Field Beans 
Vine Pod Season 
Length Length (days) 
CANADIAN WONDER 18 6 90 
POD: Flat, broad, stringy and fibrous. 
SEED: Large, reniform, dark red. 
GREAT NORTHERN (Idaho White, Montana White) 40 ot 90 
POD: Oval, stringy. 
SEED: Flat, oval, white. 
Resistant to early top. There are a number of 
strains of these beans identified by numbers 
(81, 59, 123, 15, etc.) which possess special 
characteristics as to season, disease resistance, 
etc. Excellent cooking beans. 
PINTO 40 41, 90 
POD: Flat, stringy and fibrous, curved. 
SEED: Pinkish buff, sparingly blotched with 
medium dark brown, and with a deep 
orange eye-ring. 
IMPROVED NAVY (Michelite) LD 4 100 
POD: Oval, stringy and fibrous, green. 
SEED: Small, oval, white. 
RED KIDNEY 16 D 90 
POD: Flat, broad, stringy. 
SEED: Large, reniform, color between various 
strains runs from pinkish crimson to ma- 
hogany. 
RED MEXICAN 40 4 7 90 
POD: Flat, broad, stringy. 
SEED: Small, broad flattened oval, reddish 
purple with a narrow black eye-ring. 
WHITE KIDNEY 
Similar to Red Kidney but later in season and 
the seeds are white. 
WHITE NAVY 
See Improved Navy. 
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