KIDNEY BEANS. 



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Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate II, 26; snap pods may be described 

 by reference to Currie's Rustproof Wax (PI. VIII, 1), the chief difference being that 

 pods are much larger, flatter, more curved, with surface nearly as coarse as Cana- 

 dian Wonder (PL X, 2); cross section of snap pods are similar to Detroit Wax (PI. 

 V, 16). 



SPECKLED WAX. 



Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds -tested: Buckbee, 1905, 1906. 



Description. — Plant large, erect, dense in habit when young, sometimes spreading 

 when fully grown, always without runners, very thick stemmed, green throughout, 

 very late, long in bearing period, heavily productive. Leaf large, dark green, rough 

 at surface. Flowers pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long, straight, round, light 

 yellow, somewhat tough, stringy, of slight fiber, fair in quality, fairly free from 

 anthracnose. Point of pod long, straight, and slender. Green shell pods borne 

 both above and below foliage, often lightly splashed with faint purple, quite 

 depressed on outside between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually containing 

 7 seeds very crowded in pod. Dry pods fairly easy, to thrash. Dry seeds large- 

 medium, long, roundish through cross section, rounded or truncate at ends, gener- 

 ally straight at eye, reddish buff in color,, sparingly splashed with reddish purple. 



Com parison. — Although catalogued as long ago as 1891, this variety has never been 

 much grown, and is at present almost gone out of use. Its chief merits are straight, 

 very handsome pods and immense crops under perfectly faA'orable conditions, but 

 because crops are very late and often failures it has always remained unpopular. 

 Pods as much like Bismarck Black Wax as any, differing principally in being 

 splashed and very straight. 



History. — Introduced in 1891 by W. C. Beckert as Beckert's Speckled Wax. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are similar to the flat-podded type of Best of All (PL I, 

 18), the principal difference being larger size and more abundant splashing; snap pods 

 and cross section of same resemble illustrations of Prolific Black Wax (PL VII, 4, 

 and PL V, 8, respectively), differing principally in larger, straighter, and splashed 

 color of pods. 



VALENTINE WAX. 



Listed by 43 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1901: Ferry. 1900; Rogers, 1904; 

 Thorburn, 1901. 1902. 



Description. — Plant very small, erect, somewhat slender stemmed, without runners 

 or spreading branches, green throughout, very early, very short in bearing period, 

 lightly productive. Leaf small, medium green. Flowers pinkish white. Snap pods 

 fairly uniform in size, medium short, curved, roundish oval through cross section, 

 medium yellow, brittle, stringy, of inappreciable fiber, of good quality, generally quite 

 subject to anthracnose. Point of pod medium in length and either straight or slightly 

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

 colored, full on outside between seeds, about 4 J inches long, and usually containing 6 

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

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

 eye, generally irregular in shape, often twisted or bulged out in places, purplish red 

 splashed with pale buff. 



Comparison. — Generally advertised, but not now extensively grown, for although 

 second in earliness among wax sorts it has been demonstrated during the last six years 

 that the variety is decidedly lacking in hardiness, productiveness, reliability, and 

 disease-resistant qualities, being even inferior in these respects to Challenge Black 

 Wax. which variety it most resembles in appearance of pod and vine as well as in gen- 

 eral usefulness and value. Pods somewhat larger, a little more slender, straighter, 

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