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Title: Descriptive catalog of vegetables
Identifier: descriptivecata1952asso_0 (find matches)
Year: 1952 (1950s)
Authors: Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; 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 7 Length Width of pod of pod inches inches Days Logan 6 3/g 55 Resistant to common bean mosaic and powdery mildew. Pods round, green, stringless. Seeds brown, mottled: 70 per oz. Low's Champion 5 55 Pods straight, flat, stringless, and of good flavor. Seeds ox-blood red with white eye: 50 per oz.
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Ranger: a prolific half-runner variety of high quality PENCIL POD BLACK WAX (Asgr^) fi % 55 A leading wax variety for home and market gardens. Plant large, stocky, vigorous, and strongly productive. Pods round, slightly curved, fleshy, golden yellow, tender, stringless and without fiber. Seeds oblong, solid black: 90 per oz. Plentiful 7 % 50 Introduced by Ferry-Morse Seed Co. A black-seeded Bountiful, obtained by crossing that variety with Sure Crop Wax. Plants strong and productive, pods flat, light green, fairly straight, stringless and of good quality. Seeds 75 per oz. RANGER (^) 5 H 56 A new type, developed by Asgrow, distinguished by its disease- resistance, high yield and excellent quality, whether used fresh, canned, frozen or for dry beans. Plant spreading and with half- runners, vigorous and very prolific; resistant to common bean mosaic and powdery mildew. Leaves of Refugee form. Pods round, mostly straight, stringless, silvery green, the set largely concentrated in the crown. Seeds white and cylindrical: 110 per oz. Red Kidney Sy2 % 95 A commercial variety for dry use. Seeds reddish brown: 50 per oz.

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