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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Emperor William. (See p. 63.) 



English Broad Horse Bean. (Listed by 9 seedsmen.) A name sometimes applied 

 in this country to Broad Windsor, known to botanists a^Picm faba. 



- English Lima Horse Bean. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) A name applied by Henry 

 Field to a variety of the English Broad bean known to botanists as Vicia faba. 



English Stringless. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) A name applied by Moore & Simon 

 to Moore's Newington Wonder, more generally known as Giant Stringless Green Pod. 



Epicure Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman.' Seeds tested: Moore & Simon, 1902, 1904.) 

 Same as stringy type of Refugee Wax. Introduced in 1895 by Moore &■ Simon, 

 who state the variety came from a farmer in the vicinity of Wilmington, Del. 



Eureka Field Bean. (See p. 64.) 



Everbearing. (See p. 65.) 



Evergreen Pole Lima. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Maule, 1906.) 

 Trial too poor to describe type fully, but evidently a selection or a new type similar 

 to King of Garden. Introduced in 1906 by William Henry Maule, who states the 

 variety was selected by a gardener near Philadelphia with a view to retaining green 

 color of dry seed, thereby giving the cooked beans the appearance of being fresh 

 from the garden. 



Excelsior Refugee. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Hastings, 1905.) 

 Same as Extra Early Refugee. A- recent introduction of H. G. Hastings & Co. 



Extra Early Horticultural Pole. (See p. 117.) 



Extra Early Jersey Pole Lima. (See p. 47.) 



Extra Early Pole Lima. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Childs, 1905.) 

 Same as White Dutch Runner Pole. Introduced in 1905 by John Lewis Childs, who 

 states the variety originated with R. H. Palmer, Kennedy, N. Y. 



Extra Early Refugee. (See p. 65.) 



Fat Horse Pole. (Listed by 15 seedsmen.) A name sometimes applied to White • 

 Creaseback Pole. 



Ferry's Golden Wax. Same as Golden Wax. Introduced in 1876 by D. M. Ferry 

 &Co. 



Field's First Early. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Field, 1906.) Same as 

 Tennessee Green Pod. Introduced in 1906 by Henry Field. 



First in Market. (Listed by 2 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Landreth, 1906.) Prob- 

 ably same as Emperor William. Introduced in 1883 by D. Landreth Seed Company 

 as Landreth' s First in Market. 



Flageolet Wax. (Listed by 23 seedsmen.) When first introduced into this country 

 from Germany, about 1880, this variety was composed of light and dark colored seed, 

 but since its introduction the two colors have been separated into a dark-colored 

 type now known as Violet or Purple Flageolet Wax and a light-colored type now 

 known as Scarlet or Crimson Flageolet Wax. There are many stocks which still 

 contain both kinds of seed, and the name Flageolet Wax may signify either the dark 

 or light colored types. 



Florida Butter Pole Lima. (See p. 47.) 



Ford's Mammoth Pole Lima. (See p. 48.) 



French Asparagus Pole. (Listed by 2 seedsmen.) A name applied to Yard Long 

 Pole. 



French Flageolet. (See p. 66.) 

 French Kidney Field. (See p. 66.) 



French Lead Pencil. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Noll, 1906.) Same 

 as Longfellow. Introduced in 1902 by J. F. Noll & Co. 



French Market. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Schindler, 1905.) Same 

 as Longfellow. Introduced in 1903 by Joseph A. Schindler & Co. 



French Mohawk. (See p. 67.) 



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