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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



slender, roundish through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, straight at eye, 

 bluish black splashed and mottled with pale buff, sometimes almost solid bluish 

 black. 



Comparison. — One of the twelve most largely grown bush sorts. A good shipper 

 and of fine appearance on the market and, though not as tender as Burpee's Stringless 

 Green Pod or as fleshy as Red Valentine, it nevertheless makes good snaps for home 

 use, but it is too small podded for satisfactory green shell beans. Similar to Late 

 Refugee only in color of seed and shape of pod, the season being much earlier and 

 vine much more bushy than that variety. Of usefulness similar to Red Valentine 

 and more like it than any other, differing principally in more compact and lower grow- 

 ing vines, and somewhat longer, more slender pods, which become slightly splashed 

 at green shell stage. 



Synonyms. — Best of All, Early Market Bush, Bolgiano's Early May Queen, Early 

 May Queen, Excelsior Refugee, May Queen, Page's Extra Early. 



Confusing names. — Golden Refugee, Refugee, Late Refugee, Silver Refugee, Mc- 

 Kinley Refugee, Galega Refugee, all of which are very different types from Extra Early 

 Refugee. 



History.— Introduced in 1888 by J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



Illustrations. — Seeds are shown on Plate III, 6; snap pods on Plate VII, 2; cross 

 sections of snap pods are similar to Refugee (PI. V, 12), differing principally in thicker 

 shape. 



FRENCH FLAGEOLET. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Vincent, 1905, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large, very erect, without runners or spreading branches, thick 

 stemmed, green throughout, intermediate-early in season, long in bearing, heavily 

 productive. Leaf large, medium green, of somewhat rough surface. Flowers white. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, very long, moderately curved, oval-flat through cross sec- 

 tion, very light green, very tough, very stringy, of much fiber, of very poor quality, 

 free from anthracnose. Point of pod extremely long and curved. Green shell pods 

 borne equally above and below foliage, never splashed or colored, moderately de- 

 pressed between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually containing 5 or 6 seeds fairly 

 close in pod. Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds large, long, oval through cross 

 section, generally well rounded at ends, generally much incurved at eye, solid white. 



Comparison. — Little known and planted and real value not yet fully established, 

 but, being the longest podded of .the early sorts and the only white-seeded, large- 

 podded variety which is early in season, it might sometimes seem to be a useful 

 variety. Possibly valuable as a field bean for northern latitudes where seasons are 

 short for maturing late varieties or for green shell beans or for snap pods to be used in 

 shipping. Unless picked earlier than is customary in America its pods are not satis- 

 factory as snaps for home use and are fully as tough as White Kidney and other field 

 sorts. Most like Canadian Wonder, differing principally in color and shape of seed, 

 earlier season, smaller vine, and shorter, narrower pods. 



History. — A very old name of obscure origin. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate IV, 21; snap pods are similar to Cana- 

 dian Wonder (PI. X, 2), differing principally in being considerably narrower and 

 shorter. 



FRENCH KIDNEY FIELD. 



Listed by 2 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Johnson & Musser, 1905. 



Description. — Plant very large, very erect, without runners or spreading branches, 

 very thick stemmed, green throughout, very late as snaps, late as field beans, long in 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf large, medium green, and of rough surface. 



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