8 Asparagus, Beans Main Uses Days 
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Sparect ASPARAGUS  gsparrazo 
Asparagus officinalis var. aliilis 
MARY WASHINGTON HMSCF 
This variety, which is now nearly the only one in use, was selected by the USDA for 
resistance to rust. It is a good yielder, producing an abundance of early, large shoots 
of rich, dark green color with tightly folded tips. It has fine flavor and texture and is 
well-suited to all types of processing as well as fresh use. 
Hari Fagioli 
panier BEANS Hahionvelas 
The appearance of a sample of bean seed is important, since it conveys to the buyer 
an impression of quality. But appearance is only a very small part of the total mean- 
ing of good seed. High germination, freedom from disease, purity of stock, and true- 
ness to type are far more significant. 
Every crop of snap beans contains at least a trace of off-types—mainly reversions to 
flat pods and stringy pods, both of which are usually shorter and more fibrous than the 
true variety. The only suitable way to hold these rogues to a commercially insignifi- 
cant level is to carry on a continuous program of' single plant selection. This must, of 
course, be supplemented by field rogueing to remove volunteer or other off-type plants. 
Single plant selection work for Keystone bean seed is carried on at our breeding farm 
near Twin Falls, Idaho, where visitors are welcome at all times. 
Garth Anhder, Director of our Twin Falls, Idaho, breeding farm, making notes on a 
single plant bean selection. 
