BRITTLE or ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX 
(56 days)—-A very superior sort for those 
desiring fine quality yellow pods for the table, 
market, canning and freezing. The vigorous 
growing and spreading plants reach 15 to 18 
inches tall with medium green foliage. The 
golden yellow round fleshy stringless pods 
show around 6 by *% inches. Seeds are white 
with a black eye and kidney shaped. 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE WAX (52 
days)—-An old fashioned white seeded sort 
stringless but fibrous. The white seeds make 
good cooking beans. The flat, light yellow 
pods develop 6 to 6% inches long. 
GOLDEN WAX TOPNOTCH 0or IM- 
PROVED (50 days)—Several strains have 
evolved from the original type with different 
seed markings and the present popular im- 
proved strain now in general use. Long test- 
ed in home and market gardens, the variety 
has a wide acceptance. The plant, a medium 
dark green color, grows 16 to 18 inches tall, 
bearing straight yellow stringless pods about 
5 inches long. Seeds are white with a brown 
eye. 
Bush Beans 
Dwarf Green Pods 
BOUNTIFUL STRINGLESS, EARLY YEL- 
LOW SIX WEEKS (48 days)—An excellent 
early and consistent bearing variety, it finds 
equal acceptance among home and local gar- 
deners and with the canning industry. The 
prolific plants stretch up 16 to 18 inches 
high, showing a yellowish-green foliage. Pods 
develop broad and flat about 7 inches long and 
straight with a light green color. Seeds are 
a straw color. 
BLACK VALENTINE STRINGLESS (52 
days)—At one time an all-American selection 
and a record of solid proven merit qualifies 
as a valuable commercial type for shipping 
and freezing purposes, as well as for home 
gardens. This prolific yielding plant grows 
upright 16 to 18 inches or more with mod- 
erate dark green foliage. The attractive sil- 
very to dark green oval stringless pods meas- 
ure around 7 by % inches. They are tasty 
and of fine quality. Small seeds are oval in 
shape and a solid black color. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS (see Improved 
Stringless). 
COMMODORE or BUSH KENTUCKY 
WONDER (60 days)—This dwarf relation of 
the tall Kentucky is fast traveling into the 
same popularity class for home gardens as it 
becomes better known. An upright vigorous 
growing plant, it reaches a height of around 
a foot and a half, exhibiting a dark green 
foliage. The round, stringless, dark green 
pods are similar to Kentucky Wonder and 
measure 742 by % inches. Seeds are cylin- 
drical in shape, of a reddish purple color. 
CONTENDER, BUFF VALENTINE (48 
days)—-Bred by the U.S.D.A., employing the 
superior characters of several different va- 
rieties, it shows a degree of disease resistance, 
and superior earliness and productivity. Valu- 
able for commercial purposes, it is equally 
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satisfying for home and local market gardens. 
The vigorous plants grow erect to 1% feet 
high with dark green foliage. Pods measure 
around 7 by % inches and show a thick oval 
form, often curved, of a medium dark green 
color, stringless and fiberless. Seeds are large, 
eg Cone ee a buff color and slightly mot- 
tled. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL (62 days)— 
The vigorous dark green plants grow 14 to 
18 inches tall. They do best in cooler lati- 
tudes and are popular along the Atlantic 
Coast states. Pods are oval when young, 
thick-flat later and measure about 5 by % 
inches. Coler is a light green in earlier stages, 
becoming carmine-splashed towards maturity. 
The young green pods are edible and a later 
use is as a green shell bean. Seeds are a 
thick-oval shape, buff in color with red mark- 
ings. 
FULL MEASURE (60 days)—A produc- 
tive home garden and canning variety. It is 
popular when planted under conditions favor- 
able to it but not suited to all localities. 
Plants may grow as high as 20 to 22 inches, 
usually less. The round, dark green pods are 
fairly straight, stringless, reaching about 6 
inches in length. Seeds are a reddish brown 
and buff mottled. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD (53 
days)—This older variety has long been used 
for home and market gardens, canning and 
freezing. The sturdy upright plants grow 
about a foot and a half high, more or less, 
with medium green foliage. The meaty me- 
dium green pods develop nearly round, string- 
less and brittle. They measure about 5% by 
% inches. Seeds are a brownish-yellow color. 
IMPROVED (BURPEE’S, LANDRETHS) 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD (50 days )— 
There has evolved through the many years in 
which this popular variety has been on the 
market the present improved type. Today it 
has a wide distribution as a home garden and 
canning variety. Plants are large and grow 
erect, possibly to 18 or 20 inches, showing 
foliage of a medium dark green color. The 
dark green pods are round, fairly straight, 
and stringless, more often 6 or 7 inches in 
length. Seeds are a light coffee brown color. 
LOGAN (55 days)—A new disease resist- 
ant variety, it bears green, round, stringless 
pods measuring 6 by % inches. Seeds are 
brown and mottled. 
RANGER (56 to 60 days)—A new, white- 
seeded, round-podded, stringless, disease re- 
sistant variety of the Refugee type. It is 
proving a prolific yielder of excellent quality 
beans and is equally suitable for the table, 
canning and freezing. The white seeds sug- 
gest a use for dry beans. The round pods, 5 
by % inches, are in the main straight, string- 
less and show a silvery green color. 
REFUGEE IDAHO (66 days)—This vigor- 
our, productive type produces plants 18 to 20 
inches tall. The straight, stringless round 
pods, 5% inches long, are a silvery green, 
