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AMERICAN VARIETIES OE GARDEN BEANS. 



Cranberry Pole. (Listed by 21 seedsmen.) A name loosely applied by some seeds- 

 men to Speckled Cranberry or London Horticultural Pole. 



Cream Valentine. (See p. 61.) 



Crimsotzi Beauty. (See p. 61.) 



Crimson Flageolet Wax. (Listed by 5 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Keeney, 1904, 

 1906.) Same as Scarlet Flageolet Wax. For history see Scarlet Flageolet Wax 

 and Purple Flageolet Wax. 



Crystal Wax. . (See p. 94.) 



Cuban Asparagus Pole. (Listed by 7 seedsmen.) Same as Yard Long Pole. 



Currie's Black Wax. Often used by seedsmen to designate Currie's Rustproof 

 Wax. 



Currie's Golden Wax. A name sometimes applied to Currie's Rustproof Wax. 

 Currie's Rustproof Wax. (Seep. 94.) 



Cut Short Pole. A name sometimes applied to Speckled Cut Short Pole. 



Cylinder Black Wax. (Listed by 2 seedsmen.) Same as Prolific Black Wax. 

 Introduced in 1889 by Peter Henderson & Co. Same origin as Prolific Black Wax. 



Dallas Bush Lima. Not listed by seedsmen, but known locally in parts of Texas. 

 Reported by Texas State Experiment Station to be same as Dreer's Bush Lima. 



Davis Wax. (See p. 95.) 



Day's Leafless Medium Field Bean. (See p. 62.) 

 Detroit Wax. (See p. 96.) 



Dolichos sesquipedalis. The scientific name formerly applied to Yard Long 

 Pole. Now known to botanists as Vigna sesquipedalis and to gardeners as French 

 Yard Long, Asparagus Pole, Cuban Asparagus Pole, and Long-Podded Dolichos. 



Double-Barrel Wax. (Seep. 96.) 



Dreer's Bush Lima. (See p. 42.) 



Dreer's Pole Lima. (See p. 46.) 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. Same as Wonder Bush Lima. 

 Dutch Case Knife Pole. (See p. 116.) 



Dwarf Case Knife. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Kendel, 1906.) Name 

 used in this country at least since 1865 and applied at that time to Dwarf Saber, 

 but recently readopted by A. C. Kendel, who in 1904 applied it to Emperor William. 



Dwarf Cherry. (Listed by 3 seedsmen.) A name sometimes applied to Dwarf 

 Horticultural or Ruby Horticultural Bush. 



Dwarf Cranberry. (Listed by 3 seedsmen.) A name sometimes applied to Dwarf 

 Horticultural or Ruby Horticultural Bush. 



Dwarf Horticultural. (Listed by 100 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Burpee, 1903; 

 Ferry, -1898, 1900; Keeney, 1904, 1905, 1906; Thorburn, 1901, 1902, 1906.) The 

 original late running type of this bean as grown in this country prior to 1875 has 

 apparently disappeared from general cultivation. The improved strain now 

 known as Ruby Horticultural Bush, which is decidedly earlier, more bushy, and 

 more brilliantly splashed, is now used in filling orders for this variety. Culti- 

 vated under this name at least since 1845. 



Dwarf Red Cranberry. (Listed by 3 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Breck, 1905.) As 

 received from above seedsmen, this variety was same as Low's Champion, which 

 is probably not the same type as that known in this country about 1880 and earlier. 

 Listed by seedsmen at least since 1820, and one of the oldest variety names. 



Dwarf White Cranberry. (No longer listed by seedsmen.) A name formerly 

 applied to White Marrow. 



Earliest Green Pod. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Hammond, 1904; 

 Isbell, 1906.) Same as Best of All Bush and composed almost wholly of the flat- 

 podded type. First listed in 1902 by Harry N. Hammond Seed Company/ 



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