SEED GROWERS 
BEANS FIELD:OR SHELE 
GREAT NORTHERN OR LARGE WHITE NAVY 100 
Vine a medium dark color, 14 to 18 inches, rank, heavy growth with short 
tendrils. Pods medium dark, 3 inches long, flat and straight. Very heavy 
cropper. Grown mostly in the northwestern states as a commercial white 
dry bean. Larger, heavier growth and a heavier producer than the old 
Michigan Navy, but is not ‘equal in quality. Seed white, medium small. 
KIDNEY, DARK RED MAHOGANY 96 
Vine dark colored, strong growing, upright 18-inch bush with a rather 
scant growth of large leaves. Pods dark, 5 inches long, wide, flat, straight, 
stringy, fibrous and unfit for snap use. Used as a dry shell bean in the 
commercial market. Seed dark red, medium large, flat, kidney shaped. 
KIDNEY, IMPROVED WHITE 100 
Vine dark, 18 inches, strong growing bush with a rather scant growth of 
large leaves. Pods dark, 4 inches, wide, flat, straight, stringy and fibrous 
at all stages. Is not a snap bean type. Used as a dry shell bean. Seed 
pure white, medium large, kidney shaped. 
MARROW, LARGE WHITE 100 
Vine medium dark, 16 to 18 inches, heavy, strong growing, short runner 
type. Pods medium dark, 4 to 5 inches long, wide, flat, straight, stringy 
and fibrous. Used as a dry shell commercial bean. Seed pure white, me- 
dium large, rounded oval. 
NAVY 100 
Vine medium dark, 16 to 18 inches, strong growing, short runner type. 
Pods light green, 3 inches long, flat, straight, medium broad. Dry shell 
commercial bean. Above is description of the original Michigan Pea bean. 
Seed pure white, small, oval. 
BEANS — BUSH WAX PODDED VARIETIES 
BLACK WAX, PENCIL POD 53 
Plant large, vigorous, upright. Very dependable producer. Pods golden yel- 
low, 5 to 6 inches long, round, curved; very meaty, stringless and of excel- 
lent flavor. Some fiber in older beans. Seed black. 
CHEROKEE WAX (VALENTINE WAX) 50 
Resembles Stringless Black Valentine except for color of pod. Plant large 
and erect, pods golden wax, oval, nearly straight, stringless, tender and of 
good quality, seed black. 
DAVIS WHITE WAX 52 
Plant medium large. Pods 6 to 6% inches, thick-flat, light yellow, straight, 
uniform and attractive; stringless, fibrous, of fair quality. Seed white, 
kidney shaped. 
DIXIE KIDNEY WAX at 
A new introduction which makes excellent yields of stringless, long bright 
yellow pods. Vine similar to Round Pod Kidney Wax. Pods 514 inches 
long, slightly curved. Seed is snow white. 
GOLDEN WAX, IMPROVED 50 
Vine medium licht, 14-inch, strong, sturdy bush with a medium heavy leaf 
growth. Pods a fine deep waxy yellow color, four inches, straight, wide, 
thick, flat, stringless, considerable fiber as pod ages, very well flavored. 
Seed white splashed with mottled red around eye and end of seed. 
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