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variety; following it are the Mediums, represented by Burlingame 

 Medium, Day's Leafless Medium, and others of local or trade names. 

 White Marrow and Ked Kidney probably rank third and fourth. 



Most largely grown garden pole varieties. — Of the green-colored kid- 

 ney sorts Kentucky Wonder is by far the most largely grown. After 

 it come London Horticultural, Lazy Wife, White Creaseback, and 

 Dutch Case Knife. None of the wax sorts are planted as exten- 

 sively as the more popular green-colored sorts. The most largely 

 grown of the class are probably Indian Chief and Golden Cluster 

 Wax. The most largely grown Limas are King of Garden Pole, 

 Large White Pole, and Small White Pole. 



Most productive garden bush varieties. — For green-colored snaps: 

 Hodson Green Pod, Galega, Golden Refugee, Late Refugee, Byer's 

 Bush. For yellow-colored snaps: Hodson Wax, Refugee Wax, 

 Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax, Speckled Wax. For Lima beans: 

 Wonder Bush, Dreer's Bush, Wood's Prolific Bush, or Burpee's Bush, 

 depending upon conditions. For Kidney green shell beans: Im- 

 proved Goddard, Boston Favorite, Warren Bush, Marblehead Horti- 

 cultural, White Kidney. 



Most productive pole varieties. — For green-colored snaps: Powell's 

 Prolific, Scotia, Black Kentucky Wonder, Lazy Wife, London Horti- 

 cultural. For yellow-colored snaps: Indian Chief, Andulusia Wax, 

 Golden Cluster Wax. For Lima beans : King of Garden, Dreer's Pole, 

 or Wood's Improved Pole, depending greatly upon conditions. For 

 Kidney green shell beans: London Horticultural, Lazy Wife, Dutch 

 Case Knife. 



Bush varieties of good quality. — For green-colored snaps: Burpee's 

 Stringless Green Pod, Giant Stringless Green Pod, Knickerbocker, 

 Henderson's Full Measure, Red Valentine, Warren Bush. For yel- 

 low-colored snaps: Yosemite Wax, Pencil Pod Black Wax, German 

 Black Wax, Refugee Stringless Wax, Maule's Nameless Wax of 1906. 

 There is so little difference in quality between Kidney varieties at the 

 green and dry shell stages and tastes vary so greatly as to what is good 

 quality at these stages that it seems quite impossible to say which 

 varieties are best in quality for green shell and baking beans. The 

 horticultural varieties are, however, generally classed in America as the 

 best for green shell beans. For baking beans certain varieties of the 

 so-called field beans are preferred by different nationalities, as, for 

 instance, persons of Spanish descent generally prefer the Red Kidney, 

 the California field varieties, or other kinds to which they have been 

 accustomed, while Americans usually prefer the Marrow or Pea vari- 

 eties, and Swedish people the Brown Swedish varieties to which they are 

 accustomed. Opinions differ greatly regarding the quality of Lima 

 beans, but Dreer's Bush is generally given first place; Burpee's Bush, 



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