
VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES ¢ KEYSTONE SEEDS 
BEANS—Continued Prin- Tele- Season. 
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Uses Code Picking 
BLUE LAKE STRINGLESS (Decatur) HMC BLAPE 60 
A new stringless sort to fulfill the demand for a stringless pole bean for canners who 
heretofore have had to rely on regular Blue Lake strains that develop strings with age. 
A very productive vine with high quality, fine flavored pods. Resistant to common bean 
mosaic and some forms of rust. 
VINE —6 feet tall, a good climber, large, dark green, roughened leaves, hardy, vigor- 
ous grower. 
PODS —6!/, inches long, round, stringless, appealing flavor, bright dark green, fine 
grained and fleshy. 
SEED —Entirely white, small, suitabie as an edible dry shell bean. 
BLUE RIBBON POLE HM BLICE 69 
Creaseback type, prolific, fleshy, tender and of good quality at young stage. Earlier 
than Striped Creaseback. 
VINE —4!/, to 5 feet tall, very good climber. Similar to Striped Creaseback, but 
not having purple pigment on runners. Faint purple blossom almost white. 
PODS —4l/, inches long, light green, almost round, fleshy and stringless when young. 
SEED —Color, mottled buff field with brown stripes, medium small, plump oval, and 
slightly truncate. 
BURGERS STRINGLESS or White-Seeded Kentucky Wonder HM BLABY 64 
Principally used in home and market gardens. Popular because of being stringless. 
Recommended as adapted to freezing preservation. 
VINE —4!/ to 5 feet tall; resembles Kentucky Wonder but not quite as vigorous; fair 
in production; medium green. 
PODS —6 to 7 inches long. Dark silvery green, round, stringless, fiberless, fleshy, 
brittle, and tender. Quality very good. 
SEED —Color, entirely white; may be used as an edible dry shelled bean. 
DUTCH CASEKNIFE H BLADE 65 
A popular green shelled bean. Its unusually broad pod almost makes it a novelty. 
VINE —4!/, to 5 feet tall, good climber. Color, medium green; fair in production. 
PODS —7!/p to 9 inches long, tough, stringy, broad, flat, light green color. 
SEED —Color, entirely ivory white. 
IDEAL MARKET or Black Creaseback H BLARN 58 
Becoming more in demand as it is very early, about 7 days ahead of Kentucky Wonder. 
VINE —3]/2 to 4 feet tall, good climber, hardy, medium green color. Very productive. 
PODS —5 to 5!/2 inches long, light silvery green, round, stringless when young, very 
productive, straight, brittle, fleshy, and tender. Quality very good. 
SEED —Color, entirely shining jet black. 
IDEAL MARKET STRINGLESS or Potomac or Blue Lake Black Seed H BLIRP Som 
An all-purpose bean of a stringless sort to fill the need for a stringless Ideal market. 
Noticeably productive as a stringless pole type and is highly recommended. Essentially 
a black-seeded Blue Lake stringless. 
VINE —5 feet tall, vigorous climber with distinct reddish purple flowers. 
PODS —6l/p inches long, slender, straight, uniform, round, stringless, fleshy, dark green, 
of good quality and flavor. 
SEED —Small, purplish black. 
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