VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ¢ KEYSTONE SEEDS 
VEGETABLE SOYBEANS—Continued 
Season. 
*Varieties preferable for roasting. ; Tele- Days to 
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MIDSEASON VARIETIES Code Stage 
*ILLINI BOUOY 99 
This popular commercial field variety has good edible qualities as a dry bean. Quality 
as a green bean is good but it is too difficult to shell. Pods tinged with black. Does 
not shatter. Plant tall, upright and very prolific. A good variety for roasting although 
Imperial or Hokkaido are preferable when available. Seed small and yellow. 
*HOKKAIDO BIEOY 104 
Recommended for use in either green shell or dry stage. Easy to shell and holds 
green stage for unusual length of time; large clear yellow pods. Tendency to shatter 
when ripe, heavy yielder. Plant erect and medium height. Although not quite as good 
for roasting as Imperial, this is a very good variety for that purpose. Seed yellow 
and large. 
JOGUN BUEOY 102 
On the order of Hokkaido except seed slightly smaller. Yields somewhat variable and 
has tendency to shatter. Pods clear yellow. Plants erect and of medium height. Seed 
yellow and large. 
WILLOMI BAAOY 103 
Recommended as being the best of the edible sorts on the basis of quality for table 
use in both green shell and dry ripe bean. Pods green turning to yellow with some 
purplish spots. Less tendency to shatter and slightly smaller than Hokkaido. Plant 
erect, medium height, and prolific. Seed yellow and large. 
LATE VARIETIES 
AODA BAYOR 110 
An important canner variety now used extensively for packing in the green shell 
stage. Also makes a very good home garden sort. Being a large green seeded type 
with delicate, pleasing flavor, it is highly recommended in sections with sufficiently — 
long growing season. Plant grows 30 inches tall, erect, and compact. Seed large 
and green. 
*IMPERIAL BNMOY WI 
Late varieties like Imperial may be used along with the shorter season sort to have a 
supply of green shelled beans over a long period. Pods large with purplish tinge. 
Plant tall, fairly erect, shattering slight. The dry seed of this is one of the best for 
roasting as it makes a crisper, more tender, appealing flavored nut than other sorts. 
Seed yellow and large. 
EMPEROR 3 BMIOY Ht 
Has attractive, large, entirely yellow pods adding to market value. Plant medium tall, 
branched sprawling, prolific and vigorous. Slightly tedious to shell and shattering is 
slight. Seed yellow and large. 
HIGAN BIPOY 117 
A late variety for more southern areas of long season. Has medium size pods of very 
attractive green color turning to clear yellow. Has good possibilities for the canner 
in green shelled stage. A very prolific sort but shatters badly if not harvested imme- 
diately. Plant erect and medium height. Seed yellow and medium size. 
1. Edible Soybeans, Bulletin 453, by J. W. Lloyd and W. L. Burlison, University 
of Illinois, Agr. Exp. Sta., Urbana, IIl 
Ways of Using Soybeans as Food, University of Illinois, Urbana, III. 
Vegetable Soybeans, Bulletin P39, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. 
Edible Soybeans, Bulletin 255, Ala. Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. 
pe enreble agree of Soybeans, U.S.D.A., Bureau of Plant Industry, Wash- 
ington, . 
Soybeans for the Table, Leaflet No. 166, U.S.D.A., Washington, D. C. 
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