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variety. It is a parallel variation to that already mentioned, as occur- 
ring in the Best of All and Concord varieties. 
Intermediate Horticultural. — A bush bean in many respects iden- 
tical with the preceding, of which it is a dwarf form. ‘The beans of i 
this variety are, however, of a more oblong form. From this and from 
a synonymous variety called, Dwarf Cr anberry, there were selected beans 
that were almost entirely covered with the dull redcolor. ‘These pro- 
duced in turn beans of the true type of the variety ; another instance 
of the same kind of variation mentioned previously. 
There was another form selected from the 1882 crop of the Dwarf 
Cranberry, beans about the same size as the true type, but oblong and ~ 
of a purple color, more or less mottled with light brown. Some were 
almost entirely purple ; others were not more than two-thirds purple. 
Six of these beans were planted, but only three produced mature plants 
and the beans from each of these three plants were entirely different. 
One bore irregularly globose dark purple, almost black beans, appar- 
ently identical with the ‘‘ Wax” pole bean, Jndian Chief. Another 
produced smaller beans, flattened sidewise and often compressed at — 
the ends, finely mottled in various shades of brown, and often with a 
dark band or portion of a band passing along the side of the bean con- 
centric with the eye. ‘The third produced beans of the true Jnterme- 
mediate Horticultural type. ‘The edible pods of these three plants 
were noted as greenish yellow in color, but the edible pods of the true 
Intermediate Horticultural are green, becoming splashed with crimson 
as they approach maturity. 
Karly Fejee.— A bush bean of medium habit but sending out long 
runners like a pole bean; beans oblong, quite strongly kidney form, if 
flattened sidewise, rarely compressed at the ends, varying from almost 
pure white to white mottled and streaked with various shades of dull 
blue and drab. From this variety there was selected in 1882 a form 
very similar in many respects, yet quite distinct ; the beans of this 
form are of about the same size ag the others, but not so strongly kid- 
ney form; in color white mottled with slaty gray, with one or more 
black bands or parts of bands passing along the sides of the bean con- 
centric with the eye. ‘These planted in 1883 furnished a crop entirely 
true to their own type. The plants and pods of the two forms are al- 
most entirely similar. 
Early Rachel.— A bush variety of medium habit, beans oblong, 
kidney form slightly flattened sidewise, not compressed on the ends, 
dark brown, white on one end and a dark ring about the eye. In the 
crop of 1882 a large portion of the beans were without the white ends. 
These were sorted out and planted separately in 1883, the results being | 
as follows: 
Those with white ends out of a total of 965 beans produced seven 
with no white on them. ‘I’hose with no white ends out of a total of 
1187 beans produced twenty-nine with white ends. 
Galega. — A slender but very luxuriant bush variety, beans phlony, 
nearly cylindrical, rarely compressed at the ends, splashed and mot- 
tled with light brown or dun color. The crop from this variety in 
1882 was entirely uniform in appearance but this year there appeared 
among those of the true type numerous beans of the same general 
shape but of a slightly larger size, almost entirely black, with faint 
purplish markings. 
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