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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



shell pods borne mostly below foliage, never appreciably splashed or colored, mod- 

 erately depressed between seeds, about 5| inches long, and usually containing; 6 or 

 7 seeds very crowded in pod. Dry pods generally easy to thrash. Dry seeds large- 

 medium, proportionally short, roundish oval through cross section, truncate or rounded 

 at ends, larger at one end than at other, rounded or full at eye, solid deep carmine- 

 violet. 



Comparison. — One of the lesser grown varieties ox the country. Particularly useful 

 as snaps and green shell beans for home or market, no other variety, except possibly 

 Warren Bush and Ruby Horticultural Bush, combining these two uses so perfectly. 

 The texture of its thick pod walls, which are fully as free from fiber as most of the 

 round-podded sorts, is quite different from that of the soft, fleshy-podded varieties, 

 and its pods are preferred by some for snaps to such varieties as Red Valentine. As 

 green shell beans it is unsurpassed in size and shape of both pod and seed, but has 

 not the advantage of white seed like White Kidney nor of beautifully splashed pods 

 like Ruby Horticultural and Improved Goddard. Especially useful as snaps because 

 fit for this purpose for so. long a time. More like Warren Bush than any other, differ- 

 ing in no important respect except color of seed. Next most like Ruby Horticultural 

 in appearance, general usefulness, and value. Pods of very similar shape to Lazy 

 Wife Pole. 



Synonym. — Dwarf Red Cranberry. 



History. — Introduced in 1884 by the former Aaron Low Seed Company. 

 Illustrations. — Snap pods are about same shape and size as Warren Bush (PL IX, 2). 



MARBLEHEAD HORTICULTURAL. 



Listed by 2 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1900, 1902; Gregory, 1897, 1905. 



Description. — Plant medium in size, very erect, without runners or spreading 

 branches, thick stemmed, green throughout, intermediate in season, long to moder- 

 ate in bearing period, moderately productive. Leaf large, dark green, wide across 

 leaflets, of smooth surface. Flowers pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long, straight, 

 flat, dark green, somewhat tough, very stringy, of much fiber, of poor to medium qual- 

 ity, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod medium in size, slightly curved. 

 Green shell pods borne both above and below foliage, splashed with dull reddish pur- 

 ple, moderately depressed between seeds, about 5| inches long, and usually containing 

 6 seeds fairly close in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium in size, 

 proportionally short, roundish oval through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, 

 straight at eye, pale buff in color, generally sparingly splashed with violet-purple but 

 with occasional seeds*almost solid. violet-purple. 



Comparison. — Little known and planted. Satisfactory as snaps for market garden- 

 ing, especially in New England, where Horticultural varieties of all kinds succeed 

 well. Too tough and stringy as snaps for home use. Principally planted for green 

 shell beans, but even for this purpose it will rarely prove as valuable as Improved 

 Goddard, being smaller podded, less productive, and less attractive. Most like Crim- 

 son Beauty in appearance as well as in general usefulness and value, and resembling 

 also Ruby Horticultural Bush. 



History. — Introduced in 1882 by Jas. J. H. Gregory & Son, who write the variety 

 was obtained from a Mr. Dodge, of Beverly, Mass. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate II, 24; green shell pods are as much 

 like Improved Goddard (PI. XIV, 3) as any of illustrations, differing in color of splash- 

 ing and in smaller, narrower pods. 



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