BEANS 
Variety 
BUSH 
Asgrow Black Valentine 
Bountiful 
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Dwarf Horticultural, Taylor’s strain .... 
Kinghor (Special mane een oe 
Landreth’s Stringless Green Pod (Burpee’s ) 
Pencil Pod Blacks Wax eae a eee) 
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Tendergreen (Asgrow Stringless Green Pod ) 
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Stringless Blue Lake No. 228*+ 
U.S. No. 4: White Ky. Wonder; No. 191+ 
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* Resistant to common bean mosaic. 
Color 
dark green 
light green 
yellow wax 
medium green 
red splashed 
medium yellow 
dark green 
golden yellow 
medium green 
dark green 
dark green 
medium green 
medium green 
glossy dark green 
dark green 
medium green 
dark green 
green, splashed 
dark green 
dark green 
Size 
Pod Shape (inches) Remarks 
oval 634 x ¥% Vigorous, prolific. See below. 
flat 642 x For earliest market. 
oval 6% x xX A wax Valentine. See below. 
oval, curved Tx’ See below. 
thick-flat 5x% For early shell beans. 
round 53%4 x 16 White-seeded wax 
round 514 x 16 Productive, good quality. 
round 6X 16 Productive, good quality. 
round 6144 x % New. Good yields; beany flavor. 
round 5% x% The standard for quality. 
round-dented 6% x ¥s Improved Tendergreen. See below. 
round-dented 6x % Heavy yielder; some curved pods. 
round 6x ¥% New. See below. 
round S% x ¥% Pods relatively hairless. 
curved,dented 9x'% A choice strain; prolific, fine quality. 
thick-flat 712 Xie A Southern favorite. 
round 7X Stringless; White Ky. Wonder type 
thick-flat 6x %4 Stringless; also for shelled beans. 
round 64%4x¥% High quality pods; very early 
smooth, oval Saxe White-seeded, rust-resistant, prolific. 
+ Resistant to powdery mildew. 
Asgrow Black Valentine 
ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE. The most 
popular of all snap beans among market 
gardeners and produce growers in most 
sections of the country because its appear- 
ance in the basket is attractive and holds 
well from field to store. The plants are 
large, erect, and prolific. The pods are 
oval, nearly straight, dark green, strictly 
stringless, and of fine quality and delicate 
flavor. The critical trade has long recog- 
nized the true ASGROW (originator’s) strain 
as the best for quality and yields. 
CHEROKEE. Originating as a mutation in 
a field of Asgrow Black Valentine, which 
it closely resembles except for color, Cher- 
okee was later developed by AsGRow into 
the best wax-podded variety for market. 
The large, erect plants produce straight, 
oval wax pods, which are stringless at all 
stages. Cherokee outyields any other wax 
bean, equaling the best of the green- 
podded varieties, and is recommended for 
use instead of Sure Crop. 
+ Rust-resistant. 
Cherokee 
Topmost 
Contender 
CONTENDER. A recent introduction for 
market growers and produce shippers. The 
plants are vigorous, resistant to common 
bean mosaic and partly so to powdery 
mildew. The oval pods are slightly longer 
and thicker than Asgrow Black Valentine, 
but more curved, usually with a “sickle 
end”; light green, sometimes lightly splashed 
with purple in late season. The pods hold 
well in shipping. Contender is a heavy and 
dependable cropper, and at present is the 
best mosaic-resistant, oval-podded bean. 
TOPMOST. New. A_ mosaic-resistant, 
white-seeded variety, developed by AsGRow, 
resembling Topcrop in plant, pod type, 
and maturity, but slightly heavier yield- 
ing. The pods are medium green and are 
borne in good concentration in the crown 
of the plants. White seeds and concen- 
trated early set will make Topmost of par- 
ticular interest to growers who produce for 
processing as well as for fresh market. 
Supply limited. 
