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Title: Descriptive catalog of vegetables (for canning and freezing)
Identifier: descriptivecata1949asso_0 (find matches)
Year: 1949 (1940s)
Authors: Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs 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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BREEDERS AND GROWERS 5 BEANS (continued) Length width of pod of pod inches inches Days * FLIGHT 5% y8 63 A new variety of Refugee type developed at our bean-breeding station and introduced for 1949 season. Plants large and spread- ing, with drooping branches, heavily productive, resistant to common bean mosaic. Pods medium green with slight purple splashing, fully round, brittle, stringless and fiberless. Seeds dark purple or purple blue splashed with pale buff: 100 per oz. * FULCROP 6 3/g 50 Developed by W. J. Zaumeyer of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture, Beltsville, Md., from a cross of Full Measure and U. S. No. 5 Refugee; awarded the All-America Selections Gold Medal for 1949, when Fulcrop will be publicly introduced. Plant vigorous and very prolific; less tall than Full Measure and carries its pods lower. Resistant to common bean mosaic. Pods medium green, round, very straight, stringless. This promising new variety most nearly resembles Rival. Seeds oblong; brown mottled with tan: 75 per oz. * FULL MEASURE 6 ys 53 An excellent variety under favorable conditions but less hardy and more susceptible to disease than others. Plant upright and prolific. Pods round, nearly straight, very fleshy, stringless and tender; medium green. Seeds reddish brown mottled with buff: 65 per oz. * GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD 534 y2 53 Originated by Calvin N. Keeney; introduced in 1898. Plant large, sturdy, prolific. Pods almost round, meaty, strictly stringless and brittle; without fiber or parchment, with marked indentations be- tween the beans; color medium green. Seeds solid yellowish brown: 70 per oz.
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Asgrow Stringless Green Pod: The leading variety for canning * Suitable for quick freezing.

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