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mitted to several housekeepers for trial, who all, with two exceptions, 

 give them most favorable recommendations." The professor of 

 household economy, in a letter to Prof. Georgeson, praised the beans 

 highly both for use in soups and baked. 



Two varieties of the adsuki bean were grown at the Rhode Island 

 Agricultural Experiment Station in 1893 and 1894, and yields both 

 of forage and seed based on row tests were recorded. These two 

 varieties were later obtained from the Rhode Island station and 

 given S. P. I. numbers 17315 and 17317. 



The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (McCarthy 

 and Emery, 1894, p. 143) gives a very brief report on two varieties 

 of Japanese beans which are unquestionably the adsuki bean. No 

 recommendations are made beyond stating that the beans are for 

 table use only and not for forage. 



The following notes on adsuki beans imported by the Office of 

 Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction or obtained from other sources 

 have been assembled for convenient reference. The S. P. I. number 

 is shown in every case. 



S.P.I. No. 



226. A maroon-seeded variety from North China, March, 1898, under the name "wei- 

 tou (vay-do)." No cultural notes. 



494. From Amur Province, Siberia, March, 1898, imported there from China and 

 called "wei-tou (vay-do)." No cultural notes. 



5072. From Wahiawa, Oahu, May, 1900, where introduced from China. A maroon- 

 seeded variety. No cultural notes. 



6318. From Tokyo, Japan, April, 1901, under the name "muroran." Stocks of seed 

 grown from this were also numbered 8488 and 17316, and it has been sold by 

 seedsmen under the name "Japanese muroran bean." Plants erect, 20 to 24 

 inches high, maturing at Arlington farm in about 100 days ; pods straw colored ; 

 seeds maroon. 



6417. See No. 17323. 



6418. See No. 17324. 



8487. Progeny of No. 6417. See No. 17323. 



8488. Progeny of No. 6318. 



9419. Grown from No. 6417. See No. 17323. 

 10523. See No. 17315. 



13384. Found mixed with soy beans No. 6558 from Hankow, China, May, 1901. Plants 



erect, 2 to 3 feet high, late, only half the pods maturing at Arlington farm in 

 140 days; pods 3J to 4 inches long, straw colored; seeds orange yellow. 



13385. From the same source as No. 13384. In habit and maturity like No. 13384; 



pods straw colored; seeds pale greenish. 



13386. From the same source as No. 13384. Plants erect, 16 to 24 inches high; late, 



about half the pods maturing at Arlington farm in 130 days; pods straw 

 colored; seeds straw colored. 



13387. From the same source as No. 13384. Plants erect, 30 inches high, the rows 24 



inches broad; only about 30 per cent were mature on October 29, 1912, at 

 Arlington farm, 151 days after planting; pods straw colored, 4 inches long; 

 seeds straw colored. 



13388. From the same source, as No. 13384. This seems identical in every respect 



with No. 13386. 



