FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 9 



S. P. I. No. 



17851. From Tientsin, China, November, 1905. "This variety is used as general food 



and to make confectionery. The beans are boiled, made into a pulp, and 



with sugar are baked in small cakes." (Meyer.) Plants erect, 16 to 24 



inches high, maturing at Arlington farm in about 130 days; pods straw colored ; 



seeds maroon. One of the very best varieties. 

 18618. From Shanghai, China, February, 1906. Plants erect, 16 to 18 inches high, 



about half the pods maturing at Arlington farm in 150 days; pods 3 \ inches 



long; seeds brick red. 

 19185. From Newchwang, Manchuria, August, 1906. Plants erect, 12 to 24 inches 



high, maturing at Arlington farm in 120 days; pods straw colored on most 



plants, brown on about one-fifth, 3 to 4 inches long; seeds straw colored. 

 19468. From Hoijo (near Kobe), Japan, November, 1906. Plants erect, 16 to 20 inches 



high, maturing at Arlington farm in about 120 days; pods blackish; seeds 



maroon. 



19988. From Yokohama, Japan, March, 1907. Identical in all respects with No. 19468. 



19989. From Yokohama, Japan, March, 1907. Identical in all respects with No. 19468. 



20007. From Shi-wa-nanan, Chosen (Korea), July, 1906. "Grows at high altitudes 



on very poor soils. Used for food, being boiled together with rice and millet. " 

 (Meyer.) Plants erect, 18 to 20 inches high, maturing at Arlington farm in 

 about 140 days; pods straw colored, 3| inches long; seeds buff, half or more 

 of the surface saddled and blotched with black. 



20008. From near Musan, Chosen (Korea), September, 1906. Plants erect, 24 to 26 



inches high, maturing at Arlington farm in about 130 days. Two slightly 

 different varieties mixed, one having the pods straw colored, the other 

 brownish; seeds maroon. 



20009. From the same source as No. 20008. Plants suberect, 18 to 20 inches high, 



maturing at Arlington farm in about 140 days; pods brownish, 3 to 4 inches 

 long; seeds buff. 



20010. From the same source as No. 20007. In habit and life period almost identical 



with No. 20009; pods brownish; seeds buff, thickly speckled with black. 



20402. From Khabarovsk, Siberia, November, 1906. Plants erect, 16 to 24 inches 



high, maturing at Arlington farm in about 130 days; pods straw colored, 3 to 

 2>\ inches long; seeds straw colored. 



20403. From the same source as No. 20402. Habit and life period quite the same as 



No. 20402; holds leaves well; pods brownish, 3 to 3-J inches long; seeds buff, 

 thickly speckled with black. 



20404. From the same source as No. 20402. Plants erect, about 16 inches high, 



maturing at Arlington farm in about 130 days; pods straw colored, 3 inches 



long; seeds maroon. In 1909 this lot seemed to be practically identical with 



Nos. 20008 and 21083. 

 20703. From southern Usuri, Siberia, March, 1907, where it is called <( wei-tou (wei- 



do)." Grown only in 1907, maturing at Arlington farm in about 130 days; 



pods dark colored; seeds buff, thickly speckled with black. 

 20894. From Kobe, Japan, March, 1907. Plants erect, 18 to 20 inches high, maturing 



at Arlington farm in about 120 days; apparently a mixture of three kinds, 



one with dark brownish pods; all maroon seeds. 



21081. From Tiehling, Manchuria, January, 1907. Chinese name " pei-hsiao-tou 



(pei-sha-toa)." This seems indistinguishable from No. 20402 in habit, life 

 period, and seed characters. 



21082. From the same source as No. 21081. Plants erect, 18 inches high, and broad, 



maturing at Arlington farm in 100 days in 1912; pods straw colored, 3 inches 

 long; seeds maroon. In 1909 this variety appeared quite identical with 

 No. 20402. 

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