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20406 G. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 24 to 28 



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

 2 to 2\ inches long, compressed, half crowded, shattering little; seeds 

 light brown, large, 8§ to 9 mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum 

 pale; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



20407. Brindle. From Merkoechofka, Siberia, 1906. Plants stout, erect, bushy; 



height 16 to 20 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; 

 pods large. If to 2^ inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering little; 

 seeds brown and black, the colors somewhat concentrated in bands, 

 large, 8 to 9 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum pale; germ 

 yellow. Grown three seasons. This variety is said to be used in Siberia 

 for human food, being boiled with millet. 



20407 B. 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, IJ to If mm. long, tumid, half crowded, shattering 

 little; seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 8^ to 9 mm. long, elliptical, 

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



20408. From Khabarovsk, Siberia, 1906. Seeds black. They failed to germinate 



in 1907. 



20409. Hansen. From Merkoechofka, Siberia, 1906. Plants slender, erect, the 



tips twining; height 16 to 20 inches; early; pubescence tawny; flowers 

 purple; pods small, IJ to IJ mm. long, tumid, crowded, shattering little; 

 seeds brown, very small, 5 to 5h mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum 

 pale; germ yellow. Grown three seasons. 



20410. From Merkoechofka, Siberia, 1906. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 12 



to 15 inches; medium early; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods 

 small, 1| to 1^ inches long, compressed, half crowded, shattering much; 

 seeds black, small, 6 to 6J mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum 

 pale; germ yellow; leaves persist when pods are ripening. Grown three 

 seasons. 



20411. From Merkoechofka, Siberia, 1906. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 16 



to 20 inches; medium early; pubescence tawny, flowers both purple 

 and white; pods small, 1^ to 1^ inches long, tumid, crowded, shattering 

 moderately; seeds dull black marbled with brown, small, 5 to 5^ mm. 

 long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown three 

 seasons. 



20412. Merko. From Merkoechofka, Siberia, 1906. Plants slender, erect, the 



tips twining; height 28 to 32 inches; medium early; pubescence gray (60 

 per cent) and tawny (40 per cent); flowers both purple and white; pods 

 medium small, IJ to If inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering 

 little; seeds brown, small, 7^ to 8 mm. long, oblong, much flattened, 

 hilum pale; germ yellow; leaves persist when pods are ripening. Grown 

 three seasons. 



20412 A. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 16 to 18 

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

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

 seeds deep brown, medium small, 7h to 8 mm. long, elliptical, much 

 flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow; leaves persist when pods are ripen- 

 ing. Grown two seasons. 



20412 B. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 20 to 24 

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

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

 seeds olive to mummy brown, medium large, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, 

 much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow; leaves persist when pods are 

 ripening. Grown two seasons. 

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