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63. Pods flat and tough Hodson Wax, Horticultural Wax, Mohawk Wax. 



63. Pods round and brittle 64 



64. Variety very early and plants small Valentine Wax. 



64. Varieties later than early-intermediate and plants large 65 



65. Pods stringy 66 



65. Pods stringless 67 



66. Seeds bluish black, mottled with pale buff Refugee Wax. 



66. Seeds reddish buff, splashed with reddish purple Speckled Wax. 



67. Seeds bluish black, mottled with pale buff Refugee Stringless Wax. 



67. Seeds chocolate brown, mottled with maize yellow Livingston's Hardy Wax. 



68. Pods stringy Golden-Eyed Wax, Detroit Wax, Allan's Imperial Wax. 



68. Pods stringless 69 



69. Seeds with less than one-tenth surface solid white Leopard Wax. 



69. Seeds with over three-tenths surface solid white 70 



70. Seeds of a solid color around eye 71 



70. Seeds mottled with at least two well-defined colors around eye 73 



71. Pods oval or oval-flat through cross section Black-Eyed Wax. 



71. Pods round through cross section 72 



72. Seeds black at eye Round Pod Kidney Wax. 



72. Seeds golden bronze or pansy violet at eye Maule's Nameless, Monarch Wax. 



73. Pods round to double-barreled Maule's Butter. 



73. Pods oval to flat 74 



74. Plants spreading Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax. 



74. Plants erect 75 



75. Seeds round and proportionally short Improved Golden Wax, Golden Wax. 



75. Seeds flat and proportionally long. . WardwelVs Kidney Wax, Burpee's Kidney Wax. 



76. Seeds entirely white 77 



76. Seeds not entirely white 83 



77. Pods stringless Garden Pride. 



77. Pods stringy 78 



78. Pods round or nearly so at snap stage. 79 



78. Pods flat at snap stage 80 



79. Plants spreading in habit and late Yankee Winter. 



79. Plants very erect in habit and early White Valentine. 



80. Seeds flat or flat-oval through cross section Earliest Market, 



Everbearing , Emperor William. 



80. Seeds oval to round through cross section 81 



81. Plants erect Early Aroostook, French Flageolet, Vineless Marrow, White Kidney. 



81. Plants more or less spreading 82 



82. Seeds large for field beans White Marrow. 



82. Seeds very small to medium for field beans. . . - Day's Leafless Medium, 



Navy Pea, Prolific Tree, Snowflake. 



83. Seeds entirely black m 84 



83. Seeds not entirely black 86 



84. Seeds and plants decidedly purplish tinged Black Turtle Soup. 



84. Seeds and plants not perceptibly purplish tinged 85 



85. Variety early-intermediate in season Black Valentine. 



85. Variety very late in season Thorburn's Prolific Market. 



86. Seeds of but one well-defined color 87 



86. Seeds of at least two well-defined colors 98 



87. Pods oval to round at snap stage 88 



87. Pods flat to very flat at snap stage 90 



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