CATALOGUE OF SOY-BEAN VARIETIES. 



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17260 B. A pxire field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 14 to 18 

 inches; medium; pubescence gray; flowers purple; pods medium large, 

 2^ to 2^ inches long, compressed, crowded, shattering moderately; seeds 

 clove brown to almost black, medium-sized, 9 to 9^ mm. long, elliptical, 

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



17261. Guelph. From J. M. Thorburn & Co., 1902. Plants stout, erect, bushy; 



height 20 to 24 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; 

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

 much; seeds chromium green, medium to medium large, 7 to 8 mm. long, 

 elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum brown; germ green. Grown eight 

 seasons. This variety is advertised by a German seedsman, and such an 

 importation. No. 22320, proved identical with 17261. According to Ball, 

 No 6558 from Hankow, China, is the same as Guelph. Compare page 30. 



17262. Yosho. The progeny of 6314 from Tokyo, Japan, 1901. Plants stout, 



erect, bushy; height 22 to 26 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers 

 pm-ple; pods medium-sized. If to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, 

 shattering little; seeds olive-yellow, large, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, 

 slightly flattened; hilum black; germ yellow. Grown nine seasons. 

 17262 B. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 10 to 14 

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

 sized, 1^ to If inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering little; seeds 

 straw-yellow, medium-sized, 7 to 7h mm. long, elliptical, slightly flat- 

 tened; hilum light brown; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



17262 D. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 18 to 24 



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

 pods medium-sized. If to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering 

 moderately; seeds black, medium large, 8 to 8J mm. long, elliptical, 

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



17263. Austin. The progeny of 6397 from Pingyang, Korea, 1901. Plants stout, 



erect, bushy; height 32 to 36 inches; late; pubescence gray; flowers both 

 purple and white; pods medium-sized, If to 2 inches long, tumid, half 

 crowded, shattering little; seeds olive-yellow, medium large, 8 to 8.J 

 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum brown; germ yellow. 

 Grown nine seasons. This variety was also distributed under Agros- 

 tology No. 1539. 



17263 C. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, Inishy; height 30 to 34 



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

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

 little; seeds buff, medium small, 6J to 7 mm. long, elliptical, slightly 

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



17264. Tokyo. The progeny of 8424 from Tokyo, Japan, 1901. Plants stout, erect, 



bushy; height 30 to 36 inches; late; pubescence gray; flowers both purple 

 and white; pods medium large, 1^ to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, 

 shattering moderately; seeds olive-yellow, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. 

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

 nine seasons. This variety was also obtained from Kobe, Japan, No. 

 20893. 



17265. The progeny of 8423 from Yokohama, Japan, 1902. According to Ball this 



proved the same as the preceding and was united with it. 



17266. The progeny of 4914 from Japan. According to Ball this also was the same 



as Tokyo 17264 and was finally united with it. 

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