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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Pods are more like German Black Wax than any other, differing principally in 

 stringiness, toughness, greater size, longer pod point, and very even curvature at 

 middle of pod, while vine is of about same habit as Davis Wax. 



. History. — Introduced in 1890 by Robert Buist Seed Company, who state the 

 variety came from Germany. 



Illustrations. — Snap pods are shown on Plate VII, 1; cross sections of snap pods 

 are similar to Refugee (PI. V, 12). 



BLACK-EYED WAX. 



Listed by 7 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Portland, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large-medium, very erect, somewhat thick stemmed, without 

 runners, wholly green, early, of short bearing period, moderately productive. Leaf 

 medium in size, medium green in color. Flowers white. Snap pods uniform in 

 size, of medium length, slightly curved, oval through cross section, deep yellow in 

 color, brittle, stringless, without fiber, of good quality, .somewhat subject to anthrac- 

 nose. Green shell pods borne mostly above foliage, never splashed or colored, full 

 on outside between seeds, about 4§ inches long, and usually containing 5 or 6 seeds 

 crowded in pod. Dry pods somewhat hard to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size and 

 length, roundish oval through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, generally full 

 at eye, white with black area around eye and one end covering one-sixth of bean. 



Comparison. — Very common fifteen years ago, but now almost gone out of cultiva- 

 tion. Excellent for home or market and one of the best for early planting. Except 

 for being a few days earlier in season, the variety is of same usefulness as Golden Wax 

 land differs from it principally in color of seed, and shorter, more curved pod, longer 

 pod point, and larger, more open vine. 



History. — Introduced in 1887 by Peter Henderson & Co. and W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



Illustrations. — Cross sections of snap pods are similar to Keeney's Rustless Golden 

 Wax (PL V, 18), differing principally in being somewhat smaller and proportionally 

 thicker; snap pods resemble Golden Wax (PL VI, 2). 



burpee's kidney wax. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large, without runners, but generally drooping with fruit-laden 

 branches and spreading when fully grown, thick stemmed, green throughout, inter- 

 mediate in seasons, of moderate to long bearing season, heavily to moderately produc- 

 tive. Leaf large, medium green, wide across leaflets, of rough surface. Flowers white. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, very long, straight, oval-flat through cross section, medium 

 yellow in color, brittle, stringless, without fiber, of excellent quality, fairly free from 

 anthracnose. Point of pod long and much curved. Green shell pods borne equally 

 above and below foliage, never splashed or appreciably colored, full on outside 

 between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually containing 7 seeds very crowded in 

 pod. Dry pods often hard to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, proportionally long, 

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

 white, with mottling of pansy violet and maize yellow around eye and ends, generally 

 covering one-sixth of bean. 



Comparison. — Owing to incomplete trials, it seems impossible to give, at this time, 

 the real usefulness and value of this new and as yet little known or cultivated variety. 

 It is apparently a very valuable acquisition and possibly a great improvement over any 

 of its class. Its pods are straighter, more even, more handsome, and of as good quality 

 as either Wardwell's Kidney Wax or Round Pod Kidney Wax, and claimed by the 

 introducer to be as early as and far more productive than the former, while in shape the 

 pods are not quite as flat but fully as long as those of the latter. 



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