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(3) Time of maturity. 



"The divisions with regard to maturity are 

 even more distinct than those characterizing 

 growth ; they are as follows : 



(a) Very Early: Chocolate, Congo, New Era, 



Vacuum, White Giant. 

 (6) Early : Granite, Red Crowder, Red Eye, Red 

 Yellow Hull, Saddleback, Smith No. 9, 

 Whippoorwill. 



(c) Medium : Coffee, Large Lady, Lilac Red Pod, 



Mush, Pony, Small Lady, Smith No. 7, 

 Smith No. 15, White, White Brown Hull. 



(d) Late . Black Eye, Everlasting, White Crow- 



der, Williams Hybrid. 



(e) Very Late : Black, Blue Hull, Calico, Clay, 



Conch, Forage or Shinny, Gourd, Mathews, 

 Purple Hull Crowder, Quadroon, Red, Red- 

 ding, Red Ripper, Rice, Shrimp, Smith 

 No. 14, Speckled Crowder, Sugar Crowder, 

 Taylor Prolific, Unknown, Wonderful. 

 "Of all varieties. Conch is the latest and the 



flattest grower, trailing close to the ground like a 



potato vine. 



(4) Cohr of pods. 



" Certain varieties possess pods of a dark color, 

 some almost brown when ripe, others reddish brown 

 and still others bluish black or purple. The color 

 of the pod bears no relation whatever to the color 

 of the enclosed pea, which ranges from pure white 

 through different mottled shades to red. 



"The following peas are dark hulled, all others 

 are light or yellow hulled : 



White Brown Hull ; color of pod, dark brown. 



Blue Hull ; color of pod, blue-black. 



Red Eye ; color of pod, blue-black. 



Purple Hull Crowder ; color of pod, purplish 

 black. 



Lilac Red Pod ; color of pod, reddish purple. 



Saddleback ; color of pod, purplish black. 



(5) Color of peas. 



" Naturally, more diversity is apparent in this 

 feature than in any other. The following list of 

 peas tested the present season is grouped accord- 

 ing to color : 



White : Black Eye, Blue Hull, Conch, Large 

 Lady, Mush, Pony, Red Eye, Rice, Small Lady, 

 Smith No. 7, Smith No. 14, Smith No. 15, 

 Sugar Crowder, Taylor Prolific, Vacuum, 

 White, White Brown Hull, White Crowder, 

 White Giant. 



Lemon : Smith No. 9. 



Pale Buff : Unknown, Wonderful, Quadroon. 



Pinkish Buff : Everlasting. 



Cream : Clay. 



Clear Pink : Shrimp. 



Dull Red : Purple Hull Crowder, Red, Red Crow- 

 der, Redding, Red Ripper, Red Yellow Hull. 



Lilac Mottled : Lilac Red Pod. 



Red Mottled : Calico, Saddleback. 



Brown Mottled : Chocolate, Coffee, Williams 

 Hybrid. 



Brown Speckled (on gray ground): Granite, 



Speckled Crowder, Whippoorwill. 

 Brown Speckled (on blue ground) : New Era. 

 Black Mottled : Gourd, Mathews. 

 Jet Black : Black, Constitution, Congo, Forage 



or Shinny. 



(6) Size of pods. 



(a) Very large : Calico, Gourd, Mathews. 



(b) Large : Black Eye, Clay, Coffee, Conch, 



Congo, Forage or Shinny, Granite, Quad- 

 roon, Red, Smith No. 15, Unknown, Vacuum, 

 Whippoorwill, White Giant, Wonderful. 



(c) Medium : Black, Blue Hull, Chocolate, Ever- 



lasting, Lilac Red Pod, New Era, Red Eye, 

 Red Ripper, Saddleback, Smith No. 9, 

 Speckled Crowder, Taylor Prolific, White, 

 White Brown Hull, White Crowder, Wil- 

 liams Hybrid. 



(d) Small : Constitution, Large Lady, Mush, Pony, 



Purple Hull Crowder, Red Yellow Hull, 

 Rice, Shrimp, Smith No. 7, Smith No. 14, 

 Sugar Crowder. 



(e) Very Small: Red Crowder, Redding, Small 



Lady. 



(7) Size of pea. 



(a) Very Large : Calico, Congo, Granite, White 



Giant. 

 (6) Large : Blue Hull, Coffee, Gourd, Lilac Red 



Pod, Mathews, Red Ripper, Red Yellow 



Hull, Smith No. 9, Speckled Crowder, 



Vacuum, White Crowder. 



(c) Medium : Black, Black Eye, Chocolate, Clay, 



Conch, Forage or Shinny, Mush, New Era, 

 Pony, Purple Hull Crowder, Quadroon, 

 Red, Red Crowder, Red Eye, Smith No. 7, 

 Smith No. 15, Taylor Prolific, Unknown, 

 White Brown Hull, Whippoorwill, Williams 

 Hybrid, Wonderful. 



(d) Small : Everlasting, Large Lady, Redding, 



Rice, Saddleback, Shrimp, Smith No. 14, 

 Sugar Crowder. 



(e) Very Small: Constitution, Small Lady, White. 



"There are other minor characteristics, as that of 

 smooth and wrinkled surface, serving to distinguish 

 varieties otherwise apparently identical. Blue Hull, 

 Chocolate, Pony, Saddlebaxsk, Vacuum and White 

 Giant, are wrinkled. All of the others are smooth." 



Detailed descriptions of a number of varieties 

 may be found in bulletins of the various agricul- 

 tural experiment stations, especially in Georgia 

 Bulletin No. 26, Texas Bulletin No. 34, and Louis- 

 iana Bulletins Nos. 19 and 29. 



In the Gulf states, the two varieties most 

 extensively grown are Whippoorwill or Speckled, 

 and Unknown or Wonderful. In yield of forage 

 the Unknown is at or near the head of the list 

 in the southern part of the cotton-belt. Its large 

 yield and relatively upright growth make it a 

 favorite for forage, while its heavy yield and large 

 stems and roots make it one of the best for the 

 improvement of the soil. It is not suitable for 



