CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES. 



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CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES. 



Vicia faba (English Broad beans). Leaves pinnate, the terminal leaflet wanting or 

 represented by a rudimentary tendril; seeds with hilum extending over at least 

 one-fifth circumference of seed; plants erect Broad Windsor. 



Vigna sesquipeclalis (Yard Long or Asparagus bean). Leaves pinnately trifoliate, the 

 terminal leaflet present; seeds with hilum extending over less than one-tenth cir- 

 cumference of seed; flowers with keel not spirally twisted; plants climbing or 

 trailing, never erect Yard Long. 



Phaseolus coccineus (Multiflora beans). Leaves pinnately trifoliate, the terminal 

 leaflet present; seed with veining almost imperceptible; flowers large, or at least 

 1^ inches across wings, and with keel spirally twisted; roots tuberous-rooted or 

 thickened. 



Plants bush Aroostook Bush Lima, Bartledes's Bush Lima. 



Plants pole Scarlet Runner. White Dutch Runner. 



Phaseolus lunatus (Lima beans). Leaves pinnately trifoliate, the terminal leaflet 

 present; seeds with more or less pronounced veining and flat to oval-flat; flowers 

 small or not over § inch across wings; roots fibrous; pods not edible at any stage of 

 development. 



Plants bush. 



Seeds flat and large Burpee's Bush Lima, Wonder Bush Lima. 



Seeds flat and small Henderson's Bush Lima, Wood's Prolific Bush, 



Willow-Leaved Bush, Jackson Wonder Bush. 



Seeds thick and large Dreer's Bush Lima. 



Plants pole. 



Seeds flat and large Leviathan Pole, Seibert's Pole, Extra Early 



Jersey Lima, Large White Lima, King of Garden, 

 Henderson's Ideal, Ford's Mammoth, Salem 

 Mammoth, Mottled Lima, Long-Podded Lima. 



Seeds flat and small Small White Lima, Willow-Leaved, 



W T ood's Improved, Florida Butter. 



Seeds thick and large Dreer's Pole. 



Phaseolus vulgaris (Kidney beans). Leaves pinnately trifoliate, the terminal leaflet 

 present; seeds with more or less pronounced veining, mostly round but sometimes 

 flat through cross section; flowers small or not f inch across wings; roots fibrous; 

 pods edible, at least when young. 

 Plants bush. 



Pods more or less green in color at snap stage. 



Fully developed snap pod brittle, or at least readily breaking when bent. 



Pods more or less flat Bountiful, Grenell's Stringless 



Green Pod, Ruby Horticultural, Yellow Cranberry, 

 Warren Bush, Low's Champion. 

 Pods varying from oval to round in cross section. 



Plants decidedly spreading or with semirunners Golden 



Refugee, Refugee, Yankee Winter. 

 Plants erect, or at least devoid of semirunners. 



Pods stringless or nearly so Burpee's Stringless 



Green Pod, Giant Stringless Green Pod, Hender- 

 son's Full Measure, Knickerbocker, Garden Pride, 

 Taylor's Green Pod, Round Yellow Six Weeks. 



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