12 Beans esate Main Uses Days 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL (Ruby) HMS 52 
Used occasionally as snap beans, but chiefly for green shelled beans which mature in 
60 to 62 days. 
VINE —Medium height and vigorous. Medium green color. 
PODS—4% to 5% inches long, semi-round, stringiess. Light green in snap stage, 
turning white with splashes of crimson as they mature. Older pods rather 
fibrous. 
SEED—Buff with irregular spots of maroon. Brown eye ring. Oval in shape. 1,550 
per pound. 
FULL MEASURE MCF 54 
A high quality all-purpose bean especially well adapted for canners and freezers in 
the warmer Central and upper Southern states. 
VINE —17 to 18 inches tall, sturdy and vigorous. Medium green in color. 
PODS—6 to 6% inches long, straight, and round, with slight constrictions between 
seed. Bright medium green, stringless, and tender. 
SEED—Reddish brown mottling on buff field. 1,050 per pound. 
GIANT STRINGLESS HMSC 53 
An old variety which continues to be rather widely used in parts of the South. 
VINE —16 to 17 inches tall, and similar to Burpee’s Stringless Improved except lighter 
green. 
PODS—7 inches long, almost straight; creaseback. Stringless, fiberless, and fleshy. 
SEED—Yellowish-brown with brown eye ring. 1,100 per pound. 
IDAHO BOUNTIFUL (Mosaic Resistant) MSC 50 
An introduction of the University of Idaho. Similar to Bountiful, but a little later and 
more vigorous and productive. Resistant to common bean mosaic and curly top virus. 
VINE —16 to 18 inches tall, vigorous, medium dark green. 
PODS—6% to 7 inches long, broad, and thick flat. Medium green, tender, and fleshy. 
Becomes fibrous at full size but remains stringless. 
SEED—Medium buff in color, or darker than regular Bountiful, with darker eye ring. 
1,150 per pound. 
IDAHO REFUGEE (Mosaic Resistant ) GC 64 
The most widely used of the Refugee group. Developed at the University of Idaho for 
resistance to common bean mosaic. 
VINE —14 to 18 inches tall, spreading. Many small leaves. 
PODS—5 inches long, nearly round, straight, and slender. Light green, becoming 
purple-splashed at maturity. Stringless, practically fiberless, crisp and tender. 
SEED—Bluish purple splashed on fawn field. 1,550 per pound. 
LANDRETH STRINGLESS 
See Burpee’s Stringless Improved. 
