 middle, round with short, blunt tips. Flowers blush pink. 



Pods borne intermediate among the foliage; medium light 

 waxy yellow in color. Quality good to excellent, brittle, fleshy, 

 stringless, quite fiberless and moderately fine in texture. Size 

 long, rather narrow and quite plump ( 5 } ^ — 6 x 3 s x y 6 — 3 > inches), 

 containing 5—6 seeds per pod. Shape round, nearly circular to 

 cordate thru cross-section, much curved, occasionally scimitar- 

 shaped, quite deeply creasebacked, slightly constricted, fairly well 

 crowded, smooth, filled to the tip and edge and pointed at the end. 

 Spur long, slender and recurved. Suture, placental is indented and 

 carpellary obtuse. 



Seeds medium in size, 1.45 x .5 x .55 cm., containing 70-75 

 seeds per oz. Shape oblong, subreniform, occasionally somewhat 

 boat shaped, broad oval thru cross-section; ends abruptly rounded 

 and occasionally truncate. Hilum medium and flat having a ten- 

 dency for a portion of the placental suture to adhere to it. Color 

 varying shades of tobacco brown splashed and mottled with (vina- 

 ceous-cinnamon over about half the surface. 



Hodson Wax. Refs. 48, 91. Syns. Everbearing 

 Wax, Golden Queen, Hodson Long-podded Wax, Hod- 

 son Silver Wax, Hodson Wax Rustproof. This variety 

 was first offered to growers in 1902 by the Harvey Seed 

 Company of Buffalo. The exact origin is unknown, 

 although the 1906 catalog of Josiah Young of Troy, 

 N. Y., says, "A grand early variety which originated near 

 Buffalo." Because of its resemblance to Hodson 

 Green Pod, it may have originated as a sport from a 

 planting of that variety. Hodson Wax quickly became 



popular. It was listed by Henderson in 1906, by 

 Thorburn in 1907, and by 1921 it was carried by over 

 100 seedsmen. The pods of Hodson Wax are large 

 and handsome, making a striking appearance for exhibi- 

 tion. It is grown in the South for shipping, and also in 

 parts of this State for shipment to the New York markets. 

 The pods require 62 days to the first picking, making this 

 the latest of our well-known varieties. It is about the 

 same in season as Refugee, but 6 days later than Refugee 

 Wax, and 12 days later than Pencil Pod or Sure Crop. 

 In foliage characters the plants are most like Late 

 Refugee, the pods resemble those of Davis Wax, but 

 are larger and perhaps even tougher; and the seed is 

 similar in color to seed of Red Valentine, but is larger 

 and longer. 



Plant large, 15 to 20 inches high with spread of nearly two 

 feet, rather sprawling in habit, without runners, extremely vigorous, 

 hardy, very resistant to rust, long in bearing season, very heavily 

 productive; stem moderately stout, fairly rigid, round to oval, 

 ridged slightly; branches long, rather slender, widely spreading, 

 drooping or trailing, sometimes runnerlike, green thruout. Foliage 

 very abundant, dense, similar to that of Refugee varieties, but 

 on a larger scale, dark green, dull, only slightly roughened, thin, 

 almost lacking pubescence. Leaflets small, 4 to 4 ' _■ inches long, 

 2 J s to 2 3 4 inches wide at one-third distance from base, margins 

 straight or slightly outcurving toward stems and incurving toward 

 long, slender, sharp tips. Flowers blush pink. 



Pods borne below the foliage, light waxy yellow in color. 

 Quality poor to fair; rather tough, stringy, and of coarse texture. 

 Size long, medium broad and slender (6-7>_> x > _. x fj inches), 

 containing 5-7 seeds per pod. Shape fiat, ovate in cross-section, 

 straight to slightly curved, straight backed, regular, not crowded, 

 smooth, filled to the tip and edge, and tapering at the end. Spur 

 long, slender, and straight or slightly curved. Suture, placental is 

 flat to slightly indented, and carpellary, acute. 



Seeds medium to large, 1.5 x .7 x .6 cm. (65—70 per oz.), sub- 

 reniform to somewhat cylindrical, plump to somewhat flattened; 

 abruptly rounded, and rarely truncate ends. Hilum small, flat. 

 Color reddish purple (garnet brown to ox-blood red' splashed with 

 pale buff (pale pinkish buff) over entire surface. Quite similar 

 to Red Valentine in this respect. 



Horticultural Wax. Refs. 47, 49. This is a 

 variety without real merit that originated before 1896. 

 It was introduced by Rawson as a Golden Wax x Dwarf 

 Horticultural cross. It was highly praised at first but 

 was not adopted by growers generally and soon dis- 

 appeared. It was quite early, very productive, unusu- 

 ally free from anthracnose, and had rich yellow, straight, 

 oval pods of poor quality. 



Plant large, erect, vigorous, runnerless; foliage of medium 

 size and color; flowers blushed. Pods about 5 ' ■• inches long, straight, 

 with long-rounded ends and rather long, stout, straight, central 

 tips, about ] 2 inch wide, broad-ovate in cross-section, rich yellow 

 in color. Seeds about 6, crowded in pod, not quite J £ inch long, 

 very broad oblong in shape or broad oval with truncate ends, 

 ?4 as wide as long, flattened, intermediate in color and patterning 

 between seeds of Horticultural and Red Valentine types, purplish 

 red in heavy patches showing small areas of pale buff. 



Ideal Wax. No trial record of this variety has 

 been found. It supposedly originated with Keeney and 

 was distributed only by him. It was hardy, very pro- 

 ductive, late, with round, yellow, stringless pods of 

 ' fine quality; seeds white. 



Jones Stringless. Refs. 41, 48, 91. Syns. 

 Imperial White Seeded Wax, Jones Stringless Round 



