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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



shell pods borne both above and below foliage, never colored or splashed, slightly 

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

 fairly close in pods. Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds of medium size, slender, 

 oval through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, generally straight at eye, solid 

 white except small area of brownish ocher around eye. 



Comparison. — Little known or planted in this country, but used in Europe for forcing 

 in greenhouses and recommended by American seedsmen for this purpose. Unless 

 gathered at an extremely young stage, as is customary m Europe, this variety will prove 

 unsuited as snaps for outdoor growing in America. Too narrow podded, small seeded, 

 and unproductive for satisfactory green shell beans. Of same general usefulness and 

 value as Ne Plus Ultra, the pods of the two varieties being hardly distinguishable 

 except for color of seed, smaller vine, and more compact, bushy habit. 



History. — A German variety of recent introduction. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate III, 2; snap pods on Plate XII, 2; and 

 cross section of snap pod on Plate V, 5. 



VIXELESS MARROW FIELD. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1901; Ferry, 1900, 1902, 1905. 



Description. — Plant large, erect, without runners or spreading branches, thick 

 stemmed, wholly green throughout, late as garden snaps, intermediate as field beans, 

 long to moderate in bearing period, heavily productive. Leaf large, medium green. 

 Flowers white. Snap pods somewhat variable in size, long-medium, slightly curved, 

 very flat, light green, very tough, very stringy, of much fiber, of poor quality, free from 

 anthracnose. Point of pod medium in size and either straight or slightly curved. 

 Green shell pods borne both above and below foliage, never splashed or colored, much 

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

 fairly close in pod. Dry pods very easy to thrash. Dry seeds of medium size, some- 

 what short, roundish oval through cross section, invariably well rounded at ends, much 

 larger at one end than at other, rounded or straight at eye, solid white. 



Comparison.— A strictly field variety and suitable for green shell beans, but decid- 

 edly too tough for use as snaps. The variety may be described as an erect form of the 

 common White Marrow, differing from it in no important respect except for freedom 

 from runners and in late season. Of about same habit as Red Kidney. 



History. — Grown to a limited extent in western New York, but never brought promi- 

 nently before public until listed by D. M. Ferry & Co. in 1897. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate IV, 14; green shell pods are more like 

 Red Kidney (PI. XIV, 1) than any of the bush varieties here illustrated, differing prin- 

 cipally in being smaller and more curved or approaching the shape of Concord Pole 

 (PL XX, 2). 



WARREN BUSH. 



Listed by 11 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Farquhar, 1905; Iowa Seed Company, 1902; 

 Rogers, 1904, 1906. 



Description. — Plant very large, generally erect, without runners or decided spreading 

 branches, very thick stemmed, green throughout, late-intermediate in season, long 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf medium in size, dark green in color, of glossy sur- 

 face, wide across leaflets. Flowers light pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long- 

 medium, straight, flat, dark green, brittle, of inappreciable, string, of small fiber, of 

 good quality, free from anthracnose. Point of pod short, straight, and generally borne 

 from middle end of pod. Green shell pods borne mostly below foliage, never appreci- 

 ably splashed or colored, moderately depressed between seeds, about 5J 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 



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