FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. 27 



Except the trial in Louisiana, there has been found no record of 

 the urd in the United States previous to 1900. Since that year 

 more than 20 lots have been secured, mainly from India, by the 

 Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. The source of these 

 and their cultural behavior are stated in the following notes : 



S.P.I. No. 



5438. From the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, India, in 1900, as "Phaseolus pilosus." 



Grown but a single season at Arlington farm. A very late variety that 

 did not bloom. Seeds black and gray marbled, very small. Killed by 

 frost October 12. The row formed a mass of herbage 20 inches high and 

 about 3 feet broad. 



5439. From the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, India, in 1900, as "Phaseolus roxburgha." 



Seeds small, olive. No records of the testing of this variety are preserved. 

 8541. From Poona, India, 1902, under the native name "udid." Grown at Arling- 

 ton farm for several seasons. In rows the plants grow to a height of 16 to 

 18 inches and spread to a width of 2 feet. The majority of the pods ripen 

 in 120 days, but there is a constant tendency to form new pods, so that many 

 are unripe when the plants are killed by frost. Seeds black and gray mar- 

 bled, dull. At Chillicothe, Tex., this variety produced abundant seed, 

 but too near the ground to harvest with machinery. The seed of this lot 

 germinated 91 per cent in 1906. 



13399. From the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, 1903, under the name 



' ' katikha. ' ' Grown at Arlington farm for three seasons. Plants procumbent, 

 12 to 18 inches high, about 30 inches wide in the row. Late, only a few pods 

 being mature when killed by frost in 135 days; seeds olive. 



13400. From United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, 1903, under the name 



"bhadela." Grown at Arlington farm for five seasons. Plants decumbent, 

 12 to 20 inches high, not vigorous. Seeds begin to mature by September 1 and 

 80 per cent are ripe on October 1. Pods dark colored. Seeds olive green. 



13401. From United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, 1903, under the name 



"jettira." Grown at Arlington farm in 1905. Not distinguishable from No. 

 13400. 



13402. From Bombay Presidency, India, 1903, under the name "udid." Grown 



at Arlington farm in 1905. Plants 15 to 18 inches high and 2 to 2£ feet broad. 

 First pods ripen in 100 days. Nearly all are mature in 134 days, when killed 

 by frost. Seeds black, finely marbled with gray. Hardly distinguishable 

 from No. 8541. 



13403. From Nagpur, India, 1903, under the name "udid." At Arlington farm this 



was quite indistinguishable from No. 13402. 



16129. From the Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station, Audubon Park, La., in 1905, 

 under the name "Dolichosformosus." Grown at Arlington farm for four 

 seasons. Plants 15 to 20 inches high, about 2 feet broad. Pods mostly 

 mature in 120 days. Seeds black and gray marbled. Hardly to be distin- 

 guished from No. 13400. 



17134. Progeny of No. 8541. 



17305. Progeny of No. 8541. 



17306. Progeny of No. 13400. 



17307. Progeny of No. 13401. 



17308. Progeny of No. 13402. 



17309. Progeny of No. 13403. 



18310. From Barbados, 1906, where called "woolly pyrol " and much used as a green- 

 manure crop . Grown for four seasons at Arlington farm . A very late , vigorous 

 variety, growing 20 to 24 inches high and 4 feet wide, but not yet blooming 

 when killed by frost after 130 to 150 days. Seeds black and gray marbled. 



