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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29271 
  to 
  29310. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  represents 
  some 
  promising 
  varieties 
  of 
  cowpeas 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  

   Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  in 
  1910. 
  Numbered 
  in 
  December, 
  1910. 
  

   Notes 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  by 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  29271 
  to 
  29275. 
  Vigna 
  catjang 
  (Burm.) 
  Walp. 
  Catjang. 
  

  

  29271. 
  Originally 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  No. 
  21569A 
  at 
  the 
  Arlington 
  Experi- 
  

   mental 
  Farm. 
  A 
  buff-seeded 
  catjang 
  of 
  very 
  peculiar 
  habit 
  and 
  possi- 
  

   bly 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

  

  29272. 
  Found 
  mixed 
  with 
  guar, 
  No. 
  18648, 
  from 
  Surat, 
  India, 
  and 
  

   grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0336. 
  A 
  catjang 
  with 
  brown-eyed 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  seeds. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  variety, 
  but 
  not 
  of 
  much 
  agricultural 
  value. 
  

  

  29273. 
  Found 
  mixed 
  with 
  adzuki 
  bean, 
  No. 
  17321, 
  from 
  Hankow, 
  

   China, 
  and 
  grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0927. 
  A 
  distinct 
  variety 
  of 
  

   catjang, 
  with 
  pale-buff 
  seeds 
  marbled 
  with 
  dark 
  brown. 
  A 
  prolific 
  

   but 
  not 
  a 
  tall 
  variety. 
  

  

  29274. 
  A 
  single 
  plant 
  found 
  at 
  Arlington, 
  Va., 
  in 
  1909, 
  in 
  No. 
  21603 
  

   and 
  grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  01446. 
  A 
  catjang 
  with 
  marbled 
  seeds. 
  

  

  29275. 
  Found 
  growing 
  in 
  adzuki 
  bean, 
  No. 
  17321, 
  from 
  Hankow, 
  

   China, 
  and 
  grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0931. 
  Seeds 
  pink 
  buff. 
  A 
  

   prolific 
  catjang 
  of 
  good 
  habit. 
  

  

  29276 
  to 
  29302. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  29276. 
  From 
  the 
  Public 
  Gardens, 
  Jamaica. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  

   No. 
  0145. 
  A 
  cowpea 
  with 
  black-eyed 
  white 
  seeds; 
  prolific 
  and 
  of 
  

   good 
  habit. 
  

  

  29277. 
  From 
  Nairobi, 
  British 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  

   No. 
  0509. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  variety 
  of 
  cowpea 
  with 
  small 
  pods 
  which 
  tend 
  

   to 
  spread 
  out 
  horizontally. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  buff, 
  mostly 
  clouded 
  with 
  

   purple. 
  A 
  prolific 
  variety, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  grow 
  very 
  large. 
  

  

  29278. 
  From 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan; 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  Vigna 
  sinensis 
  var. 
  bicontorta. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  

   0511. 
  A 
  curious 
  cowpea 
  with 
  curved 
  or 
  coiled 
  pods 
  and 
  buff-colored 
  

  

  29279. 
  From 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Botanical 
  Garden, 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  Grown 
  under 
  

   temporary 
  No. 
  0531. 
  A 
  cowpea 
  with 
  small 
  buff 
  seeds; 
  quite 
  prolific. 
  

  

  29280. 
  From 
  Livorno, 
  Italy. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0536A. 
  

   An 
  early 
  cowpea 
  with 
  black-and-white 
  seeds, 
  similar 
  to 
  Hohtein, 
  

   No. 
  17327. 
  

  

  29281. 
  From 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  (No. 
  29280). 
  Grown 
  

   under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0536B. 
  Seeds 
  white, 
  splotched 
  with 
  red. 
  

  

  29282. 
  From 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  No. 
  29280. 
  Originally 
  grown 
  from 
  a 
  

   single 
  seed 
  under 
  temporary 
  No. 
  0536 
  J. 
  The 
  earliest 
  cowpea 
  yet 
  

   grown 
  at 
  the 
  Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm, 
  maturing 
  at 
  least 
  10 
  days 
  

   in 
  advance 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  variety. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  buff 
  or 
  pinkish 
  buff. 
  

   The 
  variety 
  is 
  very 
  prolific 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  growing 
  

   northward. 
  

  

  29283. 
  From 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  No. 
  29280. 
  Grown 
  under 
  temporary 
  

   No. 
  0536K. 
  A 
  prolific 
  early 
  variety, 
  with 
  buff-pink 
  seeds, 
  but 
  too 
  

   small 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  value. 
  

  

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