802 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"Trailing: Concli, Red Eye, Williams Hybrid. 



" liecumhent : Calico, Congo, Large Lady, Lilac Red Pod, New Era, Pony, Red 

 Crowder, Red Ripper, Saddleback, Small Lady, Smith No. 7, Smith No. 9, Smith 

 No. 14, Speckled Crowder, Sugar Crowder, Vacuum, White, White Brown Hull, 

 White Crowder, White Ciaut. 



"Semi-Rectimbent: Black, Black Eye, Blue Hull, Chocolate, Constitution, Ever- 

 lasting, Forage or Shinny, Granite, Gourd, Mathews, Mush, Purple Hull Crowder, 

 Redding, Red Yellow Hull, Rice, Shrimp, Smith No. 15, Taylor Prolific. 



"Erect: Clay, Cofl'ee, Quadroon, Red, Unknown, Whippoorwill, Wonderful." 



In time of maturity the classification is as follows : 



"Very Early : Chocolate, Congo, New Era, Vacuum, White Giant. 



"Early: Granite, Red Crowder, Red Eye, Red Yellow Hull, Saddleback, Smith 

 No. 9, Whippoorwill. 



"Medium: Coffee, Large Lady, Lilac Red Pod, Mush, Pony, Small Lady, Smith 

 No. 7, Smith No. 15, White, While Brown Hull. 



"Late: Black Eye, Everlasting, White Crowder, Williams Hybrid. 



" Very Late: Black, Blue Hull, Calico, Clay, Conch, Forage or Shinny, Gourd, 

 Mathews, Purple Hull Crowder, Quadroon, Red, Redding, Red Ripper, Rice, Shrimp, 

 Smith Xo. 14, Speckled Crowder, Sugar Crowder, Taylor Prolific, Uuknown, Won- 

 derful." 



The yields of vines and of i)eas for each variety are tabulated. 

 The following- are the author's conclusions: 



" (1) The earliest cowpea, and hence the variety best adapted to high latitudes, is 

 the New Era; this matures in a little more than 60 days from time of planting. 

 Other very early varieties are Congo, White Giant, Chocolate, and Vacuum. 



" (2) The heaviest yielder of vines is Red Ripper, followed closely by Forage or 

 Shinny, Black, and Unknown. 



" (3) The heaviest producers of peas are Unknown, Calico, Clay, and White Brown 

 Hull. 



"(4) The yield of i)eas, as a rule, though not invariably, parallels the yield of 

 vines. 



"(5) For hay, the erect varieties are preferable to those of a recumbent haliit, 

 since the mower cuts them all. The best of the erect varieties are the Unknowu, 

 Clay, and Whippoorwill. 



"(6) Where a dense mass of vines is wanted to remain all winter on the ground, 

 Calico, Gourd, Black, and Constitution are preferable. 



" (7) The best table peas are Sugar Crowder, White Crowder, Mush, Large Lady, 

 Suuill Lady, and Rice. 



" (8) The best stock pea for field grazing of either cattle or hogs is the Black. It 

 will reuuiin in ground all wintei" without injury. Everlasting, Red, and Red Rip- 

 per are also good. 



" (9) For an 'all purpose' pea the Uuknown leads the list. Clay, however, closely 

 contests first place. Unknown and Wonderful are identical." 



]S either the germinating power nor the subsequent growth was les- 

 sened by discoloration of the peas used as seed. 



Experiments with cowpeas and crimson clover, A. T. Keale 

 {Delaware Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 7-13). — Silage made of cowpea vines was 

 relished by cows and largely increased the flow of milk. In a ferti- 

 lizer test 160 lbs. of muriate of potash per acre doubled the yield of 

 cowpea vines; nitrate of soda largely increased the yield, but acid 

 phosphate exercised no marked effect. The varieties Unknown and 



