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so in that roppect it can not compare with the Guclph varioty. In sood yields, where 

 sown thickly enough to make fair forage, il has not done much. From 4 to (i bushels 

 to a little more than 12 bushels to the acre are the recorded outputs. 



The name is given in honor of Thomas Nuttall, who wrote the first recorded account 

 of the soy bean in this country. 



Nuvibcrs and sources of lots grown.— Agrost. No. 1536, S. P. I. No. 6416; S. P. I 

 6416, " Black," from Korea; S. P. I. No. 8496, grown from S. P. I. No. 6416; S. P. I. 

 No. 9418, grown from S. P. I. No. 8496; S. P. I. No. 17253, grown from Agrost. No. 

 1536-1. 



KINGSTON. 



This is a small, medium early variety, with rather slender stems, one-eighth to 

 three-eighths inch in diameter at the l)ase, and 12 to 24 inches high. The average 

 height is 16 to 18 inches. Tlie stems are either unl)ranched or with three to six short 

 appressed branches at the base, 1 to 2 inches long. The general color of the foliage 

 is from a medium to dark green, and the leav(>s are large and less pointed than in 

 Ebony. The pods are very small, averaging smaller than those of Ebony, threc- 

 fourtlis to 1 in-ch in length and one-fourth inch in width, 2 to 3 seeded, borne very 

 thickly on the main stem, often to within 2 inches of the grovmd. The full-grown 

 but still unripe pods bear a strong resemblance to young peanut pods, being cylin- 

 drical and considerably constricted between the seeds. The seeds are the smallest 

 of any l)lack variety, and are equaled in smallness by the Brownie only. They are 

 entirely round in outline, no long diameter being discernil)l<', 4^ to 6 mm. broad, jet 

 black and shining, with only a slight bloom, and only moderately flattened in dorso- 



ventral view. 



This variety is too small and unbranched to have much value for forage. It is likely 

 to prove a fairly good yielder of seed, two tests sown thickly for forage having yielded 

 between 8 and 9 bushels of seed per acre. In time of ripening it is medium early, 

 requiring from one hundred and four to one hundred and twenty-two days, or averaging 

 one hundred and ten to one hundred and fifteen days. 



The name, Kingston, is given in honor of the Rhode Island Experiment Station, 

 located at Kingston, R. I. That station has contributed largely to our knowledge 

 of the soy bean as a crop for northern regions, and this variety was received from that 



source alone. 



Numbers and sources of lots grown.— Agrost. No. 1188, "Japanese No. 15," R. I. 

 Agric. Expt. Station; S.'P. I. No. 17255, grown from Agrost. No. 1188-1, 



EBONY. 



The very small-seeded variety known as Ebony is not to be had on the market, and 

 it has apparently been obtained abroad but once. The original importation was from 

 Ping-yang, Korea. In size of seed and pod it is, with the exception of Kingston, the 

 smallest of all the black soy beans and one of the few very small-seeded varieties of any 

 color. 



The Ebony variety is characterized- by rather slender stems, one-eighth to one- 

 fourth inch in dxameter at the base and 18 to 36 inches tall, erect, and usually well 

 branched. The branches are long and slender, spreading at an angle of about 45°, 

 thus giving the plant a very bushy habit. The leaves are small to medium in size, 

 averaging 14 to 2J inches long, and are medium green in color. A good crop of pods 

 is borne on stem and branches alike. The pods are very small, three-fourths to 1 inch 

 in length by one-fourth inch in width, each containing 2 or rarely 3 seeds. The seeds 

 are small, jet black, shining, with scarcely any trace of bloom, round to broadly ellip- 

 tical in outline, mostly the latter, 5 to 6^ or 7 mm. long, 4i to 5i or 6 mm. wide, rather 



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