KIDNEY BEANS. 



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Description. — Plant large, very spreading', with many long, drooping, almost runner- 

 like branches lying loosely over ground, slender stemmed, green throughout, inter- 

 mediate in season, very long in bearing period, heavily productive. Loaf small, 

 grayish green in color, very smooth, generally short in length of petiole. Flowers 

 white. Snap pods somewhat variable in size, medium in length, straight, oval-flat 

 through cross section, medium yellow, very brittle, stringless, of inappreciable fiber, 

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

 either straight or slightly curved. Green shell pods generally borne well below 

 foliage, never colored or splashed, full on outside between seeds, about 5| inches 

 long, and usually containing 5 or G seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. 

 Dry seeds medium in size and length, roundish oval through cross section, rounded 

 or truncate at ends. Hat or rounded at eye. white in color, with mottling of dark 

 violet and maize yellow around eye generally covering about one-half of bean. 



Coinparison. — Generally known among seedsmen but not extensively cultivated by 

 gardeners. Although bearing uniformly handsome pods, and being more disease 

 resistant, hardier, and more productive than any other wax bean of good quality, this 

 variety has failed to become popular only because of its runner-like habit. In the 

 young plants this peculiarity is almost as pronounced as in pole beans, but it ceases to 

 develop after the plant sets pods and never becomes a serious obstacle to cultivation, 

 while pods are fully as free from dirt and as well removed from the wet ground as most 

 of the more erect sorts. Habit of vines similar to Refugee, and pods resemble Golden 

 Wax more than any other, differing principally in being larger and wider. Seeds 

 similar to Golden Wax, differing principally in larger size and flatter shape. Leaves 

 quite different from other varieties and characterized by peculiarly smooth surface, 

 grayish green color, and small size. 



History. — Introduced in 1895 by several American seedsmen. Originated by N. B. 

 Keeney & Son, of Leroy, N. Y., by whom it is described as a sport from Golden Wax. 



Illustrations. — Cross section of a snap pod is shown on Plate V, IS; leaf on Plate 

 XXIII, 1; snap pods resemble Golden Wax ^Pl. VI, 2). 



LEOPARD WAX. 



Listed by 6 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Leonard, 1905, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large-medium, very bushy and dense when young, generally 

 burdened with fruit-laden branches and spreading when fully grown, very thick 

 stemmed, green throughout, late-intermediate in season, of moderate to long bearing 

 period, heavily to moderately productive. Leaf large, very dark green, of rough 

 surface. Flowers light pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, moderately 

 curved, flat, becoming roundish at green shell stage, light yellow in color, brittle, 

 stringless, of inappreciable fiber, of good quality, fairly free from anthracnose. Point 

 of pod short and slightly curved. Green shell pods borne mostly below foliage, never 

 splashed or appreciably colored, full on outside between seeds, about 5i inches long, 

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

 thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, proportionally short, roundish oval through cross 

 section, well rounded at ends, generally larger at one end than at other, rounded or full 

 at eye, violet or bluish black in color except small area of white along back and one 

 end. 



Comparison. — Little known or planted. As Department trials of this variety were 

 incomplete it is not possible to give its general usefulness and value at this time, only 

 to state that it appears to be of same class as Burpee's White Wax and more like that 

 variety than any other. In shape of pod it resembles a large, wide, immensely thick, 

 Golden Wax. 



History. — Introduced in 1905 by S. F. Leonard, who writes the seed came from a 

 customer in Indiana. 



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