520 FOE AGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



pubescence is tawny, and both purple-flowered and white- 

 flowered strains occur. The seeds are straw yellow with 

 a brown hilum, one pound containing about 2400. The 

 Haberlandt variety was introduced from Pingyang, 

 Korea, in 1901. 



Medium Yellow. This is an erect, bushy, heavy seed- 

 ing variety growing 2| to 3 feet high, and requiring about 

 the same length of season as the Haberlandt. The pubes- 

 cence is tawny, and the flowers either purple or white. 

 The seeds are straw yellow with a pale hilum, one pound 

 containing about 3500. This variety was introduced 

 from central China in 1901. Some seedsmen advertise 

 it under the name of Mongol. 



Guelph. This variety was introduced from Japan in 

 1889 by W. P. Brooks. It is also known under the 

 names of Medium Green and Medium Early Green. 

 The plants are stout and bushy, growing 1J to 2 feet high. 

 The pubescence is tawny, and the flowers purple. The 

 whole seed, including both the coat and the germ, is green 

 in color. One pound of seed contains about 2600. This 

 variety has been much grown in the Northern States, as it 

 requires only about 90 days to become fully mature. 



Ito San. This variety is also known as Japanese pea, 

 Early White and Early Yellow. It was introduced 

 from Japan by C. C. Georgeson in 1890, but apparently 

 the same or a very similar variety was distributed 

 by the United States Patent Office in 1853. It is 

 a bushy variety growing 2 to 2J feet high, with rather 

 slender stems, and on this account, excellent for hay. It 

 becomes fully mature in about one hundred days after 

 planting. The pubescence is tawny, and the flowers 

 purple. The seeds are rather small, straw yellow with a 

 pale hilum, but with a brown speck near the micropyle. 



