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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Pencil Pod Black Wax, Keeney's *Rustless Golden Wax, Refu- 

 gee Wax, Burpee's Kidney Wax. For combination of snaps and 

 green shell in a single variety: Ruby Horticultural Bush, Warren 

 Bush. For Lima beans: Wonder Bush, Dreer's Bush, Wood's Pro- 

 lific Bush. For Kidney green shell beans : Improved Goddard, Ruby 

 Horticultural Bush, Tennessee Green Pod. 



Profitable bush varieties for market. — For green-colored snaps: Hod- 

 son Green Pod, Late Refugee, Black Valentine, Extra Early Refu- 

 gee, Giant Stringless Green Pod, Red Valentine. For yellow-colored 

 snaps: Hodson Wax, Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax, Golden Wax, 

 Davis Wax, Refugee Wax, Bismarck Black Wax. For Lima beans: 

 Wonder Bush, Wood's Prolific Bush, Dreer's Bush. For Kidney 

 green shell beans: Improved Goddard, Ruby Horticultural Bush. 

 The above sorts were selected without reference to whether the 

 quality is good or bad, the most importance being given to produc- 

 tiveness, attractiveness, hardiness, and shipping qualities. 



Desirable pole varieties for home use. — For green-colored snaps: 

 Black Kentucky Wonder, Burger's Stringless, Kentucky Wonder, 

 Lazy Wife Pole. For yellow-colored snaps: Golden Carmine-Podded 

 Horticultural, Golden Cluster Wax, Indian Chief. For combination 

 of snaps and green shell beans in a single variety: Lazy Wife, Black 

 Kentucky Wonder, Golden Carmine-Podded Horticultural. For 

 Lima beans: Henderson's Ideal, Wood's Improved Pole Lima, 

 Dreer's Pole Lima. For Kidney green shell beans: Lazy Wife, 

 Childs's Horticultural, London Horticultural, Golden Carmine-Podded 

 Horticultural. 



Profitable pole varieties for market. — For green-colored snaps: White 

 Creaseback, Black Kentucky Wonder, Lazy Wife, Scotia. For yellow- 

 colored snaps : Indian Chief, Kentucky Wonder Wax, Golden Carmine- 

 Podded Horticultural. For Lima beans: Henderson's Ideal, Wood's 

 Improved Pole Lima, Dreer's Pole Lima, Leviathan. For Kidney 

 green shell beans: London Horticultural, Childs's Horticultural, Wor- 

 cester Mammoth, Dutch Case Knife. 



Most largely grown garden bush varieties. — Of green-colored Kidney 

 sorts Red Valentine is by far the mosi largely planted, followed 

 next by Late Refugee, Burpee's Stringless Green Pod, Giant String- 

 less Green Pod, Extra Early Refugee, and Mohawk. None of the 

 wax sorts are as extensively planted as the more popular green- 

 podded sorts. The most largely grown of the class are Improved 

 Golden Wax, Golden Wax, Wardwell's Kidney Wax, German Black 

 Wax, Davis Wax, and Currie's Rustproof Wax. The most popular 

 Lima varieties are Burpee's Bush Lima, Henderson's Bush Lima, 

 and Dreer's Bush Lima. 



Most largely grown field varieties. — Navy Pea, commonly known' to 

 the produce trade as Marrow Pea, is by far the most popular 



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