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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Synonyms. — Ferry's Golden Wax, Isbell's Golden Butter, York State Wax. 



History.— Introduced in 1876 by D. M. Ferry & Co. as Ferry's Golden Wax. Prob- 

 ably the same as the variety known about 1874 as York Dwarf Wax. 



Illustrations. — Snap pods are shown on Plate VI, 2; a leaf is illustrated on Plate 

 XXIV, 2; cross section of snap pod is similar to Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax (PI. V, 

 18), differing principally in smaller and more nearly oval shape. 



Henderson's market wax. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Henderson. 1902, 1904, 1905. 

 Description. — Plant large-medium, generally erect or occasionally spreading, some- 

 what thick stemmed, without runners, wholly green, early-intermediate in season, of 

 moderate bearing period, heavily productive. Leaf of medium size, medium green. 

 Flowers pinkish white. Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, slightly curved, 

 oval through cross section, medium yellow, somewhat brittle, very slightly stringy, 

 of inappreciable fiber, medium in quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point of 

 * pod medium in length and straight or slightly curved. Green shell pods borne equally 

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

 about 6 inches long, and usually containing 6 or 7 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods 

 fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size, proportionally short, roundish oval 

 through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, straight at eye, solid straw yellow 

 in color, sometimes shading to copper yellow, always with minute brownish area 

 around eye. 



Comparison. — This little known and planted variety is an excellent all-round sort 

 of same general usefulness and value as Wardw ell's Kidney Wax. Its pods are slightly 

 flatter, and distinctly straighter and longer in point than that variety, and though not 

 so free from fiber, its plants are fully as productive and hardy, and possibly more cer- 

 tain croppers. Pods are less tough and stringy than Horticultural Wax, but similar 

 in shape. 



History. — Introduced in 1902 by Peter Henderson & Co., who write the seed came 

 from Genesee County, N. Y. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate II, 9; snap pods are similar to Horti- 

 cultural Wax (PI. VI, 3), differing principally in slightly more curved, narrower, 

 and longer shape; cross sections of snap pods resemble Detroit Wax (PI. V, 16). 



HODS ON WAX. 



Listed by 8 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Harvey, 1902; Keeney: 1906; Young & 

 Halstead, 1904, 1905. 



Description. — Plant very large, without decided runners but with many out- 

 stretched branches lying loosely over the ground, thick-stemmed, wholly green, very 

 late, long in bearing season, very heavily productive. Leaf of medium size, of very 

 ' narrow and pointed leaflets, medium green. Flowers light pink. Snap pods uniform 

 in size, very long, almost straight, flat, medium yellow, very tough, very stringy, 

 of much fiber, poor to medium in quality, unusually free from anthracnose. Point 

 of pod long and straight or slightly curved. Green shell pods borne mostly below 

 foliage, never colored nor splashed, moderately depressed on outside between seeds, 

 about 7§ inches long, and usually containing 6 to 8 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods 

 easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, slender, roundish oval through cross sec- 

 tion, generally well rounded at ends, slightly incurved at eye, purplish red freely 

 splashed with pale buff. 



Comparison. — New and as yet little known or cultivated but meeting with great 

 favor in many sections of the country, especially in the South, where it has uniformly 



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