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from light pink to cream. The unhulled nuts yield 75.1 

 percent of meats. The average amount of oil contained 

 in a ton (but not all capable of being extracted) is 702 

 pounds, which is more than the amount of oil found in 

 a ton of any other variety. The pods of both Spanish 

 varieties are assumed to weigh 30 pounds per bushel, 

 though 28 pounds are sometimes sold as a bushel. This 

 is probably the most productive variety. 



Red Spanish. — This variety in habit of growth is 

 very much like the White Spanish. Its pods are larger, 

 390 weighing a pound. It shells out about 72 percent 

 of light, red nuts. The amount of oil per ton is 693 

 pounds, which is the second largest amount obtained. 



Valencia. — This variety, sometimes called Improved 

 Valencia, is erect in habit and grows from 12 to 24 

 inches high. Its pods grow close to its roots and cling 

 poorly to the vines when they are pulled up. 



The pods are medium in diameter and are long, 

 ^th two, three or four peas crowded closely together. 

 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- 



