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24173 to 24192— Continued. 



24177 to 24179. Pisum arvense L. Field pea. 



24177. "Dark green English pea. Planted in fall with rye (October 

 and November here). Stalk 4 to 5 feet high, branching. Flowers 

 small, purple. Considered very prolific." 



24178. "Large white English pea. Planted as above (S. P. I. No. 

 24177); flowers white; stalks larger and more prolific; good." 



24179. "Small white. Remarks on the above (S. P. I. No. 24178) 

 will apply to this." 



24180 to 24184. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



24180. "Plant bunchy." 



Looks like Nuttall, No. 17253, also like No. 19183. 



24181. "Large yellow soy bean, early." 



24182. "Green soy bean, early." 

 Seed looks like Okute, No. 19986. 



24183. "Small light green variety, early." 



Seed similar to Haberlandt, Nos. 17263 and 19985, but is a little smaller. 



24184. "Large yellow variety, medium early." 

 Seed looks like Haberlandt, No. 17271. 



24185 to 24192. Vigxa unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



24185. "Smallpox cowpea. This is a variety of what in Louisiana 

 used to be known as the cowpea; however, I never saw any there as 

 fine as these. Rank grower; long vines, tangled and in masses; prolific 

 fruiter." 



Markings of seed like Whippoorwill, but shape different, having the 

 most pronounced keel of any cowpea I have seen; shape somewhat like 

 Unknown. 



24186. "Large brown. Ranks in all respects with the above (S. P. I. 

 No. 24185) except that growth is not so rank." 



Shape similar to Unknown, but keel is longer and sharper and darker 

 colored. 



24187. "Small brown. Very prolific; splendid fodder pea." 

 Looks like an ordinary Clay, seed may be a trifle darker and smaller. 



24188. "Large black-eyed spotted pea. I have not seen this growing; 

 it was a find and is said to be very good." 



Looks something like Holstein, but all the black except a few spots is 

 around the hilum. 



24189. "Black. Rank grower extensively cultivated; weevil very 

 bad in this." 



Looks like our ordinary Black. 



24190. "Black-Eye cowpea, large; not as extensively cultivated as 

 other varieties in this collection." 



Looks just like our common Black-Eye. 



24191. "Black-Eye cowpea, small; good." 



Differs from our common Black-Eye only in having smaller seeds. 



24192. "Brown-Eye cowpea, small; good." 



Seed looks like our common Brown-Eye, but a little smaller; looks like 

 Brown-Eye, No. 17855, from China. 

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