VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ¢ KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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YARDLONG (Asparagus Bean) Vigna sineusis sesquipedalis BOOST 70 
A bean used in the home garden and canning as ‘Asparagus Beans.’ Has pods of 
unbelievable length. Entire plant somewhat similar to the cowpea. 
VINE —5I/5 to 6l!/> feet tall, vigorous, rank, dark green. 
PODS —18 to 28 inches long, !/4-inch in diameter, light green, nearly round, fleshy, 
good quality when young. 
SEED —Color, entirely reddish brown; very small, half the size of Michigan Navy 
Bean. 
POLE WAX-PODDED VARIETIES 
Phaseolus vulgaris 
GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX BLAST 74 
Particularly desirable as an early home garden and market sort. May be used either as 
snap, green shell, or dry beans. 
VINE —4!/> to 5 feet tall, good climber, heavy foliage, vigorous, hardy, long season 
producer, light green. 
PODS —6 to 7 inches long, waxy yellow, flat, broad, excellent quality, stringless, 
fiberless, tender, and brittle. 
SEED —Color, entirely a veined, dull white. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX BLEND 67 
Unsurpassed within the wax-podded pole variety field. A very heavy producer of attrac- 
tive, high quality pods. Also good for green shell beans. 
VINE —4 to 5 feet tall, good climber, very productive, dark green. 
PODS —7 to 7!/y inches long, light golden yellow, thick-flat to oval, quality good, almost 
stringless, brittle, tender, and fleshy. 
SEED —lInclined to wrinkle, color entirely chocolate brown, shape flat oval. 
DWARF LIMA BEANS 
Phaseolus lunatus 

BABY POTATO, EARLY—A superior quality lima. 
BABY FORDHOOK BIABY 70 
Developed by Dr. Roy Magruder of U.S.D.A. by crossing Fordhook with Henderson. 
Showing fine possibilities as a canner and has merit for freezing preservation. 
VINE —I4 to 16 inches tall, similar to Henderson Bush except little shorter and more 
branched in appearance; very prolific. 
PODS —2!/, inches long, slightly curved, tightly packed with 3 to 4 small thick beans 
of green color. 
SEED —Small, light cream with greenish tint; thick, slightly dimpled. 
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