CATALOGUE OF SOY-BEAN VARIETIES. 47 



17271. Haherlandt. The progeny of 6396 from Pingyang, Korea, 1901. Plants 



stout, erect, bushy; height 24 to 30 inches; medium late; pubescence 

 tawny; flowers both purple and white; pods crowded, medium-sized. 

 If to 2 inches long, tumid, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium- 

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

 yellow. Grown nine seasons. 



17271 D. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 18 to 24 

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

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

 black, medium-sized, 8 to Sh mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; 

 hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



17271 L. A pure field selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 16 to 20 

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

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

 chromium green, medium-sized, 7 to 7J mm. long, elliptical, much 

 flattened; hilum black; germ green. Grown one season. 



17272. The progeny of 3870 from China in 1899. Plants slender, erect, the tips 



twining; height 32 to 36 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers 

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

 shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 6^ to 7 mm. long, 

 elliptical, much flattened; hilum brown; germ yellow. Grown ten 

 seasons. Ball included this variety in Hollybrook, but it is different. 



17273. Butterball. From the Rhode Island Agricultm-al Experiment Station, 



1903, originally from Japan. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 18 to 24 

 inches; medium; pubescence gray; flowers white; pods medium-sized, 

 IJ to 2 inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering little; seeds straw- 

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

 hilum light brown; germ yellow. Grown seven seasons. This variety 

 has also been obtained from the following foreign sources: Dammann & 

 Co., Naples, Italy, No. 22415; Tokyo, Japan, Nos. 22878 and 22884; and 

 Yokohama, Japan, No. 8422. See also page 30. 



17274. The progeny of 8422 from Yokohama, Japan. Identical with 17273. 



17275. Amherst. The united progenies of 4913 from Japan, 1900, and 6336 from 



Tokyo, Japan, 1901. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 24 to 28 inches; 

 medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods medium-sized, 1 to 

 1^ inches long, tumid, crowded, shattering moderately ; seeds straw-yellow, 

 medium-sized, 7 to 7^ mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum dark 

 brown; germ yellow. Grown nine seasons. 



17275 B. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height, 14 to 18 

 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers both pm-ple and white; 

 pods medfum-sized, 1^ to If inches long, compressed, half crowded, 

 shattering much; seeds olive-yellow, medium-sized, 8 to 8J mm. long, 

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

 two seasons. 



17275 L. A field mass selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height, 14 to 18 

 inches; medium early; pubescence gray; flowers both piuple and white; 

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

 erately; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, 

 slightly flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown one season. 



17276. The progeny of Agrostology No. 1299 from Havre, France. Plants stout, 



erect, bushy; height, 14 to 18 inches; early; pubescence gray; flowers 

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

 shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium small, 7 to 7^ mm. long, 

 elliptical, much flattened; hilum light to seal-brown; germ yellow. 

 Grown eight seasons. 



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