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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Pod. This is the best of the varieties originated by 

 A. N. Jones, LeRoy, N. Y., and was said to have origi- 

 nated as the result of 5 years of systematic cross-breeding 

 between Yosemite Wax and the white-seeded Crystal 

 White Wax or Ivory Pod Wax. This variety, therefore, 

 is a half-sister of Golden Crown introduced in 1899. 

 Jones Stringless was introduced by several seedsmen in 

 1898. Although bearing pods of good quality, this 

 variety never became very popular. The last few 

 seasons seed purchased as Jones Stringless gave plants 

 and pods identical with the Improved Strain of Davis 

 Wax. Early in season, the pods resemble those of 

 German Black Wax, although they are smaller and a 

 lighter yellow and pods at green shell stage do not show 

 reddish tinge at stem end. The seed and flowers are 

 white, a combination in the Wax Pods found only in 

 Crystal Wax, Asgrow Wax, and Davis Wax. 



Plant medium, 12 to 14 inches tall, erect but spreading when 

 pods mature, runnerless, green throughout, moderate in yield and 

 bearing period. Foliage medium abundant, leaflets medium, dark 

 green. Flowers white. 



Pods borne intermediate among the foliage; light yellow in 

 color. Quality good; fleshy, stringless, nearly fiberless, quite 

 tender and moderately fine in texture. Size long, quite broad and 

 rather slender (5j^-6 x • *' £ x \ inches), containing 5-6 seeds per 

 pod. Shape flat, ovate in cross-section, straight, straight backed, 

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

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

 Suture, placental is flat to somewhat rounded and carpellary, dis- 

 tinctly acute. 



Seeds medium, 1.45 x .65 x .6 cm. (75-80 per oz.); moderately 

 plump, reniform, oval in cross-section; ends uniformly rounded. 

 Hilum medium, protuberant. Color dull white over entire surface, 

 quite distinctly marked with gray vein-like underpattern and a very 

 pale yellow, narrow eye-ring. 



Keeney Rustless Golden Wax. Refs. 41, 47, 48, 

 49, 87, 91. Syns. Farquhar's Rustless Golden Wax. 

 This member of the Golden Wax group departs con- 

 siderably from the group type in character of plant. 

 Burpee and others in 1895 made the original introduction 

 to the trade, having secured seed from Keeney, the origi- 

 nator. The pods and seeds are very similar to Golden 

 Wax, but its habit of growth is distinct among garden 

 beans. In some respects the foliage resembles the 

 Refugee type of foliage. It is possible that Rustless 

 Golden Wax may be a natural hybrid between Refugee 

 and Golden Wax. A comparison with Golden Wax 

 shows foliage smaller and more slender. The leaves 

 have a peculiar surface and easily turn in the wind and 

 in growth, showing the underside which is grayish green 

 in color. The pods are slightly longer, color more 

 promptly, and become a deeper yellow and the seeds 

 are larger with more purplish markings and with quite 

 irregular outlines. Compared in season, it is 3 days 

 later than the other Golden Wax varieties and 4 days 

 later than Pencil Pod and Sure Crop. 



Plant, growth habit unusual among the dwarf beans, medium 

 in size, 14 to 15 inches high with spread of 14 to 18 inches; com- 

 pact, upright in spite of many long drooping, almost runnerlike 

 branches, by some called side wheelers; these short runners are very 

 noticeable when plants are young but less prominent later and never 

 long enough to interfere with cultivation; vigor good, very hardy, 

 quite resistant to anthracnose, productive, continuous bearer, the 

 first pods are set quite early close to the center of the plant, later 



the plant puts forth short tendril-like runners on which pods are 

 formed for late picking. Stem stout, tho rather flexible and long, 

 round, ridged only slightly; branches slender, wholly green. Foliage 

 abundant, dark green, dull, very flat, smooth surface, thin; leaflets 

 3 ] 2 by 2 I 4, widest one-fourth the distance from base, straight 

 sided, quite angular, long taper to sharp point. Flowers white. 



Pods borne both above and below the foliage; deep, waxy 

 yellow in color. Quality good, brittle, stringless, nearly fiberless 

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



fairly slender ( 4 J -_»-5 } 2 x } ■ 



inches!, containing 5-6 



seeds per pod. Shape flat; oval thru cross-section, straight to 

 slightly curved, straight backed, regular, moderately crowded, 

 smooth, filled to the tip and edge, and fairly well rounded on the 

 end. Spur short, moderately stout and straight, although occa- 

 sionally recurved. Suture, placental fiat to somewhat rounded and 

 carpellary, moderately acute. 



Seeds large, 1.3 x .8 x .75 cm. (50-60 per oz.); short oval, 

 very plump; ends rounded. Hilum small, flat or very slightly 

 protuberant. Color white, indicating grayish vein-like markings 

 on the dorsal surface, and blotched on the hilar surface with irregular 

 splashes of light purplish maroon (dull Indian purple 1 to 1 anthra- 

 cene purple 1 and dark buff ivinaceous fawn) very similar to Golden 

 Wax. A very dark buff eye-ring perceptible in most instances. 



Kidney Wax. Refs. 9, 48, 69, 87, 91, 99. Syns. 

 Burpee's New Kidney Wax, Fairfield Wonder Wax, 

 Faribault Kidney Wax, Improved Butter Wax, Improved 

 Kidney Wax, New Baltimore Stringless Wax, and 

 Stringless Kidney Wax. Black-eyed Wax and Ward- 

 well Wax were the parents used by Keeney to produce 

 Kidney Wax, first introduced by Burpee in 1906. This 

 popular wax pod is widely grown and sold under many 

 different variations of the names given as synonyms. 

 Seeds of these vary in color pattern in a minor way, 

 but differences in plants and pods are rather difficult 

 to detect. Faribault Kidney Wax as originally obtained 

 in 1923 had seed with more coloring and larger eye- 

 markings, but more recent samples bear close resemblance 

 to Kidney Wax. The pods of Kidney Wax appear 

 longer than Brittle Wax pods, because they are straighter. 

 They are not quite so flat nor as wide as pods of Ward- 

 well's Kidney Wax, but are slightly longer, straighter, 

 and handsomer in appearance. Kidney Wax is a 

 variety suitable for the home garden, market garden, 

 or to grow for the cannery. To be at its best, the deep 

 wax-colored, semi-round, stringless pods must be picked 

 in early stages to avoid some fiber in pod walls. The 

 long straight pods of Kidney Wax give an even cut 

 and minimum amount of seed development. In season 

 it is a second early, ready in 49 to 50 days, in season 

 with Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Golden Wax, and Brittle 

 Wax. 



Plant similar in growth habit to plants of Brittle Wax, plant 

 perhaps not quite as tall and growing slightly more erect. Pods 

 borne both above and below foliage; medium to light yellow in color. 

 Quality excellent; very brittle, stringless, nearly without fiber 

 and of fine texture. Size short to medium, somewhat narrow, 

 and plump 4 ' _. 5 \ _. x ,"',, ' £ x ■ i - ^ inches I, containing 4-6 seeds 

 per pod. Shape round, broad oval, much curved to scimitar shape, 

 creasebacked, constricted, crowded, smooth, filled to the tip, 

 and rounded at the end. Spur flexible, slender, medium long, more 

 often straight than recurved, altho occasionally the latter takes 

 precedence in some strains. Suture, placental is slightly indented 

 and carpellary, obtuse. 



Seeds medium to large, 1.5 X .7 x .6 cm. (72-80 per oz.), long, 

 subreniform, plump, with abruptly rounded to truncate ends. 

 Hilum small, flat to slightly protuberant. Color white, thru which 



