50 THE SOY BEAN ; HISTORY, VARIETIES, AND FIELD STUDIES. 



17862 B. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 32 to 38 

 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers purple; pods medium- 

 sized, 1^ to 2 inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds 

 chromium green, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, oblong, much flattened; 

 hilum black; germ green. Grown two seasons. 



17862 C. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants slender, suberect, the tips twining; 

 height 32 to 38 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers both 

 purple and white; pods medium-sized, 2 to 2 J incheslong, tumid, scat- 

 tered, shattering moderately; seeds straw-yellow, medium small, 7^ to 8 

 mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum seal-brown; germ yellow. 

 Grown two seasons. 



17862 E. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 30 to 34 

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

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

 little; seeds olive-yellow, medium sized, 7 to 7^ mm. long, elliptical, 

 much flattened; hilum pale to light brown; germ yellow. Grown two 

 seasons. 



17862 F. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 

 height 24 to 26 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers both 

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

 crowded, shattering moderately; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 7J 

 to 8 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum pale or brown; germ 

 yellow. Grown two seasons. 



17862 G. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 30 to 36 

 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods medium 

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

 straw-yellow, medium-sized, 8 to 8^ mm. long, elliptical, much flat- 

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

 18227. Chernie. From Khabarovsk, Siberia, 1906. Plants slender, erect, the tips 

 twining; height 22 to 28 inches; medium early; pubescence tawny; 

 flowers purple; pods medium-sized, 1§ to If inches long, compressed, 

 half crowded, shattering little; seeds black, medium-sized, 7^ to 8^ mm. 

 long, oblong, much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow; leaves persist 

 when pods are ripening. Grown four seasons. 

 18258. From Pee-san, Chihli, China, 1906. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 

 height 28 to 34 inches; medium late; pubescence both gray and tawny; 

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

 compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium- 

 sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum brown; germ 

 yellow. Grown four seasons. 



18258 A. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 

 height 30 to 36 inches; medium late; pubescence both gray and tawny; 

 flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 1| to 2 inches long, 

 compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, medium- 

 sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum seal-brown; 

 germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 

 18258 D. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; height 

 30 to 34 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods 

 medium-sized, 1| to 2 inches long, tumid, scattered, shattering little; 

 seeds chromium green, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, 

 slightly flattened; hilum black; germ green. Grown two seasons. 

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