Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 9 Length Width of pod of pod inches inches Days ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX (Brittle Wax) 534 3/8 58 Originated by Calvin N. Keeney and introduced in 1900. An outstanding sort for the canning trade and the home garden. Plant large, erect, medium green, vigorous and productive. Pods handsome in appearance, medium yellow, round, slightly curved, deeply creasebacked, extremely brittle, fleshy, succu- lent, entirely stringless and fiberless
Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 9 Length Width of pod of pod inches inches Days ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX (Brittle Wax) 534 3/8 58 Originated by Calvin N. Keeney and introduced in 1900. An outstanding sort for the canning trade and the home garden. Plant large, erect, medium green, vigorous and productive. Pods handsome in appearance, medium yellow, round, slightly curved, deeply creasebacked, extremely brittle, fleshy, succu- lent, entirely stringless and fiberless; the standard of highest quality. Seed white, kidney shaped, with black eye: 80 per oz. sure crop wax sy2 y2 53 Sometimes called Bountiful Wax. Originated by Calvin N. Keeney. Introduced in 1911. Particularly desirable for truck- ers and shippers. Plant large, sturdy, very productive. Pods thick-flat, golden yellow, brittle, strictly stringless; very little fiber, fine texture and quality. Seed oval, jet black: 65 per oz. Tendergreen 6 51 Similar to Asgrow Stringless Green Pod, but not so uniform and concentrated in season. Plant large and productive. Pods round, fleshy, dark green, stringless and of fine quality. Seed mottled buff and purple: 65 per oz. Tennessee Green Pod (Brown Bunch) 6 5/$ 50 Plant medium large, dark green, spreading, hardy, productive. Pods flat, broad, curved, medium green, depressed between seeds, stringy, somewhat tough but of particularly good flavor. Seed broad, flat, solid dark hazel: 70 per oz. Medal Refugee: All-America Bronze Medal, 1942
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