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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



Black-and- White Speckled. — Described in Bulletin 34. Texas Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, 1895 (p. 582), as follows: 



Black-and-White Speckled. — Vine a vigorous grower, running low and 

 near the ground; pods medium length, imperfecta filled with small peas; 

 yield per acre, 8.6 bushels ; sown May 11. 



Black Betty. — Name mentioned in Lunan's Hortus Jamaicensis, 1814 (p. 434) ; 

 presumably refers to a black-seeded variety of cowpea. 



Black Bunch. — Name with agronomic notes, published in P>ulletin 77, Arkansas 

 Agricultural Experiment Station (p. 31). See 0589 under 29292. 



Black Crowder. — See 22052. Argonomic notes under this name are given in 

 Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, volume 31, No. 6, 

 1910. 



Black Early. — Agronomic notes on a variety under this name are given in 

 Bulletin 73, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1906; and in Bulletin 

 81, Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908. Probably same as 

 Early Black. 



Blackcye. — The earliest occurrence of this name in this form seems to be in 

 the Farmers' Register ; 1835 (vol. 2, p. 752), as follows: 



Common and in general demand among our sailors. Of this kind there 

 are two varietieSj one much larger but less productive than the other. The 

 smaller black-eyed pea is very productive; but as an improver of land, it 

 stands at the bottom of the scale, having less vine than any other kind. 

 Similar notes occur in Transactions of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, 

 1853 (vol. 1 2 p. 175) ; and Ruffin, Essays and Notes on Agriculture, 1855, pa« r e 

 348. In experiment-station literature, descriptions or agronomic notes occur 

 as follows : 



Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 12, 1890. 

 Georgia Experiment Station, Bulletin 26, 1894. 



Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletins 34 (1S95) and 59 



(1901) . 



Louisiana Experiment Station, Bulletins (ser. 2) 40 (1896) and 72 



(1902) . 



Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 40, 1896. 

 North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 133. 1S96. 

 Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 44, 1900. 

 Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin (vol. 11. no. 3). 1S9S. 

 Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Report for 1900 ( p. 504 i . 

 Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletins 46 (1900) 

 and 81 (190S). 



Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 199 (1902) and 

 Special Bulletin 31 (1905). 

 Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin SO, 1903. 

 Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 73. 1906. 

 South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 123, 1906. 

 Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 160, 1909. 



So many varieties of cowpeas have black eyes that the name is really a group 

 name. 



Blackeyed Bird's-Foot.—See 2082. 

 Black eyed Lady.— See 17420. 



Blackeyed White. — Mentioned in the American Agriculturist, 1876 (vol. 35, 

 p. 139). Described as "cream colored with a distinct black eye."' Probably 

 the same as " Blackeye." 



Black Field. — Mentioned in the American Agriculturist, 1876 (vol. 35, p. 139). 

 Described as " Jet black with a small white scar." 



Black King. — Mentioned in Bulletin 28, series 2, Louisiana Experiment Sta- 

 tion, 1894 (p. 974). 



Black Self-Seeding.— Bee 05SS under 29292. 

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