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BEANS — Bush Green Podded Varieties — Continued 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD OR BROWN BUNCH 52 Days 
Vine dark, 12 inches, lazy sprawling growth, large leaves. Pods medium 
light, 6 to 8 inches, curved, wide, flat, very thin when fit, become knobby 
with deep indentures between seeds as pod ages; crisp, tender, stringless 
when young, developing string later. Seed dark brown, medium large, 
wide, flat. 
TOPCROP 52 Days 
Plant medium large with leaf similar to refugee 15-16 inches tall bush habit. 
Pods medium light green, 5% to 6 inches long, round, meaty, crisp and 
slightly curved. Strictly stringless and fiberless up to advanced stages. 
Seed mottled brown and white. 
BLACK VALENTINE, STRINGLESS 50 Days 
Plant large, erect, prolific. Pods long, practically straight, oval of good 
color and texture and is completely stringless. Seed oval, black. Popular 
with shippers and market gardeners. 
RED VALENTINE, STRINGLESS 54 Days 
Plant medium size, erect, very productive. Pods 4 to 4% inches long, me- 
dium green, round, curved, slim with crease in back; stringless; very fleshy, 
crisp and tender. Seed purplish red, splashed with pale buff. 
VERMONT CRANBERRY 60 Days 
Pods 4 to 5% inches long, yellow green splashed with scarlet. 
WHITE HALF RUNNER 60 Days 
A popular variety in the mountain areas of the mid-south and southeast; 
used mainly for home gardens for snap and shelled beans. Vine—bushy, 
vigorous and productive with short runners. Pods—4 inches long, 3% inches 
wide, round, medium light green, stringy and fibrous at full size, but has a 
distinctively good flavor. Seed—pure white, oblong, round cross section, 
medium size, 2,500 per pound. 
Bean Seed Field in Idaho 
