e., Wife 74 days 
Plant—5 feet tall, medium green, glossy 
foliage, good climber. 
Pods—6 inches long x % inch wide, broad, 
flat, stringless, brittle and tender when 
young. 
Seed—small, nearly globular and white. 
Used principally as a home garden green 
shell and dried bean. 
McCaslan Pole 65 days 
Plant—similar to White Kentucky Won- 
der but slightly earlier and more pro- 
ductive. 
Pods—7% inches long x # inch wide, 
broad, flat, curved, stringless when 
young, dark green, 
Seed—oblong and ivory-white. 
Used for green shell and snap beans. 
Missouri Wonder 
(Noxall or Nancy D.) 68 days 
Plant—5% feet tall, dark green foliage, 
productive and a good climber. 
Pods—6 inches long x % inch wide, thick- 
oval to flat, curved, stringy, fibrous and 
medium green. 
Seed—plump, oval and grey-buff splashed 
with tan. 
Used as snap bean when young and for 
green shell purposes later. 
Oregon Giant 70 days 
Plant—5 to 6 feet tall, a good climber. 
Pods—8 to 9 inches long x 1% inch wide, 
broad, thick-flat and stringless. 
Seed—pinkish-tan with black stripes. 
A popular Northwest garden variety, 
exceptionally large, meaty and fine- 
flavored. 
# 
A rogueing crew in one of N. K. & Co. 
St. Louis Perfection 64 days 
Similar to White Kentucky Wonder 
(Burger’s). 
Scarlet Runner 90 days 
Plant—12 to 15 feet tall, dense and glossy 
dark green foliage and an excellent 
climber. 
Pods—5 inches long x % inch wide, 
broad, oval and curved, light green 
and stringless when young. 
Seed—very large, dark purple mottled 
with violet. 
Because of attractive scarlet flowers it is 
used as ornamental climber as well as 
a green shell bean. 
White Kentucky Wonder 
(Burger’s) 64 days 
Plant—5 feet tall, medium green, a fair 
climber and only moderately vigorous. 
Pods—6 inches long x 1% inch wide, thick- 
oval, curved, stringless when young 
fiberless, fleshy and silvery-green. 
Seed—long, flat-oval, white. 
Good for dry shell as well as snap beans. 
White Kentucky Wonder US No. 10 
67 days 
Plant—5 feet tall, medium dark green 
foliage, a good climber and a very heavy 
producer. 
Pods—7 inches long x 1% inch wide, thick- 
oval, curved, very meaty and stringless. 
Longer, darker green and _ slightly 
smoother than Kentucky Wonder. 
Seed—long, flat oval, white. 
Developed by the U. S. Dept. of Agric., 
it is heavier yielding and more resist- 
ant to certain rusts than regular White 
Kentucky Wonder. 
s bean production fields in Idaho 
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