Days Main Uses Okra or Gumbo 75 
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Hibiscus esculentus 
35 HMC CLEMSON SPINELESS 
Developed by the South Carolina Experiment Station. A fine canning, market and gar- 
den variety most impressive for its uniformity of plant and practically spineless pods. 
All American Selections Silver Medal 1939. (Picture below.) 
PLANT—4 to 4% feet tall, moderate foliage. Very prolific. 
PODS——Develop to 9 inches long by 1% inches in diameter, but should be harvested 
much smaller. Straight, ridged, spineless, and tapered near the tip. Rich 
green and of good quality. A little thicker than Perkins Dwarf Green Long 
Pod. 
395 HCF EMERALD 
A very attractive, new, dark green variety of the ‘“‘velvet’’ type especially desirable for 
canning or freezing, developed by Dr. George B. Reynard of Campbell Soup Company. 
Very productive, and pods stay tender even at large size. (Picture below.) 
PLANT—2¥% to 3 feet tall, sturdy, well branched, with medium dark green foliage. 
PODS——8 to 9 inches long by about 34 inch diameter. Round, spineless, smooth. Ap- 
pealing dark emerald green color. 
Okra (left to right) : Perkins Dwarf Green Long Pod, Clemson Spineless, Emerald, and 
White Velvet. 
