XIII, A, 2 Cocannouer: Imported Garden Legumes 71 



bean, the mungo, and the pigeon pea. Others have been in- 

 troduced during late years and are now established in a few 

 parts of the Islands. These are the garden pea, the velvet 

 bean, the soy bean, the sword bean, and the kidney bean. The 

 broad bean has received little consideration in the Philippine 

 tropics, but has been given severe tests in other tropics of the 

 world, and so far as I have been able to learn has never been 

 found a success. The lentil also has received little attention 

 in the Philippines, although it is a standard legume in certain 

 other tropical countries. The chick pea is imported into the 

 Philippines in rather large quantities, and several efforts have 

 been made to produce it here, but with little success. While I 

 was in charge of the farm school at Indang, Cavite Province, 

 I made several attempts to grow chick peas, but was never able 

 to secure any crop whatever. The plants grew vigorously and 

 in some cases blossomed freely, but no seed ever developed. 



Garden peas are now grown extensively in some localities of 

 the Philippines, and they give promise of soon becoming one 

 of the leading products in several sections. Kidney beans of 

 an excellent quality are also slowly but surely making their 

 way into the local markets. These, too, promise to be exten- 

 sively propagated on a commercial scale soon. Just how these 

 beans and peas were first introduced is not known. The peas 

 were probably brought in by Chinese market gardeners, and the 

 beans very likely came through the schools. 



Of the numerous legume projects carried on by the College of 

 Agriculture during past years, the work with soy beans will 

 probably stand out as being the most valuable. A legume that 

 previously had been considered impossible of culture in the Phil- 

 ippines has been developed through careful study and selection, 

 until it ranks among the most productive legumes gro^sm on the 

 college farm. Other legumes, such as the cowT)ea, the mungo, 

 and several varieties of Limas, have received special study, and 

 in some cases very encouraging results have been secured. 



OBJECT OF THESE EXPERIMENTS 



The object of these experiments was twofold: First, to test 

 several varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris, Phaseolus lunatus, and 

 Pisum sativum., which are ranked as "leaders" by American 

 market gardeners, in order to find out whether a profitable yield 

 could be secured from these legumes in the Philippines under 

 ordinary garden conditions and what season or seasons of the 

 year were best suited to their production; secondly, to secure 

 seed for pedigree-selection work with the view of establishing 



