22 SOY BEAN VARIETIES. 



7 to 8 mm. long, nearly round or Ijroadly elliptical, somewhat flattened, greenish 

 yellow and shining when fresh, ]>ecoming paler and duller with age, the hilum marked 

 with pale brown. 



Yosho is* a very early variety, maturing in eighty-five to one hundred days, aver- 

 aging ninety-two to ninety-seven days. It gives only a fair yield of seeds and a low 

 yield of vines. Seed yields of 4f to 6| bushels per acre are recorded. 



The name is formed by shortening the Japanese word Yoshioka. 



Numbers and sources of lots grown. — Agrost, No, 1297, S, P, I,. No. 6314; S. P. I. No. 

 6314, "Yoshioka," Japan;. S. P. I. No. 8489, grown from S. P. I. No.6314; S. P. I. 

 No. 17262, grown from Agrost. No. 1297-2. 



HABERLANDT. 



The stems are medium size, one-fourth to three-eighths inch in diameter at the base, 

 20 to 40 inches in height, the average Ijeing 24 to 30 inches, well provided with numer- 

 ous long, ascending to rather wide-spreading branches, the lower ones from 6 to 12 

 inches or more in length; the leaves medium to broad, narrowed toward the tip, 

 medium to light green in color, A plot grown in 1905 at Baton Rouge. La., had foli- 

 age of a very light glaucous green, much resembling a plot of rape in color. The 

 same appearance was also reported for this variety by the Virginia Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. The stem and long branches are well set with pods IJ to 1| inches 

 long and three-eighths to one-half inch wide. The seeds are medium or large, the 

 present generation (1905) nearly round, fij to 8 mm. wide by 7 to 8 mm. long, clear 

 gi-eenish yellow, shining, decidedly paler when two or thi-ee years old, the third gen- 

 eration back from the present larger and longer, 7 to 8 mm. wide by 7 to 9^ mm. long, 

 all somewhat flattened; hilum deep brown. 



The time required ior this variety to reach maturity varies from one hundred and - 

 ten to one hundred and thirty days, the average time being somewhere near -one 

 hundred and eighteen to one hundred and twenty days. Two seed yields secured 

 were 12130 and 13fV bushels to the acre, respectively. The Haberlandt is one of the 

 most promising varieties for hay. silage or green manuring, and for a cover crop. 

 From the Tokyo it can be distinguished tmly by its earlier maturity, rather deeper 

 gi-eenish yellow seed and distinctly brown hilum. 



This variety was named in honor of Prof, A. Haberlandt, who first brought the soy 

 bean to agricultural notice in Europe. His work was published in 1878 at Vienna. 



Numbers and sources of lots grown.— Agrost. No. 1194, "White," S. P. I. No. 6396; 

 Agrost. No. 1539, S. P. I. No. 8495; Agrost, No. 1540, S. P. I. No. 8493; S. P. I. No. 

 6396, "\\'hite," Ping-yang, Korea; S. P. I. No. 6397, Ping-yang, Korea; S. P. I. 

 No. 8493, grown from S. P. I. No. 6396; S. P. I., No. 8495, grown from S. P. I. No. 

 6397; S. P. I. No. 9415, grown from S. P. I. No. 8493; S. P. I. No. 9416, grown from 

 S. P. I. No. 6397;* S. P. I. No. 17263, grown from Agrost. No. 1539-1; S. P. I. No. 

 17271, grown from Agrost. No. 1^.94-1. 



TOKYO. 



The Tokyo differs from the medium greenish yellow (Haberlandt) variety mostly 

 in a somewhat more vigorous growth and in later ripening. It is a very large and 

 vigorous, long-branched variety; stems one-fourth to one-half inch in thickness, 28 to 

 42 inches in height. In this it scarcely excels the best records for the Haberlandt, but 

 in the average height reached, about 36 inches, it considerably overtops that variety. 

 The branches are 5 to 10 in number, the lower ones 10 to 15 inches long, ascending or 

 L^preading, the plant bushy enough to completely close the spaces between 3\-ioot 

 rows, inclined to be top-heavy and to lodge somewhat where grown thinly. The 

 leaves are large, 3 to 4 inches long, 2 to 2^ inches wide, medium to very dark green in 



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