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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Illustrations. — Ripe seeds are shown on Plate IV, 13; leaf on Plate XXIII, 8; snap 

 pods and cross section of same resemble Currie's Rustproof Wax (PI. VIII, 1, and PI. 

 V, 10, respectively), both differing principally in larger size and natter shape. 



DETROIT WAX. 



Listed by 28 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1905; Thorburn, 

 1901, 1902. 



Description. — Plant small, very erect, somewhat thick stemmed, wholly green, 

 early, short in bearing period, lightly to moderately productive. Leaf medium in size, 

 medium green in color, wide across leaflets,. of smooth surface. Flowers white. Snap 

 pods uniform in size, medium in length, straight, oval through cross section, often 

 tinged with green, especially in poorly grown plants, tough, stringy, of moderate fiber, 

 of medium quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod short-medium and 

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

 on outside between seeds, about 5| inches long, and usually containing 6 seeds crowded 

 in pod. Dry pods fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size, proportionally 

 short, oval through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, flat or rounded at eye, 

 white with mottling of bluish black and maize-yellow around eye and ends, covering 

 about one-fourth of bean. 



Comparison.— Generally known but not extensively cultivated, at least not one of 

 the twenty most largely planted sorts. Too stringy and tough podded for a good home 

 variety and too short in bearing period and too unproductive for a good all-round sort, 

 but a fairly good market garden variety for very early crops. Because a better shipper, 

 a more certain cropper, more hardy, and more disease resistant, it is superior as a market 

 gardening variety to Improved Golden Wax. Almost equal to Davis Wax and Currie's 

 Rustproof Wax for market gardening. More like Improved Golden Wax than any 

 other, differing principally in little larger vine, a few days later season, and flatter,, 

 larger, stringy pods of much fiber, but resembling it in compact, well-rounded habit 

 and peculiarly smooth, widened, rather small leaflets. 



History. — Introduced about 1885 by D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Illustrations. — Ripe seeds are shown on Plate II, 6; cross section of snap pod on Plate 

 V, 16; snap pods are similar in shape to Improved Golden Wax (PI. VI, 1.) 



DOUBLE-BARREL WAX. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Landreth, 1905, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large-medium in size, of a compact, bushy, well-rounded habit, 

 without runners, rarely with drooping branches, thick stemmed, green throughout, 

 late-intermediate in season, long to moderate in bearing period, moderately pro- 

 ductive. Leaf large, medium green. Flowers pinkish white. Snap pods fairly uni- 

 form in size, long-medium, fairly straight, always broad through cross section, some- 

 times decidedly double barreled, often sharply constricted on outside between seeds, 

 deep yellow in color, without greenish tingeing, extremely brittle, absolutely string- 

 less, without fiber, of excellent quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of 

 pod long-medium, thick, fairly regular in shape, slightly curved. Green shell pods 

 borne mostly below foliage, depressed on outside between seeds, about 5| inches long, 

 and usually containing 5 or 6 seeds very crowded in pod. Dry pods very hard to thrash. 

 Dry seeds medium in size, proportionally short, roundish through cross section, gener- 

 ally well rounded at one end and larger and decidedly truncate at other, straight at 

 eye, distinct line or ridge at back, sliver from pod occasionally attached to eye, solid 

 brownish ocher in color except minute brown area around eye. 



Comparison. — Little known and planted. Fully equal to Yosemite in quality and 

 excellent for home gardening, but decidedly too tender, too variable in shape, and too 



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