Featured Varieties 
BEANS 
IMPROVED BLACK VALENTINE STRINGLESS 
A very fine selection out of Black Valentine Stringless 
(Asgrow Type) with a long, more slender, somewhat 
deeper colored pod, and a more concentrated harvest. 
| They create a ‘‘New Look’ in pods with about a 6” pod 
| and a diameter and width ratio of about 5/16” by 4/16”. 
Like Asgrow Type they are nearly straight and end in a 
| curling stringless tip. About 55 days. 
TENDERLONG 15 
_ A snap bean of fine quality, excellent for shipping and 
_ canning and resistance to Strain 15 bean mosaic. Al- 
though resembling Tendergreen it has more uniformity 
of pod length and maturity, and a greater concentration 
of harvest with similar productivity. Foliage is dark 
green with plant about 16” tall and pods 6” long, 6/16” 
in diameter, and borne in the middle and lower portions 
of the plant. 55 days. 
WADE 
All America Gold Medal Winner Of 1952 
A new disease resistant snap bean that will probably be 
first choice of shippers and processors and popular with 
| home gardens. Although the plants are taller, leaves are 
deeper and richer in color, and yields are heavier — it 
_ grows, looks and sets on much like Tendergreen. The 
' long, slender, straight pods are quite uniform and are 
| borne at the top, middle, and bottom of the plants. Pods 
j about 6” long and 6/16” round in diameter. About 55 
| days. 
YELLOW HYBRID SWEET CORN 
IOCHIEF 
All America Gold Medal Winner Of 1951 
An outstanding new large-eared variety introduced by 
‘Dr. Haber of the University of Iowa. A very heavy 
