NAMES APPLIED TO VARIETIES OF COWPEAS. 



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Panmure Early Wonder. — See 27199. 



Pea of the Backwoods. — Described in Bulletin 22, Louisiana Experiment Sta- 

 tion, 1SS9 (p. 319), as follows: 



This pea was brought to notice two years ago by the letters of Mr. Ed- 

 ward Fonville. of Onslow County, N. C, in the Southern Cultivator. It 

 was recommended as the earliest bunch pea, and excellent for table use. 

 It has so proved; two weeks ahead of any other, a larger bearer, and as a 

 shell pea for table use, tender, marrowy, and palatable. Are ripe for table 

 use just six weeks after planting. It is a bunch pea strictly, therefore, af- 

 fording not much vine. The seeds are small, cream colored, slightly " pied." 

 Very prolific. At Calhoun it matured in forty days. Two crops a year 

 were grown on same ground last year at Baton Rouge. 



Other notes occur in bulletins of the Louisiana Experiment Station No. 27 

 (1S94), and in (ser. 2) Nos. 8, 16, 19, 29; also in Bulletin 40, Mississippi Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, 1896. 

 Peerless.— See 25311. 



Polecat. — A synonym of Gourd, which see. Agronomic and descriptive notes 

 are published under this name in Bulletin 40, Mississippi Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 1896. 



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

 as follows : 



Pony. — Recumbent : leaf and stalk of medium size, but dark green and 

 vigorous; blossom, pure white; form, kidney; pod, small, yellow; pea, 

 medium, white, wrinkled ; heavy yielder of both peas and vines ; medium 

 early. 



According to additional notes by Mr. C. R. Ball, the seeds are white with a 

 black eye, medium sized, short and broad, and finely wrinkled. Descriptive and 

 agronomic notes under this name also occur in Bulletin 46, Delaware College 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900. and in Bulletin 40, Mississippi Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1896. 



Poona. — Mentioned in the Agricultural Gazette, New South Wales, 1909 

 (vol. 20, p. S32). Mr. H. TV. Potts, Richmond, New South Wales, says: 



This is a variety formerly called Upright. It was secured originally from 

 Calcutta, India, and after eight years' testing is the best of all that we 

 have tried. 



Poor Man's Friend. — A synonym of Pea of the Backwoods. Described in 

 Bulletin 19, series 2, Louisiana Experiment Station, 1892 (p. 540), as follows: 



Originated by Edward Fonville, of North Carolina. An early bunch pea, 

 but little vine: ripening in six weeks from planting; seed small, cream 

 colored, slightly pied ; excellent for table purposes ; two or three crops may 

 be grown in a year. 



Agronomic and descriptive notes occur also in Bulletins 21 and 22, Louisiana Ex- 

 periment Station, 1889. 



Powell's Early Prolific. — See 17392. Agronomic notes also occur in Bulletin 

 of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, 1910 (vol. 31. no. 6). Accord- 

 ing to Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Raleigh, N. C, the origin of this variety is as follows : 



Powell's Early Prolific was obtained from William Powell, Merry Oaks, 

 N. C. It is stated that he found six peas, five or six years ago, in some 

 coffee, which he supposed came from Brazil. These seeds were planted, 

 and the variety came in this way, according to our understanding. 



Purple-Eye. — Descriptive and agronomic notes are given in Report of the 

 Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1900 (p. 504), as follows: 



The large Blackeye and Purple-Eye are typical of one another. * * * 

 The Blackeye and Purple-Eye are of the same ground color, differing only 

 in the color of the ring surroimdiug the eye. 



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