Days Main Uses esate Beans 13 
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51 CF LOGAN 
Developed by the USDA from a cross of U. S. No. 5 Refugee and Black Valentine 
Stringless. It yields well under adverse conditions, and is resistant to common bean 
mosaic. 
VINE —16 to 18 inches tall, erect, sturdy, medium green. Heavy setting of pods in 
center of plant, some touching soil. 
PODS—-6 to 7 inches long, fine textured flesh, medium dark green, smooth, round, 
straight, stringless, and fiberless. 
SEED—Color, brownish purple on buff field. 1,400 per pound. 
690 H OLD DUTCH RUNNER (Epting ) 
A distinctive strain of the White Half Runner type, brought over from Europe in the 
eighteenth century, and cared for by the family of Mr. J. H. Epting of Leesville, South 
Carolina. Its pods stay in the edible stage longer than those of most other strains of 
White Half Runner, and it is somewhat more tolerant of common bean mosaic. Char- 
acters similar to regular White Half Runner except that its runners are a little longer. 
50 MS PLENTIFUL 
Developed for the shipping trade to serve the same uses as Bountiful. Pods are some- 
what longer, darker green, and more attractive than Bountiful. All America Selections 
Bronze Medal 1939. 
VINE —16 to 18 inches tall, moderately compact, erect, medium green coarse foliage. 
PODS—7 to 7% inches long, nearly straight, fairly broad, and thick flat. Medium 
green, stringless, crisp, with medium fiber development in older stages. 
SEED—AII black. Shape large flattened oval. 1,000 per pound. 
56 Cc (Mosaic Resistant) RANGER 
A white seeded half-runner type used to some extent for canning, although hard to 
pick because of the profuse vine growth. Produces over a fairly long season. Reported 
to be highly susceptible to the pod rot phase of pythium. All America Selections Bronze 
Medal 1947. 
VINE —20 to 24 inches tall, spreading, with half-runners. Foliage of Refugee type 
but leaflets larger. Vigorous. 
PODS—5 inches long, *% inch wide, round and straight. Stringless, and light green in 
color. 
SEED—White. 1,730 per pound. 
52 H RED VALENTINE STRINGLESS 
An old home garden type that is rapidly being replaced by the newer disease resistant 
varieties. 
VINE —12 to 14 inches tall, erect and compact. Medium to light green. 
PODS—4% to 5 inches long, curved, rough, round and slender. Stringless. 
SEED—Mostly red with occasional blotches of buff. 1,420 per pound, 
