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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Comparison. — This little known and planted variety is one of the most interesting 

 beans on trial, its pods being remarkable for their fleshiness, rectangular shape, and 

 deeply creasebacked form, while the vines, although like a field bean in habit of 

 growth, produce pods which are as suitable for snaps as many strictly garden beans, 

 It is not yet known, however, whether the variety possesses any real value. It is cer- 

 tainly much inferior as a field bean to Navy Pea and other standard sorts and of no value 

 for green shell beans. Its use, if any, seems to be for snap pods for home use. More 

 like Navy Pea than any other, differing principally in fleshiness, shape of pods, and 

 smaller vine. Stocks generally much mixed, especially with Navy Pea. 

 . History. — Introduced in 1901 by John A. Salzer Seed Company, who state the variety 

 came from New England. 



Illustrations. — Cross section of snap pod is shown on Plate V, 6; snap pods on 

 Plate X, 4; dry seeds are similar to White Creaseback (PI. IV, 7), differing principally 

 in much smaller size. 



YELLOW CRANBERRY. 



Listed by 5 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Rogers, 1906; Schlegel & Fottler, 1905. 



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

 thick stemmed, green throughout, late-intermediate in season, long in bearing, heavily 

 productive. Leaf medium in size, dark green in color, of glossy surface, wide across 

 leaflets. Flowers light pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, curved, oval 

 through cross section, light green in color, brittle, of inappreciable string, of small 

 fiber, of good quality, free from anthracnose. Point of pod medium in size and slightly 

 curved. Green shell pods borne mostly below foliage, never appreciably colored or 

 splashed, moderately depressed on outside between seeds, about 5 inches long, and 

 usually containing 6 or 7 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds 

 medium in size, proportionally short, roundish through cross section, invariably well 

 rounded at ends, larger at one end than at other, rounded or full at eye, sliver from pod 

 sometimes attached to eye, solid straw yellow in color, occasionally tinged in places 

 with coppery yellow, but always with minute dark brownish area around eye. 



Comparison. — This i^ery old garden variety, which has now largely gone out of 

 cultivation, is sometimes thought to be same as Long Yellow Six Weeks, but the true 

 type as sold by careful seedsmen is a later variety and similar to Long Yellow Six Weeks 

 only in color of seed, besides being an all-round variety, and suitable as either snaps 

 or green shell beans for home or market, but not especially valuable in any other respect. 

 Of about same usefulness as Warren Bush and similar to it in appearance, having the 

 same habit of vine, but earlier in season and with shorter, narrower pods and differ- 

 ently colored seed. 



History. — Cultivated in this country at least since 1820. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate I, 5; snap pods are similar in shape 

 to Round Yellow Six Weeks (PI. XIII, 5), differing principally in being flatter and 

 larger, or approaching more the shape of Warren Bush (PI. IX, 2). 



BUSH WAX-PODDED. 



As already explained, this class of Kidney beans is used almost ' 

 exclusively for snaps and rarely are the different varieties grown in 

 large fields solely for their dry seeds. Wax beans are of comparatively 

 recent development and the varieties are rapidly increasing in 

 number. 



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