42 THE SOY BEAK ; HISTORY, VARIETIES, AND FIELD STUDIES. 



14954. Acme. From Shanghai, China, 1905. Plants slender, erect, the tips twin- 

 ing; height 36 to 42 inches; late; pubescence gray (50 per cent) and 

 tawny (50 per cent); flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 

 1| toll inche.:! long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds straw- 

 yellow, small, 6J to 7 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum seal- 

 brown; germ yellow. Grown five seasons. 



15887. From Chekiang Province, China. Indistinguishable from Riceland, 20797. 

 Grown in 1907. 



16789. Brooks. From Hangchow, Chekiang, China, 1905. Plants slender, erect, 



the tips twining; height 36 to 42 inches; medium late; pubescence gray ; 

 flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, If to 2 inches long, 

 tumid, scattered, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 7^ 

 to 8 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum light to dark brown; 

 germ yellow. Grown four seasons. This is said to be the bean-cake bean 

 grown so extensively in the Manchurian provinces and is a most valuable 

 crop. 

 16789 A. Flora. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants slender, erect, the tips 

 twining; height 28 to 34 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers 

 both purple and white; pods medium-sized, If to 2 inches long, com- 

 pressed, half crowded, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium- 

 sized, 8 to 8^ mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum pale; germ 

 yellow. Grown two seasons. 



16789 B. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 



height 36 to 42 inches; late; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and 

 white; pods medium-sized, 1^ to 2 inches long, tumid, scattered, shat- 

 tering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium large, 8 to Si mm. long, ellip- 

 tical, slightly flattened; hilum light; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



16790. Cloud. From Hangchow, Chekiang, China, 1905. Plants slender, erect, 



the tips twining; height 34 to 40 inches; medium late; pubescence both 

 gray and tawny; flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 1^ 

 to If inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds black, 

 medium small, 7 to 7J mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum pale; 

 germ yellow. Grown four seasons. This variety is said to be an excel- 

 lent table bean. No. 22535, from Weihsien, China, is the same thing. 



16790 B. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants erect, the tips twining; height 48 



to 52 inches; medium late; pubescence gray (10 per cent) and tawny 

 (90 per cent); flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 1^ to 

 If inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds dull black, 

 medium-sized, 8 to 8^ mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum seal- 

 brown; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 

 16790 D. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants erect, stout, bushy; height 20 to 24 

 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers pm-ple; pods medium- 

 sized, li to If inches long, tumid, crowded, shattering little; seeds straw- 

 yellow, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; 

 hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 

 17251. Buckshot. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 14 to 18 inches; early; pubes- 

 cence tawny; flowers white; pods medium to large, IJ to 2 inches long, 

 crowded, shattering little; seeds black, large, 8 to 8^ mm. long, elliptical, 

 slightly flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown eight seasons. 

 Buckshot has been on the market for a number of years and sold as 

 Black, Early Black, Medium Early Black, Extra Early Black, Large 

 Black, etc. No. 17251 is composed of the progeny of 6334 combined 

 with various other lots. See page 29. Nos. 19987 and 22883 from Japan 

 are very closely similar, if not identical. 

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