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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



color of the flowers. These were very large with white 

 wings and salmon rose standards. The variety was 

 most like Scarlet Runner, differing chiefly in having less 

 dense foliage, leaflets smaller and smoother surfaced, 

 and the bi-colored flowers. 



Plant large, climbing, quite vigorous; moderately thick 

 stemmed. Foliage moderately abundant, dark glossy green, 

 smooth and quite thick. Leaflets medium size, very broad (2 1 _'-2 ' i 

 x ] : ' , -2 1 ! inches). Flowers large, wings white, keel salmon and 

 rose or orange borne on large flower stalks. 



Snap pods moderately dark green in color, fair quality, very 

 firm fleshed, stringy and moderate amount of fiber, green shell pods 

 medium long, 4-4 J ■> inches, 5 s--JJ inches wide and 3 >-';.> inch 

 thick. Broad oval in cross-section, slightly curved, slightly crease 

 backed, moderately constricted, not crowded, smooth, filled to the 

 tip and edge and abruptly tapered at the end. Spur medium long, 

 stout and slightly recurved. Suture placental, slightly indented 

 and carpellary, rounded. 



Seeds medium to large (1.7 x 1.2 X .8 cm.) containing about 

 21 to the ounce. Shape broad oblong, sub-reniform, plump, ends 

 rounded, one more abruptly than the other. Hilum large, flattened. 

 Color (grayish olive to deep grayish olive) over 85 per cent of the 

 surface, mottled especially on the ends and sutures with light 

 salmon iochracous-orange), marked with a narrow dark reddish 

 brown (russet) eye-ring. 



Painted Lady. Refs. 28, 47, 56, 91, 98. Syns. 

 Bicolor Runner, Bunt Bluhende Bohne, Haricot d'Es- 

 pagne bicolor, Painted Runner, York & Lancaster. 

 This is one of the bi-color varieties mentioned in the 

 older literature. It apparently is of little importance 

 in North America, since it was listed by comparatively 

 few seedsmen. Tracy stated that it was listed at least 

 since 1855, but Martens relates that the bi-color type was 

 first described by Arrabida in his Flora of Rio Janeiro 

 in 1827. The variety may best be described by com- 

 paring it to Scarlet Runner. It differs from that variety 

 in having smaller pods, flowers that have the lower 

 petals pinkish white with the remaining portions scarlet, 

 and seeds that are dark brown to black and mottled 

 with creamy white, especially on the carpellary suture, 

 ends, and portions of the sides. 



Scarlet Runner. Refs. 13, 28, 32, 47, 48, 52, 56, 



91, 93, 94, 97, 98. Syns. Carter's Champion, Champion 

 Scarlet, Conqueror, Fire Bean, Haricot d'Espagne rouge, 

 Mammoth, Ne Plus Ultra Runner, Red Giant, Scarlet, 

 Scarlet Emperor. This variety is one of the oldest now 

 in existence. According to Miller's Dictionary, he was 

 the first to bring it into repute as a vegetable about 1750, 

 although it had been known many years previous. In 

 America it has been grown at least since 1800 and was 

 listed by Thorburn as early as 1822. The variety, or at 

 least the type it represents, is comparatively well-known 

 in this country and is used both for an esculent and for 

 ornamental purposes. The variety does not, however, 

 assume the importance in this country that it does in 

 Europe, especially the British Isles. Its culinary usage 

 is confined to both snap pods and green shells and is 

 generally accepted to take the place of limas that do not 

 develop successfully in the cooler climates. In this 

 country the variety develops to perfection in California, 



although favorable reports have been received from other 

 sections. At Geneva our records show that the variety 

 is good in both vigor and yield. There are many strains 

 of this variety in cultivation, all of which are very 

 similar in most respects, but differ slightly in length and 

 width of pods and occasionally in number of days to 

 maturity and size of dry seeds. Fundamentally, they are 

 the same. Therefore, in this discussion, it should be 

 borne in mind that the specific description to follow is 

 more of a type description than one for a single variety. 

 It should be suggested, therefore, that the synonomy of 

 Scarlet Runner not be interpreted too literally, since 

 some of the names represent strains that may be classi- 

 fied in the above category. 



Plant large, growth 12-15 feet, climbing, rather open in habit; 

 vigorous, moderately productive. Stem moderately thick, tinged 

 with brownish purple. Branches medium in number, both basal 

 and medial in position. Foliage abundant to almost dense, dark, 

 glossy green, smooth, moderately thin. Pubescence very light or 

 absent. Leaflets medium in size, moderately short but quite broad 

 at the base (3?4 x3 3 s—3js inches), underside of veins tinged with 

 purple. Flowers scarlet, very large, about 20^40 on each long 

 flower stalk. 



Snap pods dark green in color; fair quality, moderately brittle, 

 firm fleshed, somewhat stringy and rather coarse in texture. Size 

 medium long to very long, broad, stout, 5 1 o-8 x Q-yg x s ..- ' _ j). 

 Shape oval, broad ovate thru cross-section, slightly curved, straight- 

 backed, quite regular, not crowded, moderately rough surface, 

 filled to the tip and the edge and rounded at the end. Spur short, 

 thick and decidedly curved or recurved. Suture, placental is flat 

 to very slightly indented and carpellary, obtuse. 



Seeds very large (2.3 x 1.2 x .9 cm.), 20-25 per oz. Shape 

 oblong reniform to sub-reniform, moderately plump, long oval thru 

 cross-section. Ends uniformly well rounded. Hilum large, white, 

 and flattened, occasionally somewhat incurved. Color shining 

 black to violet black mottled with deep red (ox-blood to carmine) 

 mostly on the carpellary suture and ends and to some extent on 

 the sides. 



White Dutch Runner. Refs. 13, 28, 32, 47, 48, 

 52,56,91,93,97,98. Syns. Chelsea, Childs Extra Early 

 Lima, Dutch Runner, Haricot d'Espagne Blanc, Im- 

 proved Prolific, Isbell's Perfect, Mammoth, Monarch, 

 Oregon Pole Lima. This variety is another of the very 

 old ones and apparently has been known nearly as long 

 in this country as Scarlet Runner. Tracy states that it 

 was listed by American seedsmen as early as 1825. The 

 variety may be compared to Scarlet Runner which it 

 resembles very closely, differing from that variety in 

 having stems and leaf veins solid green and flowers and 

 seeds pure white. Similar assertions may be made 

 relative to minor strain differences as related in the 

 discussion of Scarlet Runner. It is believed that the 

 synonomy of this variety is parallel. Oregon Pale 

 Lima is especially adapted to the Northwest and, 

 although the name is apparently not listed by seed- 

 houses elsewhere, it is here illustrated because of its 

 importance in that region. As mentioned in Scarlet 

 Runner, certain minor strain differences exist between 

 the synonyms given, but inasmuch as the climate at 

 this Station is not suited for the best development of 

 this species, we have been unable to tell the exact dif- 

 ferences with any degree of certainty. 



