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AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEANS. 



Imperial White-Seeded Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Maule, 

 1902; Rogers, 1906.) Same as Jones's Stringless Wax. Applied by William Henry 

 Maule to Jones's Stringless Wax. Should not be confounded with Allan's Imperial 

 Wax. 



Improved Black Wax. A name generally applied by seedsmen to Prolific Black 

 Wax, but sometimes also to German Black Wax. 



Improved Goddard. (See p. 72.) 



Improved Golden Wax. (See p. 101.) 



Improved Yellow Eye. (See p. 72.) 



Indian Chief Wax Pole. (See p. 130) 



Isbell's Earliest. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Isbell, 1905.) Same as 

 Best of All Bush and consisting largely of the flat-podded type. Introduced in 

 1904 by S. M. Isbell & Co. 



Isbell's Golden Butter Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Isbell. 

 1905.) Same as Golden Wax. Introduced in 1905 by S. M. Isbell & Co. 



Isbell's Perfect Pole Lima. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Isbell, 1905.) 

 Same as White Dutch Runner Pole. Introduced in 1905 by S. M. Isbell & Co. 



Jack Bean. Not listed by American seedsmen. A name applied in some sections 

 of the South to Canavalia ensiformis previously described. 



Jackson Wonder Bush Lima. (See p. 44.) 



Japanese Asparagus Pole. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) A name applied by Moore 

 & Simon to Yard Long Pole. 



Jones's Green Pod. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Maule, 1906.) Our 

 tests of this variety have not yet been complete enough to positively determine its 

 identity, but it is evidently very similar in appearance to Garden Pride and of same 

 usefulness and value. Introduced in 1906 by William Henry Maule and originated 

 by A. N. Jones, of Leroy, N. Y. Described as a cross between Burpee's Stringless 

 Green Pod and Garden Pride. 



Jones's Stringless Wax. (See p. 102.) 



July Pole. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) A name applied by Vaughan Seed Company, to 

 White Creaseback Pole. 



June Bush Field Bean. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) A name applied by J. Bolgiano 

 & Son to Navy Pea. 



Keeney's Refugee Wax. A name sometimes applied to the stringless type of Ref- 

 ugee Wax. 



Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax. (See p. 102.) 

 Kentucky Wonder Pole. (See p. 118.) 

 Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole. (See p. 131.) 



Kidney Wax. (Listed by 10 seedsmen.) An ambiguous name generally used with 

 reference to Ward well's Kidney Wax, but sometimes also to Davis Wax. 



King Horticultural Pole. (Listed by 6 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Emerson, 1905; 

 Thorburn, 1901, 1902.) Same as Worcester Mammoth Pole. Introduced in 1895 

 by Schlegel & Fottler. 



King of Earlies. (Listed by 4 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Tait, 1904, 1905.) Same 

 as Black Valentine. A recent introduction of several eastern seedsmen. 



King of Garden Pole Lima. (See p. 48.) 



King of the Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Moore & Simon, 1904.) 

 Same as Scarlet Flageolet Wax. Introduced in 1899 by Moore & Simon. 



King's Improved Butter Bush Lima. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: 

 King, 1904.) Same as Wood's Prolific Bush Lima. A recent introduction of T. J. 

 King & Co. 



King's Improved Pole Lima. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: King, 1904.) 

 Same as Wood's Improved Pole Lima. Introduced in 1901 by T. J. King & Co. 



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