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About 266 pods weigh a pound. The peas are red and 

 small, and form about 60 percent of the weight of the 

 pods. In unshelled perfect pods the percentage of oil 

 was 28.6, or 572 pounds per ton. A bushel weighs about 

 24 pounds. 



Virginia Bunch. — -This is a semi-erect variety. 

 Its pods cluster about the base of the stems; they are 

 bright, nearly smooth, and require about 283 to 

 weigh a pound. They contain one, two and sometimes 

 three .pale or pinkish peas. The percentage of meats 

 found in the unshelled pods was 46, and of oil 21.2. 

 The total oil contained per ton of unshelled peanuts 

 was only 424 pounds. The usual weight per bushel 

 is 22 pounds. 



Tennessee Red. — This variety resembles the Spanish 

 varieties in type of plant. It is medium early, and its 

 pods cling to the stems when they are pulled up. The 

 pods have two or three peas, and about 246 unshelled 

 peanuts are required to weigh a pound. It shells out 

 56 percent of meats. The peas are red. The percentage 

 of oil in the unshelled pods is 23.6, or 527 pounds per 

 ton. A bushel is usually assumed to weigh 22 pounds. 



North Carolina. — This variety, sometimes called 

 African or Wilmington, has a low spreading habit of 

 growth. The variety called McGovern or Florida seems 

 to be nearly the same as this, with probably this differ- 

 ence, that the McGovern seems to have more resistance 

 to rotting of the nuts and to leaf spot. The stems of 

 McGovern are long, slender and spreading. 



The pods of the North Carolina are small, and do 

 not cling well to the stems when the vines are pulled 

 up. A pod usually has two small reddish peas. This 

 variety is late. It required about 440 pods to weigh a 

 pound, and yielded al30ut 66 percent meats. The per- 

 centage of oil found was 26.2 percent, or 524 pounds in 

 a ton of unshelled pods. A bushel is assumed to weigh 

 22 pounds. 



Virginia Runner. — This variety is sometimes called 

 Virginia Improved. It resembles, in habit of growth, 

 the North Carolina or African variety, except that its 

 pods are considerably larger. Its pods and peas, in 

 size and color, closely resemble those of the Virginia 

 Bunch variety; 279 pods weighed a pound, and yielded 

 53.1 percent of meats. This variety yields 24.6 percent 

 of oil, or 493 pounds per ton. 



