FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 23 



S. P. I. No. 



6430. From Athens, Greece, 1901, under the name "Phaseolus viridissimus." "Their 

 culture in Greece is a restricted one, and the beans are considered a great 

 delicacy." Grown at Arlington farm and elsewhere for five seasons. Plants 

 erect, bushy, 18 to 24 inches high and 15 inches broad, the pods mostly ripe* 

 in 100 days. Seeds olive green. Indistinguishable from this are Nos. 5071, 

 6562, 8540, 8814, 9786, 13397, and 14960. 



6562. From China, 1900. As grown for several seasons at Arlington farm this can not 

 be distinguished from No. 6430. 



8486. Progeny of No. 6321. 



8540. From Poona, India, 1902, where it is called "mung (mug)." This lot is quite 

 identical in growth and maturity to No. 6430. 



8585. From Chinkiang, China, 1902. Seeds green. No records of any tests. 



8814. From Basra, Arabia, 1902, where called "mash (maash)." "It is employed 

 with rice or boiled and eaten alone." (Fairchild.) As grown for several 

 seasons at Arlington farm this was quite identical with No. 6430. 



9786. From Khojend, Russian Turkestan, 1903. Grown at Arlington farm and found 

 not distinguishable from No. 6430. 



9889. Progeny of No. 6430. 



9890. Progeny of No. 6430. 

 10284. Progeny of No. 6430. 

 10329. Progeny of No. 6430. 

 10407. Progeny of No. 6430. 



10527. From Patras, Greece, 1904. In cultural behavior this is exactly like No. 1385. 

 It is not the same variety as No. 6430, also from Greece. Other numbers 

 that are apparently identical with 10527 in all respects are 24813 and 28992. 



10610. From Askabad, Turkestan, 1904, where called "mash (masch)." Arlington 

 farm cultures prove this to be the same as No. 6430. 



11098. From Abyssinia, 1904. Seeds olive. No cultural notes recorded. 



12775. From Prof. C. C. Newman, Calhoun, S. C, 1905. This variety was found by 

 Prof. Newman growing spontaneously near the South Carolina Agricultural 

 Experiment Station and by him brought into cultivation, whence it has 

 been called the Newman bean. As indicated on a previous page, there are 

 excellent reasons to consider this identical with the Chickasaw or Oregon 

 pea first introduced into the United States about 1835. Dr. Haven Metcalf 

 states that he has seen the plant growing spontaneously at four different 

 places in South Carolina. The Newman bean has been grown for seven 

 seasons at Arlington farm and at various other places, besides being abun- 

 dantly tested by practical farmers. It is a large, late variety, growing per- 

 fectly erect to a height of 3 to 3 \ feet. At Arlington farm it matures only 

 part of its pods in 130 to 140 days when planted about June 1. The stems 

 are rather too coarse for good hay. Seeds olive green. This is the tallest 

 of all the varieties tested, but becomes fully mature at Arlington only in 

 occasional seasons. No. 30732, from Jolo, P. I., is not distinguishable. 



13394. Progeny of No. 6562. 



133*95. Newman bean. Same source as No. 12775. 



13396. From United Provinces, India, 1903. Grown at Arlington farm for three 



seasons. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall, bushy, late, the bulk of the pods maturing 

 in about 125 days. Seeds olive. Very similar to No. 10527 and probably 

 the same variety. 



13397. From Nagpur, India, 1903, under the name "mung (mug)." Grown several 



seasons at Arlington farm and not to be distinguished from No. 6562. 



13398. Found mixed in cowpea seed from Bombay, India, in 1903. The cultures of 



this show it to be the same as No. 6562. 



