CATALOGtJE OP SOY-BEAN VARIETIES. 5*7 



21079. Shingto. From Tieling, Manchuria, 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 



24 to 30 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods medium- 

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

 olive-yellow, medium-sized, 6^ to 7 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flat- 

 tened; hilum light to slate-black; germ yellow. Grown three seasons. 

 This variety is said to be used to produce bean oil and bean cake. 



21079 A. Auburn. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 

 24 to 28 inches; medium early; pubescence gray (30 per cent) and tawny 

 (70 per cent); flowers white; pods medium-sized. If to 2 inches long, 

 compressed, half crowded, shattering little; seeds black, medium -sized, 

 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum pale; germ green. 

 Grown two seasons. 



21079 D. A field mass selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 20 to 24 

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

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

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

 slightly flattened ; hilum dark brown; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



21079 H. A pure field selection in 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy, height 24 to 30 



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

 sized, If to 2 inches long, compressed; crowded, shattering moderately; 

 seeds straw-yellow, medium-sized, 7^ to 8 mm. long, elliptical, much flat- 

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



21080. From Tieling, IManchuria, 1907. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 14 to 18 



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

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

 chromium green, medium-sized, 9 to 9| mm. long, elliptical, slightly 

 flattened; hilum brown; germ green. Grown three seasons. This 

 variety is said to be the most expensive of all the soy beans at Tieling 

 and is eaten only by the better classes of Chinese. 



21080 K. A field selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 22 to 26 inches; 



medium early; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods medium-sized, 

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

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

 hilum brown; germ yellow. Grown one season. 



21080 L. A field selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 12 to 16 inches; 

 medium early; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods large, 1^ to If 

 inches long; tumid, crowded, shattering a little; seeds dark brown, large, 

 10 to 10| mm. long, elliptical, much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. 

 Grown one season. 



21080 N. A field selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 12 to 16 inches; 

 medium early; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and white; pods 

 medium large, IJ to If inches long, tumid, crowded, shattering little; 

 seeds chromium green, large, 8J to 9 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flat- 

 tened; hilum pale; germ green. Grown one season. 

 21731. Mammoth. From Hickory, N. C. 



21754. From Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, France, 1908. Plants stout, bushy, 

 erect; height 10 to 14 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers pur- 

 ple; pods medium sized, If to 2 inches long, tumid, crowded, shattering 

 little; seeds straw-yellow, medium small, Ih to 8 mm. long, elliptical, 

 much flattened, hilum seal-brown; germ yellow. Grown two seasons, 

 This variety was also obtained from Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy, and 

 grown under S. P. I. No. 22414. 

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