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AMERICAN" VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEAKS. 



and bent, very fiat, medium green in color, very tough, very stringy, of much fiber, 

 of very poor quality, quite free from anthracnose. Point of pod medium in length, 

 gradually tapering, moderately curved. Green shell pods borne high above foliage on 

 numerous, thick flower stalks and well toward center of plant, dark green, often 

 splashed and tinged with brownish purple, very much depressed between seeds, often 

 vacant seeded, about 5 inches long, and usually containing 5 or 6 seeds well separated 

 in pod. Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium in size, medium in 

 length, flattish oval through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, incurved at 

 eye, somewhat irregular in shape, often bulged out on one side, creamy white in color 

 variously striped with greenish gray to deep putty, largely white in some seeds, largely 

 greenish gray in others. 



Comparison. — Little known and planted, and of very little value. Apparently suit- 

 able only for extra-early green shell beans and, though the earliest of all for this use, 

 it rarely proves as profitable even for this purpose as Ruby Horticultural, Warwick, 

 or Crimson Beauty. Its plants are unproductive and unreliable, its green shell pods 

 small, twisted, ill shaped, and unattractive, while snap pods are decidedly too tough 

 in texture even for market. About as flat-podded as Emperor William, more spread- 

 ing than Navy Pea, and less productive than most garden sorts. 



Synonym. — Feejee (of about 1875). 



History. — Apparently first named in 1901 by J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate III, 12, and snap pods and cross section 

 of same on Plate XIII, 2, and Plate V, 20, respectively. 



LONGFELLOW. 



Listed by 52 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Denison, 1903, 1904; Henderson, 1897, 1900, 

 1902, 1905; Keeney, 1904, 1906; Rogers, 1906; Thorburn, 1901, 1902. 



Description. -^-Ylzxit large-medium, generally more or less spreading and weighed 

 down with heavy outstretched branches, but always without real runners, thick 

 stemmed, green throughout, intermediate in season, of moderate bearing period, gen- 

 erally moderately productive. Leaf large, dark green, wide across leaflets, of some- 

 what rough surface. Flowers pinkish white. Snap pods variable in size, very long, 

 very straight, round, dark green, brittle, stringy, of slight fiber, of good quality, espe- 

 cially subject to anthracnose. Point of pod extremely long, imperfectly defined, 

 gradually tapering, variously shaped, either straight, twisted, or much curved. Green 

 shell pods borne equally above and below foliage, never appreciably colored or 

 splashed, full on outside between seeds, about 6f inches long, and usually containing 

 6 seeds very crowded in pod. Dry pods generally easy to thrash. Dry seeds of 

 medium size, very slender and straight, roundish through cross section, rounded or 

 truncate at ends, uniformly very straight at eye, dingy brownish red freely splashed 

 with pale buff. 



Comparison. — One of the lesser grown varieties of the country. Often the best for 

 market gardeners to grow as snaps but too narrow podded for satisfactory green 

 shell beans and somewhat too tough and stringy for home use. Much liked in parts 

 of the South and especially attractive because of long, straight pods, no other round- 

 podded variety being straighter than this one. Although productive in favorable 

 localities, this variety, under unfavorable conditions, succumbs more quickly to 

 anthracnose than any other, and unless a good growth is obtained there is likely to 

 be a considerable number of undersized and ■ imperfectly shaped pods which are 

 abruptly bent, deeply depressed between seeds, and incompletely filled; but whether 

 the growth be good or poor the pods always show coarse, tapering ends, no other 

 variety having such a long and imperfectly defined pod point. Most like Black Val- 



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