92 SEEDS AMi PLANTS [MPORTED. 



20289 to 20424— Continued. 



20398. Til \m:ui i b VULGARIS. Bean. 



From Merkoechofka. "(No. 636a, Oct. 25, 1906.) a yellow bead 

 grown locally for food." I \i< '/■ r. I 



20399. Phaseolus VULGARIS. Bean. 



From Merkoechofka. "(No. 637a, Oct. 25, 1906.) Medium-sized] 

 dwarf, white beans, grown locally for food." i Meyer.) 



20400. Phaseolus vulgaris. Bean. 



From Merkoechofka. "I No. 638a, Oct. 25, 1906.) Small, dwarf, white 

 beans, grown locally for food." i Meyer.) 



20401. Phaseolus vulgaris. Bean 



Fr Merkoechofka. "(No. 639a, Oct. 25, L906.) Very small, dw 



white beans, grown locally for food." ( Meyer.) 



an. 



: 



la, Noi 

 i Khabi 



. 15, 1906.) Small, yellowish 

 irovsk." i Meyer.) 





Bean. 



Nov. i 

 arovsk.' 



.. 1906. i Small, blacklsb beans, 

 i Meyer.) 





Bean. 



a. Nov. 



arovsk.' 



i:.. 1906.) small, red beans 

 • t Meyer.) 





Soy bean. 



20402. I'm \m.ii is \ ULGARI8. 



From Khabann Bk. "< No. en 

 beans, purchased in the market a 



20403. Til \-i 0LU8 \ i LC IBIS. 



From Klial>ap>\ Bk. "I No. 641a 

 purchased in the markel at Khali 



20404. I'm \si oi ^ hi GARI8. 



From Khabaroi Bk. " i No. 6 I2i 

 purchased In the markel al 



20-405. < iLY( im: hispida. 



From Khabarovsk. "(No. 643a, Nov. 15, 1906.) Round, yellow soy- 

 beans purchased In the market at Khabarovsk. The Chinese lei these 

 beans sproul and use the sprouts all winter as a vegetable. <*ii is also 

 extracted from this variety, and the cakes thus formed make a very 

 nutritious food for horses." i u< n< r. I 



20406. Glycine hispida. Soybean. 



From Khabarovsk. "(No. 644a, Nov. b~>, 1906.) A yellow soy bean 

 purchased In the market at Khabarovsk." {Meyer.) 



20407. Glycine hispida. Soybean. 



From Merkoechofka. "(No. 645a, Oct. 25, 1906.) A brown-black 

 variety grown in eastern Siberia : does not scatter when ripe and is 

 very late in ripening, as it is harvested in the last half of October. Is 

 used for food, being boiled with millet. This variety seems to have 

 come originally from more southern regions, as the season here is some- 

 what short for it." i i/' //' r. I 



20408. Glycine hispida. Soy bear 



From Khabarovsk. "(No. 647a, Nov. 8, 1906.) Black soy beans ot 

 tained from Mr. V. T. Kovaleff, in charge of the experiment station at 

 Khabarovsk. These seeds came originally from Manchuria in 1899 and 

 are ripening here to perfection, while the light and dark yellow varieties 

 do not ripen well at all. Are nsed for food for domestic animals when 

 boiled, and are also sometimes fed in the green state." (Meyer.) 



20409. Glycine hispida. Soy bean. 



From Merkoechofka. "(No. 648a, Oct. 25, 1906.) Very small, brown- 

 ish beans obtained from a farmer in Merkoechofka ; said to have come 

 originally from Manchuria." (Meyer.) 

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