PENCIL POD BLACK WAX 
SEASON: 
55 days to picking. 
BUSH: 
Dwarf, erect, spreading, foliage abundant, medium dark green. 
FLOWERS: 
Phlox pink. 
PODS: 
Round, slender, pointed, curved forward, stringless, light yellow, 
meaty, tender. 
SEED: 
Oblong, jet black. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
One of the best varieties from the standpoint of productivity and 
quality in wax types. Used by home and market gardners but to a 
limited extent by canners. 
CLOSELY GROUPED VARIETIES: 
Prolific Black Wax Currie’s Black Wax 
Sure Crop Black Wax 
PROLIFIC BLACK WAX 
SEASON: 
53 days to picking 
BUSH: 
Spreading, foliage abundant, medium dark green. 
FLOWERS: 
Purple. 
PODS: 
Round, pointed, straight, semi-stringless, weak yellow color, fleshy. 
SEEDS: 
Oblong, jet black. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
Not so productive and of poorer quality than Pencil Pod Black 
Wax. 
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