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Virginia Runner. — This is a large-podded, strong- 

 growing variety, with creeping stems and heavy foHage. 

 The procumbent stems bear' pods throughout their entire 

 length. The pods are of light color and usually do not 

 adhere well in digging. The usual number of kernels to the 

 pod is two. The customary weight to the bushel of this 

 and other large-podded varieties is 22 pounds. 



'Virginia Bunch (Fig. 73) . — ■ This -variety differs from 

 the Virginia Runner in that the vines are erect and rather 

 dwarf, and the pods are borne in a cluster about the base 

 of the plant. The pods adhere better to the plant when it 

 is dug up than do those of the Virginia Runner. 



North Carolina (Fig. 73). — This variety, sometimes 

 called^ the Wilmington, and in some localities known as 

 the African, has procumbent stems and in that respect 

 resembles the Virginia Runner, but the plant is not so 

 large and vigorous and the pods a,nd kernels are smaller. 

 The kernels are especially rich in oil. The weight of a 

 bushel of North Carolina peanuts is 28 pounds. 



Tennessee Red (Fig. 73) . — This variety bears rather 

 long, slender pods, sometimes five or six peas being crowded 

 together in one pod. It is an excellent variety for stock 

 feeding but the pods do not sell well oh the market, 

 owing to the red color of the peas. It is therefore recom- 

 mended only for stock feeding. 



Spanish (Figs. 72, 73). — Owing to its early maturity 

 and excellent yielding quaUties, the Spanish peanut has a 

 wider adaptation in the southern states than any other 

 variety. It is a small-podded, upri^t growing variety, the 

 pods being borne in a cluster about the" base of the plant. 

 For the production of stock food the Spanish peanut excels 

 all other varieties in the United States. It frequently yields 

 50 to 75 bushels of nuts and two tons of hay to the acre. 



