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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Plant very dwarf, not over \ : i foot tall, stocky, not much 

 branched, not twining; foliage not very abundant, medium green, 

 not wrinkled; leaflets of medium size, broadly ovate, inclining to 

 lozenge shape, moderately taper-pointed, laterals often irregularly 

 developed. Flowers white. Pods 2? .{ to 3} 2 inches long, slightly 

 curved, swollen by beans, with slender, slightly curved tip of medium 

 length (others say almost translucent, butter yellow, quite broad, 

 without string or fiber, but of only medium quality). Seeds 2-3 

 (others 4-5); irregularly globular or slightly oblong, usually 

 flattened sidewise, eye flat or slightly protuberant, pure white, 

 average size slightly more than Js inch long, more than \\ inch 

 wide and }i inch thick, about 75 to the ounce. 



Yellow Princess. Ref. 47. Yellow Princess has 

 been known in Germany for many years, certainly 

 since 1873, and was probably one of the types known to 

 Martens 10 years before. It was never widely known 

 in America and disappeared long ago. Since Goff's 

 description is uncertain, the following has been compiled 

 from Irish and Denaiffe: 



Plant J 4 to 1 foot tall, moderately vigorous, very productive, 

 quite late; foliage medium green, slightly wrinkled; leaflets 3 to 

 3 ,'2 inches long, 2 to 2 J 2 inches broad, slender, sharply taper- 

 pointed. Flowers white. Pods 3} 2 to 5 inches long, } ■> inch or 

 more broad; almost as thick, stocky, slightly constricted between 

 beans, with long rounded to short rounded ends, with short, rather 

 heavy, curved tip; fleshy, tender, almost fiberless, stringless until 

 seeds enlarge, yellow. Seeds 5 or 6, sometimes 7, J g to J g inch long, 

 two-thirds to three-fourths as broad, more than half as thick, 

 yellowish brown with darker eye-ring. 



Yellow-Podded Princess. Refs. 98. This was an 

 old sort of unknown origin but listed by Sibley in 1883 

 and tested at this Station that year. Here it was con- 

 fused with Yellow Princess from Germany which had 

 brownish yellow seeds. Comparative dates show that 

 edible pods were produced nearly a month later than 

 those of White Wax and a week later than those of 

 Yellow Princess. 



Plant strictly dwarf. Pods yellow, stringless, tender, of 

 fine quality. Seeds small, oblong, slightly flattened sidewise, 

 occasionally compressed at end, eye-side flat, pure dead white, 

 distinguished from White Wax by smooth, rounded form and 

 lusterless white. 



Yosemite. Refs. 9, 16, 23, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 47, 

 48, 49, 59, 61, 67, 68, 81, 84, 85, 91. Syn. Yosemite 

 Mammoth Bush Bean. This variety represents an 

 outstanding type which originated with N. B. Keeney 

 & Son, LeRoy, N. Y. It was said to have come from 

 a single plant found in a field of White Wax Bush. 

 It was introduced in 1889 by Peter Henderson and soon 

 was a very popular variety. Because of its great vigor 

 and large pods it has been used as a parent for many 

 bean crosses. It is nearly 35 years since it was intro- 

 duced and today there are strains which seem to have 

 deteriorated from the original description as given for 

 this variety. Some of these strains seem to be more 

 like Celestial Wax which is a selection from the Currie 

 Wax. Yosemite should still be a favorite variety to 

 use as one parent in making known crosses with the 

 hope of improving existing varieties. 



Season 52 to 55 days, a midseason variety, about 

 10 days earlier than Hodson Wax, 3 or 4 days later than 

 Pencil Pod and Round Kidney Wax. Yosemite is not 

 like any other variety, being individual in both pod and 

 plant characters. In some ways it seems like a very 



vigorous Pencil Pod, but the plant is much more spread- 

 ing with more branches. 



Plant large, probably the largest of the black seeded wax 

 type, strictly dwarf with no runners, heavily branched, drooping 

 as pods reach picking stage, stocky, erect, vigorous with pods mostly 

 hidden by the foliage in bearing season; height 1>4 feet with spread 

 in row of 1 .' Z feet. Stem stout, slightly ridged, long internodes, 

 many branches, very slightly tinged with red at nodes. Foliage 

 abundant, medium green, rough surfaced, crumpled and thick, 

 heavy vined, slightly pubescent; leaflets very large, very broad 

 nearest base, slender pointed. Flowers rose purple. 



Pods borne mostly below the foliage; light yellow in color. 

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

 texture. Size long, moderately broad but very plump (5J^-6J^ x 

 } 2 x 3 g inches), and containing 5-6 seeds per pod. Shape round, 

 very broad oval in cross-section, deeply creasebacked and indented 

 on the carpellary suture suggesting a " double-barrelled " likeness, 

 S-curved as well as twisted sideways occasionally, constricted, 

 fairly smooth, filled to the tip and blunt to rounded on the end. 

 Spur long, moderately stout and curved. Sutures, placental and 

 carpellary are both indented. 



Seeds medium, 1.5 x .7 x .6 cm. (75-80 per oz.); oblong, 

 occasionally subreniform, plump; ends rounded and quite fre- 

 quently one is larger than the other. Occasionally a rather prom- 

 inent dorsal ridge is apparent giving the bean a boat-like shape. 

 Hilum small, flat, with a tendency for a portion of the placental 

 suture to adhere to it. Color shining jet black over the entire 

 surface after the bloom has been removed. 



THE HORTICULTURAL OR SHELL BEANS 

 The horticultural class of beans is represented by a 

 small group of varieties all of which have been in existence 

 for a considerable time. These varieties are character- 

 ized by their smooth, flat, dark-colored leaves; by the 

 pods which, in the green shell stage, are abundantly and 

 brilliantly splashed with carmine or red and which are 

 much swollen over the seeds; and by large tumid seeds 

 with white or light buff undercolor more or less splashed 

 and streaked with dark red. 



Burr says the horticultural beans were introduced 

 into this country from England about 1825, but present- 

 day catalogs of seedsmen of that country do not list 

 these varieties and it is doubtful if the climate is adapted 

 to their growth. The New Zealand Runner Kidney 

 bean (Haricot de Prague Mabre) and the Araucano 

 bean of Chili are probably the parent stocks of our 

 present varieties. In California this class of bean is 

 known as Cranberry Bean and is grown for the dry 

 beans which are largely sent to eastern markets, par- 

 ticularly for use in the mining districts. Eastern seeds- 

 men have listed horticultural varieties since their first 

 lists were published about 1822. There has been little 

 improvement in the type as offered, the changes occurring 

 having been directed toward producing strains with 

 larger pods with better color. As a shelled bean, both 

 in the green state and for dry seeds, the horticultural 

 beans are remarkably farinaceous, well-flavored, and 

 worthy of more extended use. 



POLE VARIETIES 



Brockton Horticultural Pole. Refs. 48, 91. 

 Syns. Brockton Horticultural, Low's Brockton. While 

 this is a relatively little-known variety of the horti- 

 cultural class, it bears the same relation to the horti- 



