10 BULLETIN" 318, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE." 



20447— Continued. 



very flat, broad, 4 inches long, fleshy, white, shrinking in maturing, 

 the first ripe in 110 days. Seeds large, plump, reddish purple in color. 

 Other lots from the same source are Nos. 2083, 6377, 25256, and 

 31363. No. 4380, from Naples, is seemingly the same variety, judging 

 from the seeds and the brief notes recorded. 



The green pods of this variety make a most excellent vegetable, very 

 similar to snap beans, but even more delicate in flavor. This variety 

 should be grown largely as an arbor vine, as it is not only ornamental, 

 but also produces an abundance of delicious beans. 



A number of other lots introduced, concerning which no notes have 

 been preserved, but which have similar seeds, are Nos. 32S6, 3287, and 

 3288, from Algeria, received under the name " Madagascar bean " ; 

 No. 6319, from Tokyo, Japan ; and Nos. 25727 and 25728, from Baroda, 

 India. 



20891. From Kobe, Japan, 1907, under the name " fujimame." A vigorous 

 variety with green foliage ; flowers white ; pods white, somewhat 

 fleshy, the first maturing in about 120 days ; seeds large, plump, dark 

 purple. This variety closely resembles No. 25158, but that has cream- 

 colored, much smaller seeds. 



21352. From Teyhampett, Madras, India, 1907. A very viny sort, which sprawls 

 on the ground ; herbage green ; late, no flowers being produced at 

 Arlington Farm after 130 days ; seeds cream color, quite large, much 

 compressed, distinct from any other sort with cream-colored seeds 

 received. 



21947. From Buitenzorg, Java, 1908, under the name " katjang ieda." A mod- 



erately vigorous, late, viny variety ; stems purple ; leaflets green ; 

 flowers pale purple ; no pods maturing at the end of 130 days ; seeds 

 medium sized, dark purple to black, somewhat compressed. 



21948. From Buitenzorg, Java, 1908, under the name " katjang ypit." A vigor- 



ous late variety, barely coming into bloom at Arlington Farm in 130 

 days ; flowers pink purple ; no pods formed ; seeds medium sized, rather 

 plump, dark reddish purple. 



21949. From Buitenzorg, Java, 1908, under the name " katjang idjo." A very 



late purple-stemmed variety that did not bloom at Arlington in 1908. 

 Seeds medium sized, purple black. 



21950. From Buitenzorg, Java, 1908, under the name " katjang ypit poetih." 



Very similar to the preceding when grown side by side. Seeds indis- 

 tinguishable. 

 21998. From Boshan, Shantung, China, 1908. An early, not very vigorous 

 variety ; plants growing about 30 inches high and as broad, rather 

 bushy, a few of the branches vining to a length of 3 or 4 feet ; foliage 

 green ; flowers white, on long, stout peduncles ; immature pods some- 

 what fleshy, pale, 2.5 inches long, shrinking and becoming somewhat 

 distorted when maturing, the first pod ripening in about 100 days; 

 seeds subglobose, cream colored, with the micropyle, the strophiole, 

 and a few spots on the back purple. 



Apparently identical with this are Nos. 25152 and 25153, both from 

 Shanghai, China. No. 18448, from Shanghai, China, has identical seeds, 

 but these did not germinate. 

 22025. Progeny of a stray plant, Arlington Farm, identical with No. 4384.- 

 22934. From Karlsruhe, Germany, 1908. A slender, sprawling variety, with 

 green stems and leaves; flowers purple, the first pods maturing in 

 about 110 days ; seeds small, dark purple to black. 



