VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES Md KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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SURE CROP WAX or Bountiful Wax HMS BELOW 53 
An important shipping variety; a good producer, widely adapted. Becoming 
popular in gardens. Noted for the beautiful appearance of its pods. 
VINE —15 to 17 inches tall, medium green, vigorous, compact, hardy, heavy 
producer. 
PODS—6 to 6% inches long, greenish yellow when small turning to attractive 
yellow, thick-flat, stringless, little fiber, brittle and fine texture, 
straight and slender. 
SEED —Color, entirely jet black, shape flattened oval, 1,200 per pound. 
UNRIVALLED WAX HMS BELLE 51 
| Grown in home and market gardens and used by a few southern shippers. 
| Noted for heavy and concentrated production. 
VINE —11 to 13 inches tall, sturdy, erect, very good in production, glossy dark 
green. 
| PODS—5 to 5% inches long, medium yellow, thick-flat, slender, stringless, 
| fibrous in later stages, and straight. 
SEED —Color, entirely yellowish brown, 2,144 per pound. 
POLE GREEN-POD VARIETIES 
Phaseolus vulgaris 
ALABAMA No. 1 H BLANE 68 
Originated by the Alabama Experiment Station especially for the Southern 
areas as resistant to nematodes or root knot. A creaseback type. 
VINE —Very hardy and productive grower, distinctive by its purple tinged 
stems. 
PODS—61% inches long, purple tinged, round, almost straight. 
SEED —Color, black, medium small size, 2,140 per pound. 
BLUE LAKE or White Creaseback Improved CFH BLOZO 65 
Extremely high in quality if harvested at the proper stage. A popular process- 
ing variety which is a selection of White Creaseback. 
VINE —5 to 6 feet tall, good climber, hardy, productive, dark green, long 
bearer. 
PODS—51% to 6 inches Icng, uniform, medium green, fleshy, stringless when 
young, round, brittle, of good quality. 
SEED —Color entirely white, small oval, makes a good dry-shelled bean, 
2,030 per pound. 
BLUE LAKE STRINGLESS (Decatur) HMC BLAPE 60 
A 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, 
vigorous grower. 
PODS—6%% inches long, round, stringless, appealing flavor, bright dark green, 
fine grained and fleshy. 
SEED —Entirely white, small, suitable as an edible dry shell bean, 1,820 per 
pound. ; 
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