Pole or Running Green and Wax Pods 
Asparagus or Yard Long 70 days 
(Vigna Sesquipedalis) 
Plant—5%-6% feet tall, 
vigorous. 
Pods—18 x *% inches, oval, light green, 
with some stringiness. 
dark green, 
Seed—Very small, reddish-brown with 
black eye. 
Novelty item for home gardener. Plant 
resembles the Cowpea and is_ best 
adapted in the South. 
Blue Lake Stringless 64 days 
Plant—5-6 feet tall, vigorous and pro- 
ductive with large, medium dark green 
leaves. 
Pods—6 x % inches, straight, round, 
stringless, fiberless, dark green and of 
unsurpassed quality. 
Seed—Small, kidney shaped, white. 
Differs from Blue Lake in that pods are 
stringless at all stages. Resistant to 
common bean mosaic and _ certain 
strains of rust. An excellent freezing 
and canning bean especially for the 
Pacific Northwest. 
Creaseback, White 65 days 
(Late Blue Lake) 
Plant—4-5 feet, dark green, hardy, a 
good climber. 
Pods—5-5% x % inches, round, fleshy, 
light green and stringless when young. 
Seed—Kidney shaped and ivory white. 
Popular in the South for home garden- 
ing. Being replaced in some areas by 
Stringless Blue Lake. 
London Horticultural Pole 70 days 
(Speckled Cranberry) 
Plant—4-4% feet tall, dark green and a 
good climber. 
Pods—5'% x % inches, flat-oval, dark 
green splashed with red, constricted, 
slightly curved and stringless when 
voung. 
Seed—Plump, oval, light buff splashed 
with dark red. 
Used for green shell and snap beans. 
Dried beans excellent for winter use. 
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A rogueing crew in one of N. K. & Co.'s bean production fields in Idaho 
Kentucky Wonder 65 days 
Plant—4-5 feet, good climber, hardy, pro- 
lific, widely adapted. 
Pods—7%-8% x % inches, curved, flat 
oval, meaty, stringless and_ slender 
when young. 
Seed—Buff brown. 
Distinctive flavor and excellent quality 
when young. One of the most widely 
used and best known home garden 
varieties for cut beans and freezing. 
It bears over a long period. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax 68 days 
Plant—4-5 feet tall, medium to dark green 
foliage and a good climber. 
Pods—7 x % inches, flat, oval, slightly 
curved, somewhat stringy and fibrous. 
Light golden-yellow in color. 
Seed—Broad, flattened-oval and chocolate 
brown. 
Popular wax podded pole variety used 
either for snap beans when young or 
for green shell purposes later. 
Lazy Wife 
Plant—5 feet tall, medium green, glossy 
foliage, good climber. 
Pods—6 x % inches, flat, stringless, brit- 
tle and tender when young. 
Seed—Small, nearly globular and ivory 
white. 
Used principally as a home garden shell 
and dried bean. 
McCaslan Pole 65 days 
Plant—Similar to White Kentucky 
Wonder but slightly earlier and more 
productive. 
Pods—742 x 9/16 inches, broad, flat, 
curved, stringless when young, dark 
green. 
Seed—Oblong ivory-white. 
Used for green shell and snap beans. 
