VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ¢ KEYSTONE SEEDS 
BEANS—Continued Tele- Season. 
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Code Picking 
STREAMLINER or GRANDA BANNO 5l 
A silver medal winner in the All America trials in 1939 under the name of Granda. 
Of bountiful type but has a more slender pod. A good home and early market sort. 
VINE —I6& to 18 inches tall, medium green, vigorous, hardy, compact and very 
productive. 
PODS —7!/, to 8 inches long, slender, straight to slightly curved, flat, develops fiber 
rather quickly unless picked at young stage. 
SEED —White, oval, suitable for use as a dry shell edible bean. 
TENDERGREEN, or New Stringless BRACT 53 
The leading all purpose round pod stringless bean for market gardeners, shippers, and 
canners. An improved type widely adapted, increasing in popularity every year. Truly 
a beautiful bean with excellent qualities. Recommended as adapted to freezing 
preservation. 
VINE —16 to 17 inches tall, erect, sturdy, compact, hardy, heavy producer. 
PODS —4 to 6!/ inches long, very refined, smooth, round, straight, stringless, fiberless, 
tender fine textured flesh, medium dark green attractive color. 
SEED —Color, brownish purple on fawn field. 
TENDERPOD BRAPO 50 
An All America B. M. Winner in 1939. A good variety for the home and market 
garden. It is productive of high quality beans and somewhat different from the 
standard sorts most commonly grown. 
VINE —I8 inches tall, dark green, sturdy bush which produces pods well concentrated 
to center of bush. 
PODS —5 to 5l/ inches long, variety is characterized by unusually long, curving tip 
ends. Round, dark green, stringless, fiberless, and tender, with slight con- 
strictions. 
SEED —Oval shaped, white with reddish spot on either side of eye. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD or Brown Bunch BRAGI 49 
Often called Dwarf Kentucky Wonder. Very popular in the South, one reason being 
its extreme earliness. 
VINE —I0 to 12 inches tall, spreading, good producer, very dark green, sturdy plant 
with abundance of white bloom. 
PODS —6 to 7 inches in length, exceptionally broad and flat, seeds prominent, stringy 
and fibrous, medium dark green, of good flavor. 
SEED —Color, yellowish brown with obscure brown eye-ring. 
DWARF WAX-PODDED VARIETIES 
Phaseolus vulgaris 
BLACK WAX PENCIL POD BEACH 54 
Outstanding wax pod in home and market gardens and for shipping, as is shown by its 
wide use and increasing demand. WHighly dependable and productive, unsurpassed in 
quality. 
VINE —I4 to 16 inches tall, erect, stocky, vigorous, hardy, dull dark green, and 
produces over a long period. 
PODS —6 to 6!/5 inches long, clear golden yellow, almost straight, round, absolutely 
stringless and fiberless, tender, brittle, fleshy, and fine textured. 
SEED —Color, entirely shiny jet black, shape oblong. 
BRITTLE WAX or Round Pod Kidney Wax BECKY 54 
A leader and standard in the wax pods as a canning variety. Has supreme quality. 
Widely used in the home garden and recommended as adapted for freezing preservation. 
VINE —1I4 to 16 inches tall, medium green, erect, compact, very prolific under good 
conditions. 
PODS —6 to 6l/ inches long, excellent quality, absolutely stringless and fiberless, 
round, slightly curved, brittle, tender, fleshy, and light yellow in color. 
SEED —Color, white with dark brown to black irregular eye-ring. 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WAX BEONE 53 
A stringless Davis white wax which is now being used by many shippers. It replaces 
the old string type with a more productive strain of similar vine and a pod of more 
length. Good for the home garden as snap bean or as a dry shell bean for baking. 
VINE —14 to 16 inches tall, medium green, erect, hardy grower, very prolific. 
PODS —6 to 6l/, inches long, thick flat, almost straight, stringless, some fiber, moderately 
fleshy, light yellow color. 
SEED —Color entirely white. 
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