ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. 
BEANS -Continued 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD .. 
This favorite stringless green podded sort has fully main¬ 
tained under freezing its fine reputation. Plant large, 
sturdy, prolific. Pods round, meaty, strictly stringless and 
brittle; with indentations between the beans; color medium 
green. Seed 72 per oz., oval, solid yellowish brown. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD, IMPROVED .. 
Originally introduced as Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. 
Since its origination in 1894 by Calvin N. Keeney we have 
markedly improved the shape and length of pod of this 
early, sturdy, stringless variety. Plant large, erect, very 
productive. Pods round, medium green, very meaty, fully 
stringless and fiberless and of excellent quality. Seed 
coffee-brown, 75 per oz. 
KEENEY’S STRINGLESS GREEN REFUGEE . 
Our develojnnent, introduced in 1908. A medium late 
variety very popular with canners. Plant large, very 
spreading, with many tendrils and drooping branches; the 
most prolific of the Refugees. Pods silvery green, round, 
completely stringless, brittle, without fiber. Seed violet- 
purple, splashed with pale buff; 97 per oz. 
Length Width Days from 
of pod of pod planting 
inches inches to picking 
6 to 6% tV ■ 54 
6 
IG 
^9 
5 to 5 Vo % 70 
MOSAIC RESISTANT STRAINS OF STRINGLESS GREEN REFUGEE 
These new varieties are of importance both for disease 
resistance and satisfactory performance in frozen processing. 
IDAHO REFUGEE . 5% % 
Developed by Dr. J. C. Walker and Dr. W. H. Pierce 
and introduced by the University of Idaho in 1934; resist¬ 
ant to common bean mosaic. Plant of true Refugee type 
and strongly prolific. Pods longer than regular Refugee, 
straight, round, silver-green, stringless, without fiber; seed 
purple-blue splashed with buff. 
U. S. NO. 5 REFUGEE . 5% Yg 
Developed by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. A cross be¬ 
tween U. S. No. 1 and a mosaic resistant rogue from String¬ 
less Green Refugee. Plant large, with many short tendrils, 
white-flowered, strongly prolific. Pods round, stringless, 
light silver-green without splashing, of excellent flavor; seed 
in size and shape like Refugee but with brownish mottling. 
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Giant Stringless Green Pod. A popular Asgrow variety 
