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For North Carolina, Prof. B. W. Kilgore regards the five best 

 varieties to be New Era, Iron, Red Ripper, Whippoorwill, and Clay ; 

 and the varieties most generally grown to be Whippoorwill, Taylor, 

 Black, Clay, New Era, Red Ripper, Unknown, Iron, and Large 

 Blackeye. 



For Tennessee, Prof. C. A. Mooers regards both as the best and 

 most extensively grown the following: Whippoorwill, Clay, Black, 

 and New Era ; the Red Ripper is grown to a slight extent. 



For South Carolina, Prof. J. N. Harper considers the best varieties 

 to be Iron, Unknown, Red Ripper, New Era, Clay, Whippoorwill, 

 Red Crowder, and Extra Early Blackeye. From all the information 

 at hand, the varieties most commonly grown are placed in the follow- 

 ing order: Unknown, New Era, Clay, Whippoorwill, Iron, Red 

 Ripper, Red Crowder, and Extra Early Blackeye. For the same 

 State, Prof. C. L. Newman considers the best varieties to be Whip- 

 poorwill, Clay, Black, New Era, and Unknown; though in several 

 localities the Southdown, or Calico, rivals the Whippoorwill in value. 

 In the order of their acreage, he places them as follows : Clay, Whip- 

 poorwill, Unknown, New Era, and Black. 



For the State of Georgia, Director M. V. Calvin selects the follow- 

 ing as the best varieties : Calico, Clay, Unknown, Red Crowder, Red 

 Ripper, and Whippoorwill. 



For Florida, Prof. J. M. Scott states : " The varieties most com- 

 monly grown in the State are Whippoorwill, Clay, New Era, and 

 several Crowder varieties, such as Sugar Crowder and Speckled 

 Crowder." 



For Alabama, Prof. J. F. Duggar, basing his opinion on extensive 

 experimenting, would select as the five best varieties the Iron, Whip- 

 poorwill, Unknown, New Era, and Brownej^e Crowder, the latter 

 especially as a table pea. From the information at hand, Prof. 

 Duggar thinks that Whippoorwill is most commonly grown, with 

 Unknown second. 



For the State of Mississippi, Prof.- S. M. Tracy thinks the most 

 valuable are the following : Whippoorwill, Clay, Unknown, New Era, 

 and Blackeye (the last for table use). Probably greater areas 

 of Whippoorwill and Clay are grown than of all of the others 

 combined. 



For the States of Alabama and Mississippi combined, Mr. M. A. 

 Crosby, who has traveled extensively in these States, thinks that fully 

 90 per cent of the cowpeas grown are Whippoorwill or Whippoorwill 

 mixed, but Iron and New Era are both growing in popularity. 



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