44 THE SOY BEAN ; HISTOKY, VARIETIES, AND FIELD STUDIES. 



17256. Brownie. The progeny of 6414 from Pingyang, Korea, 1901. Plants stout, 



erect, bushy; height 20 to 30 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; 

 flowers purple; pods small, 1^ to 1 J inches long, tumid, crowded, shatter- 

 ing little; seeds cinnamon brown, small, 5 to 5-| mm. long, subglobose; 

 hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown nine seasons. 



17256 A. Baird. See 22333. 



17257. Eda. From Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, 1903, but 



originally introduced by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 

 1890 as Yamagata Cha-daidzu. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 14 to 

 20 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods medium- 

 sized, 1| to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering moderately; 

 seeds deep brown, large, 8^ to 9 mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; 

 hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown nine seasons. See also page 31. 



17257 D. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 20 to 26 



inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and white; 

 pods medium small, 1^ to IJ inches long, tumid, half crowded, shatter- 

 ing moderately; seeds seal-brown, medium-sized, 6^ to 7 mm. long^ 

 elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown two 

 seasons. 

 17257 E. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height IS to 22 

 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and white; 

 pods medium-sized, 1^ to 1| inches long, tumid, half crowded, shatter- 

 ing moderately; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 8 to Sh mm. long, 

 elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum dark brown; germ yellow. Grown 

 two seasons. 



17257 G. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 20 to 26 



inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers both purple and white; 

 pods medium-sized, IJ to If inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering 

 little; seeds buff, medium-sized, 6 to 6^ mm. long, elliptical, slightly 

 flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



17258. Ogemaw. The progeny of 13502 from E. E. Evans, West Branch, Mich., 



1904. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 18 to 22 inches; medium; pubes- 

 cence tawny; flowers white; pods large, 2 to 2\ inches long, tumid, 

 crowded, shattering badly: seeds deep brown, large, 8J to 9 mm. long, 

 elliptical, much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Compare also page 

 31 and see notes under Nos. 21755 and 25212. 



17258 A. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 20 to 24 



inches; medium early; pubescence gray; flowers white; pods medium- 

 sized. If to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering little; seeds 

 buff-brown, medium-sized, 7 to 7h mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; 

 hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 

 17260. Samarow. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., 1902. Plants stout, erect, bushy; 

 height 15 to 18 inches; medium; pubescence gray; flowers purple; pods 

 medium-sized, 1^ to If inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering 

 little; seeds chromium green, medium-sized, 7 to 7h mm. long, elliptical, 

 much flattened; hilum brown; germ green. Grown nine seasons. This 

 variety has not occurred in any of our Asiatic importations. It is adver- 

 tised under the same name by German and Italian seedsmen, and such 

 an importation. No. 22411, from Italy, proved identical with 17260. Sec 

 also page 31. 

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