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Jumbo.— Under this name, seedsmen have listed a 

 running Jumho and a bunch Jumbo. The two resemble 

 each other in every respect, except in habit of growth 

 of vines. In habit of growth and size of pods these 

 two forms closely resemble the Virginia Bunch and 

 Virginia Runner. Of the Jumbo samples studied, 276 

 of the pods weighed a pound, and yielded only 41 

 percent of meats. It seems that the name Jumbo has 

 been applied to large nuts, and does not represent a 

 distinct variety. A Jumbo may be a Virginia Bunch or 

 a Virginia Runner, or even a Tennessee Bunch. 



The varieties grown under the name of Jumbo aver- 

 aged lowest in oil, 17.7 per cent, or 354 pounds of oil 

 in a ton of unshelled peanuts. 



Size of Peanuts and Number of Peas Per Pod. 



Table IV shows the average number of unhulled pea- 

 nuts and of sound peas required to weigh one pound; 

 percentages by weight of sound peas in unhulled pods; 

 and numlDcr of sound peas per pod, together with the 

 maximum and minimum numbers. The averages are 

 based on from 3 to 9 experiments made in 4 different 

 3'^ears. The maximum and minimum numbers indicate 

 that within each variety there is an extremely wide 

 range in the size of nuts, number of peas per pod, and 

 percentage of peas. These fluctuations are due appar- 

 ently to variations in seasons, soils, etc. These figures 

 are put on record as a part of the description of each 

 variety. 



Table IV. Number of Peanuts Required io Make One Pound; 

 Average Number Sound Nuts Per Pod; and Percent 

 Sound Nuts Per Pod. 



