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Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate IT, 25; snap pods on Plate VIII, 3; 

 while cross sections of snap pods are similar to Burpee's Stringless Green Pod 

 (PI. V, 13). 



PROLIFIC BLACK WAX. 



Listed by 72 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Keeney, 1904; Thorburn, 1901, 1902. 



Description. — Plant medium in size, generally more or less spreading, sometimes 

 with long outstretched branches, never with real runners, slender stemmed, green 

 throughout, except generally purplish tinged in places on branches and flower stalks, 

 especially at nodes, early-intermediate in season, long to moderate in bearing period, 

 heavily to moderately productive. Leaf small, medium green, smooth at surface. 

 Flowers pink. Snap pods uniform in size, medium short, generally more or less 

 scimiter curved, round, medium yellow in color, very brittle, stringless, without 

 fiber, of excellent quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of pod medium 

 in length and slightly curved. Green shell pods borne mostly below foliage, never 

 colored except streaked with red along sutures at stem end, full on outside between 

 seeds, about 4f inches long, and usually containing 6 or 7 seeds very crowded in 

 pod. Dry pods very hard to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size and length, roundish 

 through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, straight at eye, sliver from pod 

 occasionally attached to eye, solid black in color. 



Comparison. — One of the most largely grown wax-podded varieties. Excellent 

 for either home or market and generally regarded by bean experts as more productive, 

 hardier, more reliable, and generally superior to German Black Wax, with which 

 variety it is often confounded, the two stocks being often interchanged and sold one 

 for the other. Next to German Black Wax the variety is most like Golden Crown 

 Wax, differing principally in color of seed., more slender, lighter yellow pods, and 

 often in being reddish near stem end when fully grown. 



Synonyms. — Cylinder Black Wax, Prolific German Black Wax, Improved Black 

 Wax. 



History. — Introduced in 1888 by several American seedsmen as Prolific German 

 Black W T ax. Variety originated from several plants selected by C. N. Keeney and 

 W. W. Tracy, sr., in a field of German Black Wax in Genesee County, N. Y. 



Illustrations. — Snap pods and a cross section of same are shown on Plate VII, 4, and 

 Plate V, 8, respectively. 



PURPLE FLAGEOLET WAX. 



Listed by' 3 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Keeney, 1903, 1905, 1906. 



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

 green throughout except generally slightly purplish tinged in places on branches 

 and flower stalks, especially at their nodes, intermediate in season, of moderate bear- 

 ing period, moderately productive. Leaf of medium size, medium green in color. 

 Flowers pink. Snap pods uniform in size, very long, curved, flat, deep yellow, often 

 green tinged, tough, very stringy, of much fiber, of poor to medium quality, some- 

 what subject to anthracnose. Point of pod long and either straight or slightly curved. 

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

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

 taining 7 seeds crowded in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, 

 long, oval through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, generally straight at 

 eye, blackish purple, often tinged with brown. 



Comparison. — Well known but not extensively planted. Same usefulness and 

 value as described for Scarlet Flageolet Wax, and except for difference in color of 

 seed same also in appearance of pod and plant. 



Synonyms. — Perfection Wax, Violet Flageolet Wax. 

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