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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Illustrations. — Seeds are shown on Plate II,- 7; cross sections of snap pods resemble 

 Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax (PI. V, 18), differing principally in larger size; snap 

 pods resemble Golden Wax (PI. VI, 2), differing principally in being more curved 

 and much larger in thickness and width. 



Livingston's hardy wax. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Livingston, 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 season, of moderate to long bearing period, heavily to moderately produc- 

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

 light pink. Snap pods somewhat variable in size, very long, generally decidedly 

 scimiter curved, round, deeply creasebacked, medium yellow, extremely brittle, 

 absolutely stringless, wholly without fiber, of excellent quality, fairly free from 

 anthracnose. Point of pod long, very curved, often irregular in shape. 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 very hard to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium in size, 

 proportionally long, roundish through cross section, truncate or rounded at ends, 

 straight at eye, sliver from pod occasionally attached to eye, chocolate brown freely 

 mottled and splashed with maize yellow. 



Comparison. — New and as yet little known or cultivated. Same usefulness and 

 value as Pencil Pod Black Wax and Round Pod Kidney Wax, differing from them in 

 no important particular except color of seed. 



History. — Introduced in 1906 by Livingston Seed Company, and originated by 

 N. B. Keeney & Son, of Leroy, N. Y. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are about the shape of Round Pod Kidney Wax (PI. Ill, 

 9); cross section of snap pods resemble Prolific Black Wax (PI. V, 8), differing princi- 

 pally in much larger size; snap pods are about same in shape and size as Pencil Pod 

 Black Wax (PI. VIII, 3). 



maule's butter wax. 

 Listed by 6 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Keeney, 1904. 



Description. — Plant medium in size, somewhat spreading, generally with long, 

 heavy, drooping branches, without real runners, thick stemmed, green throughout, 

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

 ductive. Leaf large, medium green. Flowers white. Snap pods somewhat variable 

 in size, medium in length, generally decidedly scimiter curved, always broad, decid- 

 edly double barreled through cross section, sharply constricted on outside between 

 seeds, appearing as if drawn tight by a thread and separated in sections, deep yellow 

 in color, extremely brittle, absolutely stringless, without fiber, of excellent quality, 

 somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of pod short, very thick, generally irregular 

 in shape, slightly curved. Green shell pods borne mostly below foliage, depressed 

 on outside between seeds, about 5 inches long, and usually containing 5 seeds very 

 crowded in pod. Dry pods very hard to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size, propor- 

 tionally short, roundish through cross section, generally well rounded at ends, straight 

 at eye, white, except small mottled area of pansy violet and maize yellow around 

 eye. 



Comparison. — Little known or planted. Decidedly too tender for shipping and too 

 variable in shape and size of pods to make a good appearance on the market, but excel- 

 lent for home use or where tenderness, fleshiness, and the best quality are the desirable 



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