SEED GROWERS 



Some of Our Trained Workers Inspecting Bean Trials at Our 

 Experimental Gardens Near Detroit 



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Dwarf Horticultural bentree 



Snap pods 53 days; green shell beans 60 days. Particularly desir- 

 able green shell sort for home and market garden; desirable 

 for snaps. Plant medium small, thrifty and productive. Pods 

 dark green at snap stage, becoming greenish-yellow splashed 

 with carmine; 5 — 53^2 in. long, ^ in. wide and fiat at snap stage, 

 becoming almost round at green shell stage; strictly stringless, 

 shghtly fibrous. Seeds plump oval, pinkish-buff, spotted and 

 streaked with purpUsh-red. 



Early Refugee belsano 



53 days. Splendid for shipping and canning. Plant medium small; 

 compact; hardy; very productive. Pods light green; ^}/2 — 5 in. 

 long; Ys in. thick, round; uniform; stringless at snap stage; fleshy, 

 brittle, fine grained. Seeds dark violet mottled with buff. 



FULL MEASURE belva 



52 days. Unsurpassed for home and market garden. Plant large, 

 thrifty, heavily productive. Pods medium green, 6 — 6H in. long; 

 ^ in. thick, round; very fleshy, brittle, stringless, fine grained. 

 Seeds reddish-brown mottled with buff. 



GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD benoit 



53 days. One of the best for home and market garden; very desir- 

 able for canning. Plant large, hardy, heavily productive. Pods 

 medium green, 6 — 63^ in. long; ^ — ye in. thick, round; very 

 fleshy, brittle and stringless. Seeds glossy yellowish-brown. 



Refugee or 1000 to 1 benwood 



(Sometimes called Late Refugee, Round Pod Refugee, and Im- 

 proved Refugee.) 70 days. Very popular canning and pickUng sort. 

 Plant large, hardy, extremely productive. Pods medium green; 

 very uniform, 5 — 5M in. long, ^ in. thick, round; stringy at later 

 stages; very fleshy, brittle and fine grained. Seeds dark violet- 

 purple splashed with buff. Similar to Stringless Refugee, but pods 

 somewhat stringy. 



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