CATALOGUE OF VARIETY NAMES. 



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Knickerbocker. (See p. 73.) 



Kumerle Bush Lima. (Listed by 10 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1902; John- 

 son & Stokes, 1902.) Same as Dreer's Bush Lima. Originated by J. W. Kumerle, 

 of Newark, N. J. The type was first introduced in 1889 by J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 as Thorburn's Bush Lima, and later became known as Kumerle Bush Lima and 

 Dreer's Bush Lima. It is now most generally known by the latter name. 



Lady Washington Field Bean. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Braslan, 

 1905, 1906.) This is a large, late, semirunning field variety similar to Prolific 

 Tree and extensively grown in. California. It appears to be later and larger in vine 

 and of larger, flatter seed than Prolific Tree, and possibly more productive. The 

 name seems to have been in use for a long time both in the East and California. 

 Often sold in eastern produce markets as Navy or Pea beans. Dry seeds of the 

 variety are shown on Plate V, 4. 



Landreth's Scarlet Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: Landreth, 1897, 

 1902, 1905.) Same as Scarlet Flageolet Wax. Introduced in 1887 by D. Landreth 

 Seed Company. Originated by A. IT. Ansley & Son, of Milo Center, N. Y., by 

 selecting the scarlet-colored seed out of the variety formerly known as Flageolet 

 Wax. 



Landreth's Wax Pole. (See p. 131.) 



Large White Bush Lima. (Listed by 8 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Ferry, 1902.) 

 Same as Burpee's Bush Lima. Named in 1895 by D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Large White Pole Lima. (See p. 49.) 



Lazy Wife Pole. (See p. 118.) 



Leafless Medium Field Bean. A name sometimes applied to Day's Leafless 

 Medium. 



Leopard Wax. (See p. 103.) 



Leviathan Pole Lima. (See p. 50.) 



Lewis Pole Lima. Although not listed by seedsmen, this is the variety planted so 

 extensively in Southern California as a field Lima bean. It sometimes consists of 

 a mixture of several garden varieties, and the type is not usually very constant or 

 uniform. 



Lightning. (See p. 73.) 



Lightning Valentine. (Listed by 3 seedsmen. Seeds tested: Buist, 1905.) Same 

 as Red Valentine. Introduced in 1890 by Robert Buist Seed Company as Buist' s 

 Early Lightning Valentine. 



Lima Wax. (Listed by 3 seedsmen.) A name sometimes applied by seedsmen to 

 Rogers's Lima Wax. 



Livingston's Hardy Wax. (See p. 104.) 



Livingston's Royal Corn Pole. (Listed by 1 seedsman.) Same as Royal Corn 

 Pole. 



Livingston's Yellow Pencil Pod Wax. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: 

 Livingston, 1905, 1906.) Same as stringless type- of Refugee Wax. Introduced in 

 1900 by Livingston Seed Company. 



London Horticultural Pole. (See p. 119.) 



Longfellow. (See p. 74.) 



Long-Podded Dolichos Pole. A name sometimes applied to Yard Long Pole. 

 Long-Podded Pole Lima. (See p. 50.) 

 Long'Yellow Six Weeks. (See p. 75.) 

 Low's Champion. (See p. 75.) 



McKenzie's Matchless Green Pod. (Listed by 1 seedsman. Seeds tested: 

 McKenzie, 1905.) Same as Burpee's Stringless Green Pod. Introduced in 1902 

 by A. E. McKenzie & Co. 



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