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25161. Early Brown. From Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909. 



Identical with 25130. 



This variety was obtained originally by the Indiana Agricultural 

 Experiment Station from Mr. E. F. Diehl, Leesburg, Ind., who writes 

 that he had two varieties, an Early Yellow and the Early Black, which 

 he tested side by side. In the progeny, he noted a few seeds that were 

 partly brown and yellow in color, the one gradually shading into the 

 other. Out of curiosity, he selected and planted the seeds with the larg- 

 est amount of brown and within a few years secured the brown-seeded 

 variety which has been called Early Brown. 



Among seeds of the Ito San variety grown at the Kansas Agricultural 

 Experiment Station were many in which the seed was partially brown, 

 undoubtedly due to the influence of crossing. 



25162. Mammoth. From Columbia, Tenn. 



25212. From Botanic Gardens, Bremen, Germany, 1909. This proved to be the 

 same as 21755. 

 25212 A. Black seeds mixed with the preceding. Produced plants identical with 

 Buckshot, 17251. 



25437. From Yachow, Szechwan, China, 1909. Plants slender, erect, the tips 



twining; height 48 to 56 inches; very late; pubescence gray (60 per cent) 

 and tawny (40 per cent); flowers white; pods medium-sized, IJ to If 

 inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds straw-yellow, 

 medium-sized, 6 to 6§ mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum 

 light brown; germ yellow. Grown one season. 



25437 A. A selection out of the original seed. Plants stout, erect, Inishy; height 32 

 to 38 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers purple; pods medium- 

 sized, IJ to 1| inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering little; seeds 

 chromium green, medium-sized, 6^ to 7 mm. long; elliptical, slightly 

 flattened hilum russet; germ green. Grown one season. 



25437 B. A selection from the original seed. Plants stout, erect, bushy; height 

 26 to 32 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers white; pods 

 medium-sized, 1| to 2 inches long, compressed, half crowded; shattering 

 little; seeds black, medium-sized, 6 to 7 mm. long, elliptical, slightly 

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



25437 C. A selection out of the original seed. Plants stout, erect, l)ushy; height36 



to 40 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers both purple and 

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

 shattering little; seeds l^rown, medium-sized, 6| to 7 mm. long, elliptical, 

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



25438. From Yachow, Szechwan, China, 1909. Plants slender, erect, the tips twin- 



ing; height 30 to 36 inches; very late; pubescence tawny; flowers white; 

 pods medium-sized, 1| to 2 inches long, compressed, scattered, shattering 

 little; seeds chromium green, medium small, 6 to 7 mm. long, elliptical, 

 slightly flattened ; hilum slate-colored; germ green. Grown one season. 



25438 A. A selection out of the original seed. Plants slender, erect, the tips twining; 



height 34 to 38 inches; very late; pubescence l)oth gray and tawny; 

 flowers both purple and white; pods medium large, If to 2] inches long, 

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

 sized, 6^- to 7^ mm. long, elliptical, slightly flattened; hilum light brown; 

 germ yellow. Grown one season. 

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