BEANS—Green Podded—Continued 
Improved Commodore 
All-America Seelction—1945 
Plant — 15-17 inches upright, vigorous, 
dark green. 
Pods—7'2-8% inches, round, stringless, 
outstanding quality, dark green, Ken- 
tucky Wonder type. 
Seed—Large reddish purple, cylindrical 
shape. 
A bush Kentucky Wonder, excellent qual- 
ity. Recommended for home garden 
trade. 
60 days 
Contender 48 days 
Plant—12-18 inches tall, vigorous, erect. 
Leaves medium small, dark green, 
smooth. Resistant to common bean mo- 
saic and in some degree to powdery 
mildew. 
Pods—6-7 inches x *% inches, round when 
young, thick oval later, medium dark 
green, stringless and fiberless, tender. 
The pods are often curved. 
Seed—Off white, lightly mottled with 
brown, large kidney shaped. 
Very early and highly productive. Attrac- 
tive slim pods for market, home gar- 
den, processing or shipping. Competes 
with stringless Black Valentine. Most 
of the breeding work on this high yield- 
ing early variety was carried on by the 
late Dr. B. W. Wade. Parent material 
includes Commodore, Streamliner and 
U.S. Refugee No. 5. 
Dwarf Horticultural 55 days 
Plant—14-18 inches tall, vigorous with 
coarse dark green foliage. 
Pods—5 x % inches, thick flat, light green 
and stringless with some fiber. Changes 
to chamois color splashed with carmine 
at maturity. 
Seed—Thick-oval, 
marking's. 
Used chiefly as a green shell bean. Does 
well in a cool climate. It is popular in 
the New England States and East 
Coast. 
Emerald Refugee 61 days 
Plant—17-20 inches tall, upright, medium 
green, vigorous. Resistant to common 
bean mosaic. 
Pods—5 x % inches, round, darker green 
than Idaho Refugee, stringless. Pods 
set well off the ground. 
Seed—Light brown, small. 
A mosaic resistant variety, pod shape 
similar to Idaho Refugee, but darker 
green. Used as whole or cut bean by 
canners. 
buff with dull red 
Extra Early Red Valentine 52 days 
Plant—15-20 inches tall, upright with 
medium sized leaves of a medium green 
color. 
Pods—5'%% x 7/16 inches, round, medium 
green, curved and stringy. 
Seed—Buff splotched with red. 
An old variety used mainly in the South. 
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Full Measure 57 days 
Plant—17-22 inches, upright, lacks gen- 
eral adaptability and hardiness. 
Pods—6 x 7/16 inches, dark green, fairly 
straight, round, meaty, stringless. 
Seed—Brownish-red mottled with buff. 
Lacks general adaptability but is very 
productive under optimum conditions. 
Used extensively in Colorado. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod 53 days 
Plant—16-20 inches, upright, large me- 
dium green leaves. 
Pods—5-6 inches x 7/16 inches, round, 
fleshy, stringless and brittle, medium 
green. 
Seed—Bright brownish-yellow. 
Used in home and market garden, also 
for canning and freezing. Indentations 
between seeds are noticeable. 
Idaho Refugee 64 days 
Plant — 20 inches spreading, medium 
green, medium to small leaves, vigor- 
ous, productive, mosaic resistant. 
Pods—5 x % inches, round, silvery green, 
purple splashing, stringless under some 
conditions. 
Seed—Purple splashed with buff. 
One of the most popular canning va- 
rieties, very prolific and of excellent 
quality. Resistant to common bean 
mosaic. 
Improved Tendergreen 
(Mosaic Resistant) 
Plant—18-21 inches tall. 
dark green leaves. 
Pods—6 x %% inches, round, medium dark 
green, stringless. 
Seed—Dark purple, mottled with tan. 
A new and more productive strain of 
Tendergreen. Pods scattered and set 
well off the ground. 
Plentiful 
All-America Selection—1939 
Plant—16-18 inches tall, erect spreading 
with medium dark green foliage. 
Pods—7 x 9/16 inches, flat, medium green, 
straight to slightly curved, stringless. 
Seed—Large, flat-oval, jet black. 
An excellent shipping variety. Classified 
as a “Black Seeded Bountiful” it is 4 
days later than Bountiful with narrow- 
er, longer pods. More productive than 
Bountiful under some local environmen- 
tal conditions. 
54 days 
Upright with 
51 days 
Ranger 61 days 
All-America Selection—1947 
Plant—20-40 inches, spreading with half 
runners, leaves of Refugee type. Vigor- 
ous, prolific and disease resistant. 
Pods — 5 x % inches, round, mostly 
straight, stringless, silvery green. 
Seed— White. 
Pod Se to Refugee but darker green 
color. , 
