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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



Mathews. — A synonym of Gourd, which see. Descriptive and agronomic notes 

 under this name have been published also in Bulletin 40, Mississippi Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, 1896. 



McNiel. — Notes are published on this variety in Bulletin 14, Florida Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1901, as follows: 



The McNiel pea, which originated in this town (Lake City), and popular 

 as a shipper, being a good bearer and hardy, was also tested. It is a little 

 later than the very early varieties, but a bunch pea of good size and full 

 pod. This pea is very scarce and all raised were saved for seed. Popular 

 market pea and desired by shippers. 



Mealer's Clay. — A typographical error for Mel ear. See Bulletin of the North 

 Carolina Department of Agriculture (vol. 31, no. 6), 1910. 

 Melear.— See 17383. 

 Michigan Favorite. — See 13472. 

 Miller.— See 29301. 

 Monkey's Tail.— See 24213. 



Mottled. — Agronomic notes published in Bulletin 81. Delaware College Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, 1908. This name has been used as a synonym of 

 Shinney, which see. 



Mount Olive. — Agronomic notes published in Bulletin 77, Arkansas Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1903; and in Bulletin 160, Kansas Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, 1909. See 17340. 



Mountain Crowder. — See 29288. 



Mush. — Described in Bulletin 26, Georgia Experiment Station, 1894 (p. 182), 

 as follows: 



Semirecumbent ; large leaf and stalk; vines trail at ends; blossom, pur- 

 ple; form, crowder; pod, small, yellow; pea. medium, white; medium early; 

 yield of vines, moderate; of peas, very heavy. 



Agronomic or descriptive notes are also published in the following : 



Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 46, 1900. 

 Louisiana Experiment Station, Bulletin 62, series 2, 1900. 

 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 118, 1902. 

 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 34, 1895. 

 Mississipi Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 40, 1896. 

 Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 11, 1890. 



New Era.— See 21088. 



New Revenue. — A name published in the 1910 catalogue of William Henry 

 Maule, Philadelphia, Pa. Exactly the same as Michigan Favorite. 



Nigger. — Described and illustrated in the Industrialist, Kansas State Agricul- 

 tural College, 1902 (vol. 28. p. 462). " Seeds black, small." 



No Name. — A synonym of Unknown, published in Bulletin 133, North Carolina 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 1896. 



Northern Prolific. — Agronomic notes published in Bulletin 130, Pennsylvania 

 Department of Agriculture. 1904, and in Circular 69, Illinois Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, 1903. Same as Sherman's Northern Prolific. 



Old Man,— See 17354. 



Old Man's Friend, — A synonym of Pea of the Backwoods. 

 Pale Red, — Described in Bulletin 34, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 1895 (p. 583). as follows: 



Pale Red, — A pale, red variety; vine medium growth, erect, and bunched; 

 first ripe September 25; pods medium length, imperfectly filled with small, 

 pale-red peas; yield per acre, 11.9 bushels; sown May 11. 



Descriptive and agronomic notes are also published in Bulletin 40, Mississippi 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896. 

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