DARK RED KIDNEY 
SEASON: 
70 days. 
BUSH: 
Large, erect, productive, green. 
FLOWERS: 
Bluish pink. 
PODS: 
Long, broad, fiberous, stringy, waxy green. 
SEED: 
Large, kidney shaped, dark red to deep mahogany. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
This variety is grown in New York, Michigan, Idaho and to a 
lesser extent in other sections for dry beans. The dry seed is suit¬ 
able for canning. There are many strains of Red Kidney on the 
market, among the most important are: 
Dark Red Kidney. Well’s Red Kidney 
Geneva Red Kidney. 
EARLY RED VALENTINE 
SEASON: 
53 days to picking. 
BUSH: 
Erect, medium green. 
FLOWERS: 
White. 
PODS: 
Round, curved forward, slender, medium green, stringy. 
SEED: 
Fawn, blotched with red. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
One of the older varieties used by seedsmen throughout the central 
and southern United States. In some areas the stringless strain is 
replacing the older variety but growers in the South central area 
still prefer the older strain. 
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