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Description. — Plant medium in size, very erect, somewhat thick stemmed, without 

 runners or spreading branches, green throughout except generally slightly purplish 

 tinged in places on branches and flower stalks, especially at their nodes, very early, 

 short in bearing period, moderately to heavily productive. Leaf of medium size, 

 medium green in color. Flowers pink. Snap pods very uniform in size, long, straight, 

 flattish oval through cross section, light yellow, somewhat tough, very stringy, of 

 much fiber, poor to medium in quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of 

 pod medium in size and straight. Green shell pods borne mostly above foliage, 

 never splashed or appreciably colored except for slight purplish color at stem ends, 

 slightly depressed on outside between seeds, about G inches long, and usually con- 

 taining 6 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds medium in 

 size, proportionally long, oval through cross section, generally rounded at ends, 

 straight at eye. solid black in color. 



Comparison. — One of the five most largely grown wax sorts and in some sections 

 planted to the exclusion of almost every other variety. Being early, productive, 

 reliable, a tine shipper, and uniformly straight and handsome podded, it is a standard 

 market gardener's sort in all parts of the country but is too tough and stringy for a 

 good home variety. Of similar usefulness to Davis Wax. differing principally in 

 color of seed and few days earlier season. 



Synonyms. — Admiral Togo, California. Black Wax. California Rustproof Wax, 

 Currie's Black Wax, Eldorado Wax. Mill's Rustproof Wax. 



History. — Introduced about 1885 by Currie Brothers, who write the variety came 

 from a single plant found near Milwaukee in a field of Golden Wax. 



Illustrations.— Ripe seeds are shown on Plate II, 27; snap pods on Plate VIII, 1, and 

 cross section of snap pod on Plate V, 10. 



DAVIS WAX. 



Listed by 150 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1901: Ferry, 1900, 1904: Keeney, 

 1904-1906; May, 1897; Rogers, 1904, 1906: Thorburn. 1901. 1902. 



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

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

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

 size, very long, straight, flat, light yellow, tough, very stringy, of much fiber, of poor to 

 medium quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of pod long, slightly 

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

 slightly depressed on outside between seeds, about 7 inches long, and usually contain- 

 ing 6 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, slen- 

 der, roundish through cross section, generally well rounded at ends, generally straight 

 at eye, solid white, except minute area of yellow around eye. 



Comparison. — One of the five most largely grown wax sorts and extensively planted 

 in all parts of the country. Strictly a market gardener's variety and unsurpassed for 

 shipping and uniformity in size and shape of pods, and, except for Hodson Wax. fully 

 as handsome as any of the wax varieties. Especially useful because of white seeds, but 

 too tough podded and stringy for home use. Once regarded as enormously productive 

 and very disease resistant, but dining the last few years much complaint has been 

 heard of poor crops and diseased plants, its plantings for several years having fallen off 

 greatly, especially in the South. Except for difference in color of seed, the variety is 

 as much like Currie's Rustproof as any, differing principally in longer and flatter pods, 

 larger vine, and a few days later season; also resembles Scarlet Flageolet Wax. 



Synonyms. — Elgin White Wonder Wax, Prolific Everbearing Rustproof Wax, Tait's 

 White Wax, Ventura Wonder Wax. 



History. — Introduced in 1895 by D. M. Ferry & Co. and Wm. Henry Maule. Origi- 

 nated by Mr. Eugene Davis, of Grand Rapids. Mich. 

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