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Table VIII.— Comparison between greenhouse and field behavior of dry-shell beans 
Variety. 
Pink. 
Snowflake. 
Navy Pea. 
Tepary. 
Tennessee Green Pod 
Pinto. 
Lady Washington.... 
Robust. 
Blue Pod Navy. 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney. 
White Marrow. 
Horticultural Dwarf. 
Bird Eye.. 
Yellow Eye. 
Mexican Red. 
Improved Goddard. . 
Percent¬ 
age of 
fertile 
infection 
in green¬ 
house. 
Susceptibility 
to rust. 
120 
Susceptible. . 
ii6 
hi 
IOI 
ioo 
89 
44 
39 
33 
2 5 
9 
7 
— 1 
— 1 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
Proof. 
Enduring 
Free. 
.do. 
Enduring . . . 
Proof. 
Free. 
Proof. 
Free. 
.do. 
Field. 
Yield of dry beans. 
191S. 
1919. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
a 14 
a 386 
"313 
0 2,390 
a o 
a 270 
a : 53 
“633 
“2,174 
9*976 
1 , 12 I 
4 , 37 o 
1,852 
4,085 
682 
b 2,960 
1,119 
4,024 
V 3°5 
b 2 » 73 ° 
4 * 9 l8 
938 
3 * 2 5 ° 
1,090 
, 3*185 
618 
h i»3io 
a Yield reduced materially by rust. 
b Yield reduced materially by anthracnosc. 
c Not tested. 
Severity of 
anthracnosc. 
Slight. 
Do. 
None. 
Moderate. 
None. 
vSevere. 
Slight. 
Very severe. 
None. 
Slight. 
Moderate. 
Very severe. 
Table IX .—Comparison between greenhouse and field behavior of pole beans 
Variety, 
Percentage 
of fertile 
infection. 
Field rating. 
Yield 
in 1918. 
Severity of an- 
thracnose in 1919. 
McCaslan. 
119 
106 
Susceptible. . 
Gm. 
Slight. 
Virginia Cornfield. 
do 
n 
Cut Short . 
105 
81 
do 
V 
A 
Kentucky Wonder. 
dn 
u 
109 
159 
263 
216 
Moderate. 
Slight. 
Do. 
Do. 
Dutch Case Knife. 
78 
*7 T 
do 
Golden Cluster. 
Enduring. .. 
do 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. 
/ x 
68 
Royal Com. 
67 
58 
51 
14 
1 r 
Susceptible. . 
do 
Powell's Prolific. 
0 
A 
Do. 
Creaseback. 
dn 
U 
A 
Lazy Wife.. 
Variable 
U 
Very severe. 
Slight. 
Very severe. 
Horticultural Pole. 
Proof 
897 
556 
fj r* r 
Brockton. 
1 
Free 
Tennessee Wonder..... 
— 1 
Proof 
Marblehead. 
— 1 
Free 
75 1 
Severe. 
Very severe. 
Do. 
Do. 
Mont d’Or. 
0 
do 
37 1 
506 
i 43 
261 
1 
Everbearing. 
0 
dn 
Indian Chief. 
0 
do 
There is in general a very satisfactory agreement between the green¬ 
house and field behavior of bean varieties; and the greenhouse test, 
properly interpreted, seems to afford a reliable basis for predicting the 
