VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
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BOUNTIFUL BACON 
A familiar variety which has for many years been used extensively by shippers and in 
home and market gardens. The earliest of the flat pod varieties. 
VINE —14 to 18 inchs tall, light green, vigorous, and heavy in production. 
PODS — 6*/2 to 7 inches long, thick-flat, light green, tender, of good quality, becoming 
fibrous at maturity but stringless. 
SEED —Color, entirely straw yellow with dark brown eye-ring. 
BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD, IMPROVED BADGE 
Old standard variety, widely known in all home and market gardens and canning districts. 
Recommended as being adapted to freezing preservation. 
VINE —16 to 17 inches tall, dark green, very hardy, vigorous and productive. 
PODS — 5 I /2 to 6 inches long, medium dark green, slightly curved, round, absolutely 
stringless, fiberless, and of excellent quality and flavor when prepared. 
SEED —Color, coffee brown with black eye-ring. 
COMMODORE or Dwarf Kentucky Wonder . BAOON 
A new introduction in the dwarf greenpod class. Produces pods more similar to Ken¬ 
tucky Wonder Pole than any bean yet developed. Well worth trying in the home garden 
and on local markets. Flavor, when prepared, is most appealing. 
VINE -—15 to 17 inches tall, medium dark green, rather open growth. 
PODS — b^/2 to 71/2 inches long, curved, slightly twisted and uneven, creasebacked, 
round, slender, stringless, fiberless, very fine grained, dark green flesh of 
excellent quality. 
SEED —Color, reddish purple, has tendency to produce split end seeds. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL or Speckled Cranberry BADEN 
Used for snap beans, but chiefly grown for green shelled beans which takes from 60 to 
62 days. 
VINE —Medium height and vigorous. 
PODS — 4 I /2 to 5 inches long, semi-round, stringless; light green in snap stage, turning 
white with splashes of crimson. 
SEED —Color, buff with irregular spots of maroon, brown eye-ring, full oval shape. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREENPOD, IMPROVED—The favorite Stringless Dwarf Greenpod 
Season. 
Days to 
Picking 
48 
50 
58 
52 
Bean. 
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