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oblong, very broad, kidney form, strongly flattened sidewise, paledun 
yellow striped with brighter yellow in rings concentric with the eye; 
full description First Report, 1882, p. 114, No. 52. 
No. 8. Blue Podded — A slender, ‘vather tall pole bean, chiefly chats 
acterized by the dark purple color of the pods; beans rather large, 
broad, flat kidney-shape, often transversely bent, light brown or dun, 
finely mottled with chocolate. 
(6.) Seeds strongly flattened, not kidney shape. 
No. 9. Giant Red Wax— A tall-growing pole bean, edible aaa 
yellow, beans of medium size, not much longer than broad, dark red- 
dish brown ; full description First Report, 1882, p. 114, No. 54. 
No. 10. Tr ansylvanian Butter —A_ slender, moderately tall pole 
bean, edible pods whitish green marked with purple, shining, beans 
scarcely longer than broad, lenticular, pale dirty blue shading off into 
bluish dun color ; full description First Report, 1882, p. 1138, No. 50. 
c.. Seeds moderately flattened ; slightly or not at all kidney- shaped. 
No. 11. Newington Wonder —A bush bean sending out slender 
barren runners, edible pods light green, beans small, oblong, slightly 
kidney form, often compressed on the ends, light brown or dun color, 
with a veiny network and a yellow ring about the eye; full deserip- 
tion, First Report, 1882, p. 100, No. 13. 
Syn. Harly Snapshorts. 
No. 12. Grey Seeded— A low strictly dwarf bush bean. Edible 
pods pearl white, beans of medium size, oblong, usually compressed at 
the ends into quadrangular shape; brownish drab with veiny markings 
and a dark reddish ring about the eye. 
No. 13. Haricot rouge de Chartres— A strictly dwarf bush bean 
from France, edible pods light green; beans of medium size, oblong, 
often compressed at the ends, bright red in perfectly ripened speci- 
mens, fading out to reddish brown in those not so ripe. 
No..14. Turtle Soup—A bush bean with a decided tendency to 
twining, edible pods wavy green, beans small, oblong, slightly kidney 
form sometimes compressed at the ends, jet black with a greasy appear- 
ance; full description, First Report, 1882, p. 100, No. 12. 
Syns. Tampico, Negerbohne, Haricot negre, Frijoles brusquito, 
Brasilianische Reiserbohne, New Frijoles, Pois a negres, Pois violet, 
ete., ete —'The bean Venezuelan No. 1 sent us by U.S. Consul Bigs 
from Puerto Cabello proved to be the Turtle Soup. 
II. Seeds oblong, at least twice as long as broad. 
(a.) Perceptibly flattened sidewise, often truncate at the ends 
* Seeds of uniform color. 
+ Edible pods green. 
No. 15. White Flageolet.— A vigorous, strictly dwarf bush bean, 
‘beans of medium size, white, polished, usually slightly kidney shape, 
rarely compressed on the ends ; full description First Report, 1882, p. 
106; No. 29, « The: “green” flageolet varieties of H. flageolet a grain 
vert of the French do not prove to be stable in this country, and have 
consequently been included in the synonyms of this variety. 
Synonyms.— Haricot flageolet blane, Haricot flageolet blanc “orp 
hatif d’Htampes, Improved | Green I Flageolet, Haricot flageolet a grain 
vert, Haricot flageolet Chevrier a grain toujours vert. 
No. 16. Haricot jaune tres hatif de Chalandray—A French variety, 
not vigorous, strictly dwarf, beans rather small, slightly kidney 
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