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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



ter curved, round, deeply creasebacked, medium yellow, extremely brittle, abso- 

 lutely stringless, entirely without fiber, of excellent quality, moderately free from 

 antliracnose. Point of pod long, very curved, often irregular in shape. Green shell 

 pods borne equally above and below foliage, never splashed or colored, full on out- 

 side between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually containing 7 seeds very crowded 

 in pod. Dry pods hard to thrash. Dry seeds large-medium, extremely slender and 

 straight, roundish through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, straight or 

 slightly incurved at eye, solid white except small area of black around eye and 

 one end. 



Comparison.- — Largely planted, but perhaps not included among the 20 most exten- 

 sively grown bush beans. Excepting that its seeds have the superior quality of 

 being almost white in color, this variety is very similar to Pencil Pod Black Wax 

 and generally regarded as equally useful and valuable, though in our trials the 

 growth of vine has not been as large, vigorous, or productive. Pods about same as 

 those of Pencil Pod Black Wax. 



Synonym. — Brittle Wax. 



History. — Introduced in 1900 by Johnson & Stokes. Originated by N. B. Keeney 

 & Son, of Leroy, N. Y. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are illustrated on Plate III, 9; snap pods are similar to 

 Pencil Pod Black Wax (PL VIII, 3) and cross section of snap pods to Burpee's String- 

 less Green Pod (PL V, 13). 



SCARLET FLAGEOLET WAX. 



Listed by 22 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1900; Johnson & Stokes, 1897. 



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 

 bearing period, moderately productive. Leaf medium in size, medium green in 

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

 yellow, somewhat inclined to be greenish tinged, tough, very stringy, of much fiber, 

 poor to medium in quality, somewhat subject to anthracnose. Point of pod long 

 and either straight or slightly surved. Green shell pods borne mostly above foliage, 

 never splashed or appreciably colored, slightly depressed on outside between seeds, 

 about 7f inches long, and usually containing 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, solid plum- violet in color. 



Comparison. — Well known, but not extensively grown, although a great favorite 

 in many places in the South. Decidedly too stringy and tough for home use and 

 suitable only for market gardening. Except for Hodson Wax and Purple Flageolet 

 Wax, its pods are larger than those of any other wax variety, and being of a coarse, 

 rough surface and somewhat inclined to be greenish tinged its pods are not quite so 

 handsome as Hodson Wax, nor are its plants so hardy, productive, and free from 

 disease, although often more useful because of earliness. Differs from Purple Flageo- 

 let Wax only in color of seed; also resembles Davis Wax, differing principally in 

 color of seed and in larger, longer, more greenish tinged pods. 



Synonyms. — Crimson Flageolet Wax, Giant Dwarf Wax, King of Wax, Landreth's 

 Scarlet Wax, Mammoth Red German Wax, Midsummer Wax, Red Flageolet Wax, 

 Red German Wax, Rennie's Stringless Wax, Simmers's Early Giant Wax. 



History. — Type was introduced in 1887 by D. Landreth Seed Company as Lan- 

 dreth's Scarlet Wax, but later became known also as Crimson Flageolet Wax, Red 

 Flageolet Wax, and Scarlet Flageolet Wax. Derived from the German variety listed 

 about 1885 as Flageolet Wax. , 



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