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AMERICAN VAKIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Synonyms. — Bell's Giant Stringless Green Pod, English Stringless, Giant Valentine, 

 Mammoth Stringless Green Pod, Norwood Giant Stringless. 



Confusing names. — Jones's Green Pod, Grenell's Stringless Green Pod, both very 

 different types. 



History. — Introduced in 1898 by Johnson & Stokes as Giant Stringless Green Pod 

 Valentine. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate III, 24; snap pods and cross section of 

 same are similar to Burpee's Stringless Green Pod (PI. IX, 3, and PI. V, 13, respec- 

 tively). 



GOLDEN REFUGEE. 



Listed by 4 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Thorburn, 1902, 1905. 



Description. — Plant very large, very spreading, with many runners and drooping 

 branches lying loosely over the ground, thick stemmed, green throughout, very late, 

 very long in bearing, very heavily productive. Leaf small, very light grayish green, 

 very narrow across leaflets, very smooth, and of very long petiole. Flowers pink. 

 Snap pods very uniform in size, medium to long, slightly curved, round through 

 cross section, silvery green in color, brittle, stringy, of inappreciable fiber, of good 

 quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod long and curved. Green shell 

 pods borne well below foliage, occasionally splashed with reddish purple, quite full 

 on outside between seeds, about 5| inches long, and usually containing 6 seeds 

 crowded in pod. Dry pods moderately hard to thrash. Dry seeds small-medium, 

 proportionally slender, roundish through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, 

 generally flat at eye, chocolate brown freely splashed with maize yellow. 



Comparison. — Department trials have not been extensive enough to determine real 

 value of this little known and planted variety, but it seems to be of usefulness similar 

 to Refugee and perhaps of special value on account of the unusual color of its pods, 

 which are almost as silvery white as those of Crystal Wax. Differs from Refugee 

 principally in being a few days earlier, of lighter colored foliage, smaller vine, and 

 shorter pods; also thought by some to be less productive and hardy. 



Synonyms. — McKinley Refugee, Silver Refugee. 



Confusing names. — Refugee, Late Refugee, Galega Refugee, Extra Early Refugee, 

 all of which are very different from Golden Refugee. 



History. — Apparently first introduced in 1884 by J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



Illustrations. — Leaf is shown on Plate XXIV, 3; snap pods and cross section of same 

 are similar to round-podded type of Refugee (PI. XII, 3, and PI. V, 12, respectively). 



grenell's stringless green- fod. 



Listed by 2 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Grennell, 1903-1905. 



Description. — Plant large-medium in size, erect when young, slightly spreading 

 when old, without runners or decided spreading branches, somewhat thick stemmed, 

 green throughout, early, of short bearing period, moderately to heavily productive. 

 Leaf medium in size, light green in color. Flowers white. Snap pods uniform in' 

 size, very long, curved at tip end only, very flat, light green, brittle, stringless, of 

 inappreciable fiber, of good quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of pod 

 extremely long, slender, slightly curved. Green shell pods borne both above and 

 below foliage, never colored or splashed, slightly depressed on outside between seeds, 

 about 6| inches long, and usually containing 6 to 8 seeds fairly close in pod. Dry 

 pods generally easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, medium in length, generally 

 well rounded at ends, oval through cross section, generally straight at eye, solid white 

 except small area of medium hazel around eye. 



Comparison. — Little known or planted. A good all-round, green-podded sort of 

 similar usefulness to Bountiful and more like it in appearance than any other, differing 



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