12 SOY BEAN VARIETIES. 



V. Greenish Yellow Seeded. 



1. Early, very low, 14 to 18 inches, pods about 1| inches long, seeds medium large, 



roundish or broadly elliptical, hilum pale brown Yosho. 



2. Medium late, about one hundred and twenty days, 25 to 30 inches high, branches 



long, pods and seeds as the last, but hilum deep brown Haberlandt. 



3. Late, one hundred and thirty days or over, 35 inches t)r over in height, very long 



branched, pods 1^ inches long, seeds larger, round or elliptical, hilum scarcely 

 tinted Tokyo. 



VI. Yellow Seeded. 



1. Much-branched plant .s, branches as long as the main stem; pods small to medium, 



1 to 1;^ inches long, often 3 seeded, seeds medium, 5J to 8 lum. long, round or 

 broadly elliptical, flattened, mostly deep yellow. 



A. Early, about ninety-five days, 18 to 24 inches tall Ito San. 



B. Medium late, one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-five days, 



25 to 30 inches tall HoUybrook. 



C. Later, one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thirty-five days, 



taller, 32 to 42 inches Mammoth. 



2. Early, low, about 20 inches, scarcely l)ranched, pods larger, seeds 7 to 9 mm.. 



broadly elliptical, yellow, slightly gi'eenish, hilum brown Manhattan. 



3. Low, stocky, somewhat branched, pods large, seeds large, 7 to 9 mm., spherical or 



slightly flattened, pale yellow, hilum yellow or pale brown. 



A. Medium early, one hundred to one hundred and five days, about 20 inches 



tall, branches short ButterhaU. 



B. Medium late, one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-five days, 



a little taller, branches nearly equalling stem Amherst. 



Figure 2 shows the average number of clays required by each 

 variety from date of seeding to the ripening of the crop and also the 

 average height in inches which the plant attains. The longer, more 

 slender line indicates the range of variation in different seasons and 

 at different stations. It does not, in most cases, show the extremes 

 caused by exceptionally favorable or exceptionally unfavorable con- 

 ditions. The shorter, heavil}'" shaded line indicates the average 

 performance of the variety under average conditions. Probable 

 exceptions, as in the case of Ogemav/, are noted in the descriptions 

 of the varieties. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIETIES. 

 Black-Seeded Group. 



buckshot. 



The Buckshot is a well-known commercial variety, having been on the market in 

 this country for a number of years. So far as known, it is the only variety with black 

 seeds which is obtainable commercially. It is quite generally sold by northern seeds- 

 men and under several descriptive names, all more or less siniilar, as Black, Early 

 Black, Medium Early Black, Extra Early Black, Large Black, etc. 



It is a rather low and stout, stocky plant, with short branches and large, very dark 

 leaves. The height is medium, varying from 15 to 28 inches,^ with the average from 



1 The figures given for height indicate the total height of plant, including the upper leaves. 

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