KIDNEY BEANS. 



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Mist&ry. — Introduced in 18S7 by A. T. Cook and originated by E. P. Powell. 



Illustrations. — Dry seeds are illustrated on Plate II, 16, and cross section of snap 

 pod on Plate V, 23, while green shell pods are same as White Creaseback Pole (PI. 

 XIX, 1) except larger. 



RED CRANBERRY POLE. 



Listed by 8 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Breck, 1905; Schlegel & Fottler, 1904. 



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

 doing well when once started, thick stemmed, much branched, wholly green, late- 

 intermediate in season, long in bearing, heavily productive. Leaf small-medium in 

 size, medium green in color. Flowers pink. Snap pods uniform in size, long-medium, 

 straight except curved back at stem end, flat, light green, of smooth surface, brittle, 

 moderately stringy, of small fiber, of medium to good quality, free from anthracnose. 

 Point of pod short and very straight. Green shell pods mostly solid green, often 

 slightly purplish tinged along sutures, much depressed on outside between seeds, 

 about 5f inches long, and usually containing 7 or 8 seeds quite crowded in pod. Dry 

 pods fairly easy to thrash. Dry seeds medium in size, but varying considerably, 

 almost as wide as long, roundish through cross section, well rounded at ends, rounded 

 or full at eye. solid plum- violet in color. 



Comparison. — About 1875 it was one of the most largely grown pole varieties, but 

 to-day is only little known and planted. Lazy Wife is much more desirable as a gen- 

 eral-purpose late variety, and Black Kentucky Wonder, Scotia, and Arlington Red 

 Cranberry are much preferable for strictly snap pods. Except that pods are stringy, 

 the variety is hardly distinguishable from Arlington Red Cranberry, differing princi- 

 pally in being somewhat more.hardy and productive and a few days earlier in season. 

 Also similar to Lazy Wife ana? Concord Pole, and pod closely resembles Warren Bush 

 and Yellow Cranberry. 



History. — Cultivated in this country at least since 1820 and one of the oldest pole 

 varieties. 



Illustrations. — Green shell pods are shown on Plate XVIII, 3. 



ROYAL CORN POLE. 



Listed by 2 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Livingston, 1904, 1906. 



Description. — Vine of very large growth, of fair climbing habit, much branched, 

 thick stemmed, green throughout, late, long in bearing, heavily productive. Leaf of 

 medium size, of medium green color. Flowers white. Snap pods somewhat variable 

 in size, extremely long and slender, very curved, especially at tip end, generally much 

 twisted, oval through cross section, becoming flat at green shell stage, medium green, 

 of fairly smooth surface, barely brittle, very stringy, of much fiber, of fair quality, 

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

 shell pod with black lines along dorsal and ventral sutures, otherwise never colored or 

 appreciably splashed, somewhat depressed on outside between seeds, often with miss- 

 ing seeds, sometimes imperfect at tip, about 8 inches long, and usually containing 8 or 

 9 seeds somewhat separated in pod. Dry pods easy to thrash. Dry seeds small, pro- 

 portionally medium in length, oval through cross section, rounded or slightly truncate 

 at ends, almost straight at eye, solid white. 



Comparison. — New and valuable but as yet little known or cultivated. Possibly 

 too late in season for always ripening full crops at the extreme North, but excellent as a 

 late variety for other-sections, especially the South, its white seed particularly com- 

 mending it as a late sort where colored seed is objectionable. Being earlier and 

 more productive the variety is generally more satisfactory for snaps than White Sickle 

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