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Title: A descriptive catalogue of vegetables for canning and quick freezing
Identifier: descriptivecata1942asso_0 (find matches)
Year: 1942 (1940s)
Authors: Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables; Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; [https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=booksubjectVegetables_Preservation_Canning_and_preserving_Equipment_and_supplies_Catalogs Vegetables Preservation
Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs]; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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8 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. POLE BEANS Length of pod inches 6 â BLUE LAKE Developed from a selection of White Creaseback. Widely used in the West for processing. Pods nearly round, medium green, stringless when young, and of very good canning quality. â BLUE LAKE STRINGLESS 6*4 A new and valuable variety of this increasingly popular canning and freezing type, developed at our Pacific Coast breeding station. The pods differ from those of regular Blue Lake in being stringless at all stages, fully round, somewhat longer and darker in color. Plant vigorous and productive; resistant to common bean mosaic and certain strains of rust. Seed small, oval, white: 100 per oz. DECATUR 6% All-America Silver Medal for 1942. Plant early, hardy and vigorous, a good climber and with considerable resistance to disease, particularly common bean mosaic and certain forms of rust. Pods nearly round and straight, a lively dark green color, meaty, stringless and of fine quality. Seeds small and ivory white: 100 per oz. â KENTUCKY WONDER (OLD HOMESTEAD) 9 For a frozen pack of fine color and texture. Long pods in clusters, curved and indented; plump and almost round, meaty, brittle, fiberless with a distinctive and pleasing flavor. Seed buff brown: 80 per oz. KENTUCKY WONDER WHITE, Round-Podded Asgrow Strain 6 Vigorous plants, 5-6 ft. tall. Pods nearly straight, round, very meaty and stringless at all stages. Shows resistance to rust. Seed medium oval, pure white. U. S. NO. 3 6 Resistant to rust No. 1. Plant vigorous, 5-6 ft. tall. Pods round, fairly straight, medium green, smooth, meaty, stringless and tender. Seed medium large, oval, solid white. Width of pod inches Days 64 59 3/8 60 65 64 64
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Blue Lake Stringless: Our increasingly popular introduction â Suitable for quick freezing.

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