VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 9 KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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TENDERPOD HM BRAPO 50 . 
A fine variety for home and market garden. The quality and production is 
outstanding. It seems less affected by adverse weather conditions than many 
varieties. Well adapted for home freezing. All America Bronze Medal 1939. = | 
VINE —18 inches tall, dark green, sturdy bush which produces pods well con- 
centrated to center of bush. 
PODS—5 to 5% inches long, variety is characterized by unusually long, curv- 
ing tip ends. Round, dark green, stringless, fiberless, and tender, with 
slight constrictions. 
SEED —Oval shaped, white with reddish spot on either side of eye, 1,440 per 
pound. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD H BRAGI 49 
Very popular in the South, one reason being its extreme earliness. 
VINE —10 to 12 inches tall, spreading, good producer, very dark green, sturdy 
plant with abundance of white bloom. 
PODS—6 to 7 inches in length, exceptionally broad and flat, seeds prominent, 
stringy and fibrous, medium dark green, of good flavor. 
SEED —Color, yellowish brown with obscure brown eye-ring, 1,230 per pound. 
TOPCROP (Formerly U. S. No. 1) HMSCF BALTO 50 
Developed from a cross of Full Measure and Refugee U. S. No. 5 by Dr. W. J. 
Zaumeyer, U. S. D. A. Highly resistant to the virus diseases “greasy pod” 
and common bean mosaic. Canning and freezing tests show satisfactory color, 
texture and flavor. Topcrop is very hardy, widely adapted, and a dependable 
cropper. All America Gold Medal 1950. 
VINE —16 inches tall, vigorous, and well branched. Pod sets are concentrated 
low in the center of the plants so that high yields are obtained from | 
a few large pickings. 
PODS—6 inches long and 7/16 inches wide, stringless, fiberless, round to | 
creaseback, medium green in color, little larger and slightly rougher | 
and more curved than Tendergreen. | 
SEED —Tan mottled over brown background, 1,200 seeds per pound. 
TOPCROP—Highly productive and a dependable cropper. 
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