JUNE, 1916 
4b slo 
GARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
285 
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The slightest 
“Jerking” of a 
WAX AND GREEN POD EN CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO FORM 
GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEANS 
WAX-PODDED BUSH BEANS 
in the raw stage 
(as I discovered 
plant while gath- 
ering pods will 
FLAT AND SEMI-ROUND 
ROUND OR “SADDLEBACK” FLAT AND SEMI-ROUND 
snap it at the 
base; or the joints 
of branches will 
break, thus stop- 
ping bearing. Al- 
together, I feel 
that the beginner 
especially will be 
better satisfied 
with his bean 
patch on clay soil, 
where the plants 
make a more compact but more wiry 
growth; and he will not have the dis- 
heartening experience of seeing a bush 
with thirty to fifty pods snap off be- 
cause of a careless move. 
The table showing the process of 
elimination employed to arrive at the 
tRound Yellow Six Weeks 
*Bountiful 
Early Mohawk 
{Black Valentine 
fRefugee, or 1000 to r 
*Hodson Green Podded 
{Tennessee Green Pod 
*Merit {Superfluous 
jEarly Yellow Six Weeks i; 
{Golden Eye Wax 
tRust Proof Golden Wax 
§Flageolet Wax 
{Perfection Wax 
{Davis White Wax 
{Michigan White Wax ) t 
*Stringless White Wax { 
{Detroit Wax 
tCurrie’s Rust Proof 
tWardwell’s Kidney Wax 
*Burpee’s New Kidney Wax 
*Sure Crop Wax 
*Hodson Wax 
Yosemite Mammoth Wax 
tExtra Early Refugee 
*Full Measure t 
Extra Early Red Valentine 
TStringless Green Pod 
{Giant Stringless ft 
*Fordhook Favorite s 
{Longfellow 
*Keeney’s Stringless Refugee 
tToo much alike to be considered separately 
centrated attention. I see little use in 
hanging on to two strains of Yellow Six 
Weeks, when in Bountiful we have the 
most perfect strain of that type evolved 
so far; and the seeds cost little, if any, 
more. Masterpiece is a selection from 
this. Stringless Green Pod is bound to 
{Prolific German Black Wax \ t 
*Pencil Pod Black Wax if 
{Saddle Back Wax 
TRound Pod Kidney Wax i 
fHardy Wax 
tGolden Scimitar 
*Brittle Wax 
*Keeney’s 
fugee Wax 
tRefugee Wax 
{Obsolete 
ROUND OR “SADDLEBACK’’ after sampling 
some twenty odd 
{Challenge Black Wax kin d g of both 
classes in the 
fields), this differ- 
ence fails to be 
noticeable after 
cooking. So the 
ultimatum came 
from the Chief 
Cook that, here- 
afte”, the only sorts 
to be considered ina 
the home garden 
must be round-podded wax beans. This, 
better than anything I can cite, shows 
the conclusion of a woman, after a full 
season’s worry about beans and how to 
have beans that look good on the table 
with the least amount of work and prep- 
aration. 
Stringless Re- 
THE REIGNING DOZEN BUSH BEANS—SEEDS SOWN MAY oth 
AVERAGE 
LENGTH 
OF POD 
(INCHES) 
VARIETY NAME 
SEASON 
AVERAGE 
YIELD IN ONE 
OF PICKING OF A 
BEARING 
I5 FT. ROW 
(QUARTS) 
ict 
Bountiful . 
Hodson Green Podded 
Full Measure. . . 
Fordhook Favorite 
Keeney’s Sermneless Refugee 
Stringless White W F 
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax. 
Sure Crop Wax 
~ Hodson Wax . 
Pencil Pod Black Wax 
Brittle Wax eee s 
Keeney’s Strin, less Refugee Wax Z 
BJs 
tyme 
BiH 
inn NO NADH ONT OD 
“Reigning Dozen” needs some explana- 
tion. Discounting at the start all ob- 
solete sorts, I am confronted by the 
necessity of giving some reasons for. 
considering superfluous some of the 
standard sorts of to-day. In most cases 
the reason lies in the fact that newer 
and more thoroughbred 
sorts of the same season of 
maturity deserve more con- 
sci NSTI Ton TTIO NG 
Stringless 
Refugee 
Greenpod. 
Very 
prolific, 
late 
Just as easy to grow a stringless bean 
(left) as one with “‘wire” (right) 
6 weeks 
Until frost 
4 weeks 
5 weeks 
Until frost 
5 weeks 
6 weeks 
Until frost 
Until frost 
Short 
6 weeks 
Until frost 
Slightly curved, flat 
Straight, flat 
Round, curved 
Round, slightly curved 
Round, slightly curved 
Straight, flat 
Straight, flat 
Straight, flat 
Straight, flat 
Slightly curved, round 
Round, curved 
Round, curved 
Medium green 
Light green 
Dark green 
Dark green 
Light green 
Lemon yellow 
Light yellow 
Dark yellow 
Creamy white 
Dark yellow 
Lemon yellow 
Light yellow 
be replaced by Fordhook Favorite in 
the future, popular as Stringless is to- 
day. The reason for this is the fact 
that Fordhook Favorite is not only 
handsomer and more prolific, but its dry 
beans are pure white, making it an ideal 
shell bean. While it is a little later 
than Stringless, the latter bears at the 
same time as Bountiful; you do not need 
Stringless if you have Bountiful. Be- 
sides, Full Measure is a heavier yielder 
of round pods than Stringless, and there 
you have the “survival of the fittest.” 
There is no reason why readers of 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE should continue 
to grow Golden Wax, Currie’s Wax and 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, all of which 
quickly get stringy and old, when such 
sorts as Burpee’s New Kidney Wax and 
Sure Crop Wax are available. These 
new sorts are not only larger, of hand- 
somer shape and stringless always, but 
they also out-yield these popular stand- 
ards of to-day and remain much longer 
in prime condition. 
THE RELATIVE QUALITY 
The flat-podded kinds usually grow 
longer and remain longer in good con- 
dition for table use. This is due to the 
larger amount of fibre in the flat beans 
and more water in the round pods. But 
the round-podded sorts are uniformly 
fieshier, snap better and present a more 
appetizing appearance even after they 
become overgrown. 
The biggest point of favor of the 
yellow-podded sorts is their splendid 
appearance when served. While there 
is a difference in flavor between the 
green-podded and the wax-podded sorts 
Leading early flat zreen pod 
Stringy when old 
Most prolific rou «d green pod, during its season 
Pure white seeds 
Very prolific, la e 
Seeds, pure whi e 
Leading early, fat wax pod 
Heavy yielding main crop 
Stringy when « d 
Best strain of black wax 
Leading early sound wax pod 
Very prolific, late 
WWW RwWWwwhan 
One of the biggest points in favor 
of the green-podded sorts, both flat and 
round-podded, is their greater rust re- 
sistance, aS compared with their wax- 
podded brethren. If any season ever 
tested this resistance to the limit, it was 
the summer of 1915. In order to be able 
to make some positive state- 
ments, certain rows in the 
home garden, representing 
Fordhook 
Favorite, 
an improved 
strain of 
Stringless 
Greenpod 
Hodson Wax, a good quality bean if 
taken young 
