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NEw YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 115 
beans 8 to 5 ina pod, of medium size, white or greenish white, 
oblong kidney-shaped. : 
Improved Red Valentine. Plant 10 to 14 inches high, rather 
erect; foliage finely blistered ; pods numerous, green at table size, 
narrow, but very thick and plump, about 5 inches long, 4 inch 
wide; beans 4 to 6 in a pod, medium to large, obscurely kidney- 
shaped, often somewhat squared at one end, dull red, with spots 
of dirty white shading in some samples to very pale brown. 
Low’s Champion. Plant 10 or 12 inches high, very vigorous and 
productive, not inclined to run; foliage very dark green, leaflets 
large, very much blistered; stem strong, much branched; flowers 
creamy white, tinged with rose; pods numerous, pale green at 
table size, somewhat recurved, thick, 3 to 5 inches long, 2 inch 
wide; beans 3 to 5in a pod, of medium size, purplish red, uniform, 
short, oval, thick. 
New Prolific Black Wax. Plant 12 inches high; stem much 
branched, leaflets very large, considerably blistered; pods very 
numerous, strongly recurved, very plump, 4 or 5 inches long, } inch 
wide; beans 4 to 7in a ped, of medium size, blue-black with a 
white eye, short oval. 
New Prolific German Wax. This appeared identical with the — 
above. 
Queen of France. Plant 10 to 12 inches high, spreading, inclining 
torun; foliage deep green, considerably blistered; pods numerous, 
whitish green at table size, much curved, about 6 inches long, } inch 
wide; beans 4 to 6 in a pod, large, about $ inch long, kidney- 
shaped, very much flattened, pinkish white, irregularly striped 
- longitudinally with very dark brown. 
Snowflake. Plants about 9 inches high; pods numerous, green 
a at table size, narrow, nearly straight, about 4 inches long, } inch 
_ wide; beans 5 to 7 in a pod, very small, short, oval, pure white. 
Tree (from Chas. Basom). Plant 12 to 15 inches high, very vigor- 
ous, inclined to run; foliage deep green, with large leaflets; stem 

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strong, much branched; flowers white; pods numerous, whitish 
green at table size, slightly recurved, 3} to 5 inches long, 4 inch 
wide; beans 4 to 6 in a pod, pure white, oval, about 3 inch long. 
_ Wiate Crease Back. Plant about 10 inches high, rather spread- 
ing, a little inclined to run; leaflets small, strongly blistered ; 
