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while the latter are termed pole beans from the supports com- 
monly provided for them. 
In pole beans, the first flower clusters appear in the axils of 
the leaves at some of the lower nodes, usually the fourth to the 
seventh. As the plants increase in height and new nodes are 
added, flowers continue to appear in regular order from the lower 
to the higher nodes. (See Fig. 5.) It is not uncommon to find 
fully ripe pods at the lower nodes and newly opened flowers or 
flower buds at the upper nodes of the same plant. (See Fig. 4.) 
Fig. 5. — A young bean plant of indeterminate growth — pole bean — with 
newly formed pods at node 5, flowers at nodes 6 and 7, and flower buds 
at nodes 8-12. 
