New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 113 
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. 
Dwarf Beans. 
Black Prolific Tree. Plant 12 inches high, with no tendency 
to run, habit quite compact; stem much branched; flowers pale 
purple; pods numerous, green at table size; beans oval, shining 
black, about 2 inch long. ? 
Boston Favorite. Plant 12 to 15 inches high, very vigorous; stem 
much branched; flowers very pale purple; pods very numerous, 
straight or a little recurved, often bent sidewise; the longer pods 
are 7 inches long and about 2 inch wide; beans about 4 inch long, 
pinkish white, irregularly striped and mottled with purplish red, 
with a light brown circle about the eye. 
Detroit Wax. Plant about 10 inches high, compact, with no 
tendency to run; pods very numerous, golden yellow at table size, 
straight, or often curved sidewise, about 44 inches long and ¢ inch 
wide; beans 3 to 5 in a pod, rather large, short oval, white, with a 
peculiar shaped dark brownish-purple patch about the eye. 
Dwarf Early Fleuriel. Plant 5 to 8 inches high, very compact ; 
stem much branched ; leaves finely blistered; flowers white; pods 
ereen at table size, strongly recurved, about 4 inches long and } inch 
wide ; beans very pale yellowish-brown, of medium size, very short 
oval, with a white or brown circle about the eye. The plants appear 
quite subject to mildew. 
Dwarf French. Plant 7 to 10 inches high, compact, with no 
tendency to run; stem much branched; pods very numerous, 
green at table size, nearly straight, longer ones 5 inches long, 2 inch 
wide, often not well filled; beans 2 to 5 in a pod, of a peculiar 
shade of brown, very uniform, of medium size, oval, considerably 
flattened. The foliage was much injured by mildew. 
Dwarf Pride of Lyons. Plant 10 to 12 inches high, with no 
4 _ tendency to run; stem strong, erect, much branched, the branches 
_ inclining to erect; leaves finely blistered; pods very numerous, 
' green at table size, slender, straight or recurved; beans 4 to 6 
. _ in a pod, medium to large, oblong kidney-shaped, rich purple, 
$ irregularly spotted with dirty white, the markings variable, about 
ei 7 inch long. 
Early. Carmine Podded Dwarf. Plant 10 to 12 inches high; stem 
strong, much branched; leaves very large, often dishing; pods 
15 


ME pigs elt OS RO 
