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flattened sidewise, occasionally compressed on the ends, white with 
veiny markings. Average size of ten beans, 5-8 inch long, 3-8 inch 
broad, 7-32 inch thick. It was in cultivation in this country in 1828. 
52. MARSHALL. 
A pole bean growing form seven to ten feet high. Foliage abundant, 
rather dark green. Leaflets large, broadly obovate, inclining to triangu- 
lar, taper-pointed. Ripe pods much swollen and wrinkled, sabre-form, 
somewhat flattened, parchment like, light dun yellow, 6 1-2 to 7 inches 
long, containing from four to five beans. Ripe beans, oblong, very 
broad, kidney-form, quite strongly flattened sidewise, rarely compressed 
at the ends, pale dun yellow, striped with brighter yellow in rings con- 
centric with the eye, a dark reddish brown ring about the eye. 
Average size of ten beans, 9-16 inch long, 11-32 inch broad, 7-32 inch 
thick. . 
53, YELLOW PoppED WHITE WAX. 
A pole bean that with us was scarcely climbing, and very unhealthy 
throughout its whole growth. Flowers white. Pods, when filly 
developed, yellow; when ripe, strongly bent and wrinkled, somewhat 
swollen by the beans, rather flat, pale dun yellow, 5 3-4 to 6 3-4 inches 
long, containing from six to seven beans. Ripe beans oblong, kidney- 
form, quite strongly flattened sidewise, rarely slightly compressed on 
the ends, white with veiny markings. Average‘size of ten beans 5 8 
inch long, 5-16 inch broad, 3-16 inch thick. 
54. GIANT Rep WAX. 
A pole bean, with us only slightfy climbing, not over two feet high. 
Foliage quite abundant. Leaflets rather large, broadly oval, slightly 
heart-shaped, short pointed. Pods, when fully developed, straight or 
nearly so, much swollen by the beans, pale yellow; when ripe, much 
curved, swollen and wrinkled, pale dun yellow, 5 to 6 1-2 inches long, 
containing about four beans. Ripe beans, oblong, very broad, not 
kidney-form, quite strongly flattened sidewise, rarely compressed on 
the ends, dark reddish brown. Average size of ten beans, 9-16 inch 
long, 3-8 inch broad, 1-4 inch thick. : 
55. LIMA. 
By authors the Lima is regarded as specifically distinct from the 
garden bean, and is classed under Phaseolus lunatus, L. 
The Lima is a pole bean reaching, under favorable circumstances, a 
height of ten feet, but requiring a somewhat warmer temperature than 
the Northern United States for perfect development. With us during 
the present season (1882) it made little or no attempt to climb the 
poles furnished it, but straggled along on the ground in a feeble way, 
showing plainly that the soil and season were unfavorable to its de- 
velopment. Foliage abundant, dark green, in many cases mottled with 
light green. Leaflets halberd shaped inclining to triangular, long, nar- 
row taper pointed, on rather long petioles, Flowers small, white. Pods 
