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such classification. The Georgia Station has proposed the fol- 

 lowing as a basis for a systematic and uniform nomenclature: 



1. Form of pea, main divisions: (a) Crowders, (b) Kidneys. 



2. Habit of growth, divisions: (a) trailing, (b) recumbent, (c) semi-re- 

 cumbent, (d) erect. 



3. Time of maturity, divisions: (a) very early, (b) early, (c) medium, 



(d) late, (e) very late. 



4. Color of pod, divisions: (a) dark, (b) light. 



5. Color of peas: divisions too numerous to specify. 



6. Size of pods, divisions: (a) very large, (b) large, (c) medium, (d) small, 



(e) very small. 



7. Size of peas, divisions: (a) very large, (b) large, (c) medium, (d) 

 small, (e) very small. 1 



302. VARIETIES. The Georgia Station recommends varieties as follows: 

 for hay, since they are erect, Unknown, Clay, Whippoorwill; for grazing, 

 since they will remain on the ground all winter, Black, Everlasting, Red, and 

 Red Ripper; as the heaviest producer of peas, Unknown, Calico, Clay, and 

 White-Brown hull; as best table peas, Sugar Crowder, White Crowder, Mush, 

 Large Lady, Small Lady, Rice; as the best all-purpose pea, Unknown (Won- 

 derful) and Clay. 2 The Alabama Station reports the largest production of 

 seed from New Era, Black, and Red Ripper; of hay, from Wonderful and 

 Clay. 3 The Arkansas Station grew 123 samples embracing about thirty varieties 

 under forty-five names. The heaviest yield of hay was obtained from Clay 

 and the lightest from New Era and Black Eye. Wonderful (Unknown), Red 

 Ripper and Clay grew very few peas. The varieties giving the highest yield 

 of peas were Calico, Coffee, Extra Early Black Eye, Iron, New Era, Red 

 Yellow Hull, Speckled Java, Warren's Extra Early, Warren's New Hybrid, 

 Whippoorwill and White Brown Eye. New Era, Old Man's, Warren's Extra 

 Early, Extra Early Black Eye, and Warren's New Hybrid yielded a greater 

 proportion of peas to vines than other varieties tested, and are recommended 

 for early planting. 4 



At the Illinois Station the best yield of seed was obtained with Warren's 

 Extra Early, Warren's New Hybrid, Old Man's and New Era. Whippoorwill 

 produced less than one-half as much seed as the varieties named, while Red 

 Ripper, Wonderful, Lady, Clay, and Taylor either produced but few pods or 

 failed to mature. 5 At the Tennessee Station the best yield of pea vine hay 

 was with Taylor and Wonderful, while Clay, Black Eye and Whippoorwill 

 each yielded above two tons per acre. 6 



1 Georgia Sta. Bui. No. 26 (1894), p. 171. 



2 Georgia Sta. Bui. No. 26 (1894), p. 185. 



3 Alabama Sta. Bui. No. 118 (1902), p. 3. 

 * Arkansas Sta. Bui. No. 77 (1903), p. 32. 

 5 Illinois Sta. Circ. No. 69 (1903), p. 5. 

 "Tennessee Sta. Bui. 14 (1901), No. 1, p. 15. 



