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* Edible pods green. 
+ Seeds of uniform color. ‘Twelve varieties, type, Navy or Pea. 
t+ Seeds variegated. Five varieties, type, Early China. 
7 Kdible pods yellow or yellowish white, (wax varieties). 
Hleven varities, type, White Wax. 
(d.) Seeds spherical or nearly so. 
* Seeds of uniform color. Hight varieties, type, Red Cranberry. 
** Seeds variegated. Five varieties, type, Horticultural. 
The descriptionss are intended to be sufficient to simply identify 
the variety, and reference to fuller descriptions in our report for 1882 
are given in all cases. 
1. PHASEOLUS vULGARIS, LJ. The Kidney-bean. 
__ 1. Seeds oblong, not more than twice as long as broad, flattened 
sidewise. 
(a.) Very strongly flattened, usually strongly kidney shape. 
* Seeds of uniform color. 
+ Seeds white, edible pods. 
No. 1. Case Knife. — A tall growing pole variety; pods flat, nearly 
straight, beans white with veiny markings, oblong, very broad, 
strongly kidney form ; full description First Report, 1882, p. 118, No. 
51. 
Syns. Dutch Case Knife ; Haricot de Liancourt, Haricot Sabre a 
rames ; Stangen schwertbohne, Deutsche Schwertbohne, Schneide- 
bohne Weisse Siibelbohne, Sverd, Stangenbohnen, etc., etc. 
No.2. Haricot de Soissons blanc. — In most respects similar to the 
preceeding, but distinguished from it by the larger size of the ripe 
beans, and the very long flattened’ wrinkled pods. 
No. 3. White Scimetar.— A strictly dwarf bush variety, seeds rather 
small, not so strongly flattened as the two preceding, slightly kidney- 
shaped. It may be considered a dwarf form of No.1. Full descrip- 
- tion First Report, 1882, p. 105, No. 27. 
Syns. Harhest White Seeded Frame, Emperor William; Haricot de 
Soissons nain, Haricot sabre nain de Hollande, Haricot commun 
plat ; Frithe Weisse Schwertbohne, Krup Schwertbohne, Butterbrech- 
bohne. 
No. 4. Very Long-Podded Sugar. — A tall growing pole bean with 
long wrinkled pods, seeds strongly kidney shape, distinguished from 
ane 1, by the relatively greater length and smaller size of the ripe 
seeds. 
++ Seeds white; edible pods greenish yellow. 
No. 5. Yellow-Podded White Wax.—A slender, moderately tall pole 
bean, ripe beans often with a yellowish cast; full description First — 
Report 1882, p. 114, No. 53. 
Syn. Yellow-Podded White-Seeded Sugar. 
+++ Seeds black; edible pods green. 
No. 6. Algiers—A slender, moderately tall, pole bean, with very 
broad, much wrinkled pods. Beans large, oblong, very broad, strongly 
_ flattened sidewise, kidney shape, often transversely bent by the wrink- — 
ling of the pod, jet black, shining. 
-. Syn. Stangen-Fleischbohne mit gelben Schoten. 
** Seeds variegated. | 
No. 7. Marshall. — A late tall growing pole bean, seeds rather large, 
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