KIDNEY BEANS. 



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Description. — Vine of large growth, of poor climbing habit when young, but doing 

 well when once started, thick stemmed, much branched, wholly green, late, long in 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf small, of medium green color. Flowers white. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, much curved back at stem end, otherwise 

 very straight, very flat, much bulged out at seeds, light green, brittle, of smooth sur- 

 face, stringless, of inappreciable liber, of good quality, free from anthracnose. Point 

 of pod short and very straight. Green shell pods never colored or splashed, much 

 sunken between seeds, about 5f inches long, and usually containing 7 or 8 seeds 

 crowded in pod. Dry pods fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds of medium size, very 

 short or almost as wide as long, roundish through cross section, generally well rounded 

 at ends, decidedly larger at one end than at other, much rounded or full at eye, solid 

 white. 



Com parison. — One of the five most largely grown kidney pole varieties. The best 

 general purpose late pole variety, excellent for either home or market. Of superior 

 quality as snaps and on account of large white seeds and attractive pods excellent also 

 for green or dry shell beans. For late snap beans it is surpassed only by Scotia and 

 Black Kentucky Wonder, while it is best of all for late white-seeded green or dry shell 

 beans. More like Arlington Red Cranberry than any other, differing principally in 

 seed, and later, flatter, wider pods. Also similar to Concord Pole. Pods hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from Warren Bush. 



Synonyms. — Maryland White Pole, 'White Cherry Pole. 



History. — Xame first used about 1882, though the type or one similar to it is said to 

 haA*e been in existence at least since 1810 under the name of White Cherry Pole and 

 White Cranberry Pole. The old type was probably not stringless dike the present day 

 type. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are shown on Plate IV, 16; green shell pods on Plate 

 XV, 3. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL POLE. 



Listed by 116 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1903: Fish, 1903-1905. 



Description. — Vine of large growth, of poor climbing habit when young, but climbing 

 well when once started, thick stemmed, much branched, wholly green, late, long in 

 bearing, heavily productive. Leaf of medium size, dark green. Flowers pink. 

 Snap pods uniform in size, long, straight, flat, becoming oval at green shell stage, 

 very dark green, of smooth surface, brittle, stringless, of small fiber, of good quality, 

 fairly free from anthracnose. Point of pod medium in size and straight. Green shell 

 pods abundantly and distinctly splashed with purplish red but not until very late, 

 moderately depressed on outside between seeds, about 6 inches long, and usually con- 

 taining 6 or 7 seeds fairly close in pod. Dry pods fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds 

 large-medium, proportionally very short, roundish oval through cross section, gen- 

 erally truncate at ends, rounded or full at eye, pale buff in color freely splashed with 

 purplish red. 



Comparison. — One of the five most largely grown Kidney pole beans. Decidedly 

 the best of the Horticultural varieties for general use and almost equal to Lazy Wife 

 a? a general-purpose late snap and green shell bean suitable for home or market. More 

 reliable than Worcester Mammoth and much better as snaps than Childs's Horticul- 

 tural or Brockton Pole, but for green shell beans its pods are not nearly as brilliantly 

 splashed and handsome. More like Childs's Horticultural than any other variety 

 now listed by American seedsmen, differing principally in season, color of splashing, 

 and freedom from string. 



Synonyms. — Horticultural Cranberry Pole, Horticultural Pole, Speckled Cran- 

 berry Pole. Wren's Egg Pole. 



History. — Xame has been in common use in this country at least since about 1860. 

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