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nearly £ inch diameter, rather rough, light bright green ; flesh rather thin, 

 with little parchment, but soon becoming stringy ; seeds up to 5 ; ripe seed 

 similar in colour to (or darker than) No. 8, but smaller and narrower ; generally 

 rounded. Ready July 23. Crop green, 9 lb. Dry seed easy to thresh. Raised 

 by Messrs. Cooling of Bath. Earlier than No. 10. [No. 9 was sent to us in 191 8 

 as * Dutch Brown,' but proved to be a mixed stock of ' Ne Plus Ultra.'] 



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13, 14. Sunrise (Carter, Barr *), A.M. August 7, 1919. — Of Ne Plus Ultra 

 type, 18 inches, but foliage larger and deeper green ; pods straight, up to 7 inches 

 long ; flesh thicker ; seeds smaller and with brown instead of black ring at hilum. 

 Ready July 23. Crop green, io£ lb. Raised and introduced by Messrs. Carter. 

 (Ne Plus Ultra X Perpetual.) 



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18. Forqing (Sutton). — Plant of medium size, 12 to 15 inches, dark green ; 

 pods numerous, up to 5 inches, rather curved, rather thin at neck, flat, | inch 

 diameter, fairly smooth, medium green ; flesh rather thin, becoming tough, but 

 with little parchment or string, at first ; seeds up to 4, small and when ripe with 

 a faintly purple tinge, kidney, usually round at end. Ready July 24. Crop 

 green, 10 lb. Introduced by sender. 



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19, 20, 21. Hundred-fold (Cent pour un) would come in here, but the stocks 

 grown presented considerable differences and require further study. 



b. Seeds deep brown ; flowers lilac. 



126. Incomparable (Barr *). — Plant large, erect, 18 to 20 inches ; foliage 

 dark yellowish green, rough ; pods in large compact clusters, well above soil, 

 6£ to 7 inches long, slightly curved, rough, light green, flat round, f inch diameter ; 

 flesh medium thickness, with little fibre, but stringy ; seeds 4 large, fiat kidney- 

 shaped, rounded or truncate at ends. Ready July 24. Crop green, 7 lb. 



c. Seeds marbled two shades of brown ; flowers lilac. 



15, 1 6, 17. Osborn's Forcing [Stevenson (two stocks), Watkins & Simp- 

 son]. — Plant fairly large, 16 inches, dark green ; pods fairly numerous in 

 clusters, 5 \ inches, nearly straight, flat, \ to £ inch diameter, smooth, medium 

 green ; flesh thick, little parchment or string when young ; seeds 3 to 6, of 

 medium size, round in section, round at ends. Ready July 24. Crop green, 

 8-9 lb. 



d. Seeds pale dun ; flowers lilac. 



The beans with long dun-coloured seeds are fairly readily divisible when 

 growing into two groups, the one characterized by ' Masterpiece ' having darker, 

 the other characterized by ' Long Yellow Sixweeks ' with paler foliage. There 

 are, however, small differences between the stocks within these groups, as pointed 

 out below, the result, no doubt, of selection at different raisers' hands. 



1. Foliage darker. 



24, 25, 26, 27. Masterpiece (Simpson, Sydenham, Sutton, "j 



Watkins & Simpson) I A.M., 



22. Masterpiece Improved (Dickson) J Aug. 7, 1919. 



23. Masterpiece Selected (Dickson & Robinson) J 



Plant vigorous, 18 inches, dark green ; pods in large clusters ; 7^ inches straight, 

 flat-round, £ inch diameter ; little neck, rough, light green ; flesh thick, string- 

 less, and with little parchment when young, tough when old ; seeds 3 to 5, large, 

 roundish in section, almost straight or kidney. Pods rest on ground. Ready 

 July 23. Crop green, 12 lb. Introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



45. Longsword Re-selected (Carter), A.M. Aug. 7, 1919- — Characters as 

 in 'Masterpiece,' pods up to 8 inches, carrying their width well to neck. Ready 

 July 24. Crop green, 10 lb. Grown by sender from seed received from Jersey 

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46, 47. Reliance (Sutton, Barr *), A.M. Aug. 7, 1919. — Like 'Masterpiece,' 

 but pods perhaps rather more curved than No. 45. Ready July 24. Crop green, 

 10 \ lb. Introduced by Messrs. Sutton. 



48. Fillbasket (Barr), A.M. Aug. 7, 1919. Characters as in ' Masterpiece.' 

 Ready July 22. Crop green, 11 lb. 



* This sender does not yet list this variety. 



