CATALOGUE OF SOY-BEAN VARIETIES. * 71 



24675. From Safipur, Unao, United Provinces, India, 1909. Plants procumbent, 



vining, rather coarse; stems 48 to 60 inches long; very late; pubescence 

 tawny; flowers purple; pods small, 1\ to 14 inches long, compressed, 

 scattered, shattering li*tle; seeds black, small, 5h to 6 mm. long, oblong, 

 much flattened ; germ yellow. Grown one season. The following lots, all 

 from India, were found to be identical with this: 24676, from Hasangani; 

 24677, from Ranjitpurwa; 24678, 24679, 24680, 24683, 24686, from Eta- 

 wah; 24681, from Mainpuri; 24688, from Cawnpore; 24689, from Dehra, 

 Dun. 



24676. From Hasangani, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24677. From Ranjitpurwa, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24678. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24679. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24680. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24681. From Mainpuri, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24682. From Mainpuri, U. P., India, 1909. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 18 



to 24 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods small, 

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

 black, very small, 5 to 51 mm. long, oblong, much flattened; germ yel- 

 low. Grown one season. Nos. 24684 and 24685, from Etawah, India, 

 are identical with this variety. 



24683. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24684. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24682. 



24685. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24682. 



24686. From Etawah, Unao, U. P., India. Identical with 24675. 



24687. From United Provinces, India. Did not germinate. 



24688. From Cawnpore, India. This proved to be identical with No. 24675. 

 24689 From Cawnpore, India. This is identical with No. 24675. 



24690. From Dehra Dun, U. P., India. Did not germinate. 



24693 to 24711, inclusive. Nineteen Japanese varieties of soy beans grown on Poona 

 Farm, Bombay Presidency, India. All of these failed to germinate, 

 except 24695. 



24695. From Poona, Bombay, India, 1909, originally from Japan. Plants stout, 

 erect, bushy; height 28 to 32 inches; late; pubescence gray; flowers 

 purple; pods medium-sized, 1| to 2 inches long, compressed, crowded, 

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

 elliptical, much flattened; hilum pale; germ yellow. Grown one season. 



24839. From Shanghai, Kiangsu, China, 1906. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 



32 to 36 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods large, 

 2^ to 2i inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds olive- 

 yellow, medium large, 74 to 8 mm. long; elliptical, slightly flattened; 

 hilum slate-black; germ yellow. Grown four seasons. 



24840. From Shanghai, China, 1906. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 32 to 36 



inches; very late; pubescence gray; flowers purple; pods large, 1| to 2^ 

 inches long, tumid, .'icattered, shattering little; .seeds straw-yellow, 

 large, 84 to 9 mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum seal-brown; 

 germ yellow. Grown three seasons. 



2.5093. Mammoth. From Hickory, N. C. 



25118. From Pithoragarh, Kumaon District, India, 1909. Plants prociimbent, 

 vining, rather coarse; stems 48 to 60 inches long; very late; pubescence 

 tawny; flowers purple; pods small, 1^ to If inches long, compressed, 

 scattered, shattering little; seeds black, marbled with brown, small, 5 

 to 6 mm. long, oblong, much flattened; hilum ])ale; germ yellow. Grown 

 one season. 

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