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



22882. From Tokyo, Japan, 1908. Identical with 19981. 



22883. From Tokyo, Japan, 1908. Identical with 19987. 



22884. From Tokyo, Japan, 1908. Identical with Butterball, 17273. 



22885. From Tokyo, Japan, 1908. Identical with 19981. 



22886. From Swatow. Kwantung, China, 1908. Identical with Ebony, 17254. 



22897. Columbia. From Paotingfu, Chihli, China, 1908. Plants stout, erect, 



bushy; height, 28 to 34 inches; late; pubescence gray; flowers both pur- 

 ple and white; pods medium-sized, IJ to 2 inches long, compressed, 

 crowded, shattering little; seeds chromium green, small, 7 to 7^ mm. 

 long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum light brown; germ green. 

 Grown two seasons. 



22898. From Paotingfu, Chihli, China, 1908. This was grown in 1908 and found 



to be indistinguishable from Sherwood, 178(i2. 



22898 A. Lowrie. A field mass selection in 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 



30 to 34 inches; medium; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and 

 white; pods medium-sized. If to 2 inches long, tumid, scattered, shat- 

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

 tical, much flattened; hilum light to slate-black; germ yellow. Grown 

 one season. 



22899. Arlington. From Paotingfu, Chihli, China, 1908. Plants slender, erect, 



the tips twining; height 30 to 36 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; 

 flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 1^ to If inches long, 

 compressed, scattered, shattering moderately; seeds black, medium- 

 sized, 7i to 8 mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum pale; germ 

 yellow. Grown two seasons. This_ variety is said to be boiled as a 

 fodder for horses and mules. Oil is also expressed out of it and the 

 remaining material used as fertilizer. 



22899 A. A mass selection out of the original seed. Plants slender, suberect, the tips 



twining; stems 48 to 56 inches long; medium late; pubescence tawny; 

 flowers both pUrple and white; pods medium-sized, Ih to If inches 

 long, compressed; seeds black, medium-sized, 7 to 7^ mm. long, oblong, 

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



22900. From Paotingfu, Chihli, China, 1908. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 



height 30 to 40 inches; late; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple 

 and wdiite; pods large. If to 2 inches long, tumid, scattered, shattering 

 moderately, seeds black, large, 8 to 8i mm. long, elliptical, slightly 

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



22901. From Paotingfu, Chihli, China, 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 



24 to 30 inches; medium; pubescence gray (40 per cent) and tawny (60 

 per cent); flowers both purple and white; pods medium-sized, U- to If 

 inches long, compressed, half crowded, shattering little; seeds straw- 

 yellow, small to medium small, 6 to 7 mm. long, elliptical, much flat- 

 tened; hilum slate-black; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



22919. From Ingchung, Fukien, China, 1908. Plants slender, erect, the tips twin- 



ing; height 36 to 48 inches; medium late; pubescence tawny; flowers 

 both purple and white; pods medium-sized, 1 J- to 2 inches long, tumid, 

 scattered, shattering much; seeds black, medium-sized, 6^ to 7 mm. 

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

 two seasons. 



22920. From Ingchung, Fukien, China, 1908. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 



16 to 24 inches; medium late; pubescence gray; flowers both purple and 

 white; pods large, 2 to 2J inches long, tumid, half crowded, shattering 

 moderately; seeds olive-yellow, medium large, 8 to 8^ mm. long, ellip- 

 tical, slightly flattened; hilum brown; germ yellow. Grown two seasons. 



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