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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



Purple Hull. — Descriptive or agronomic notes under this name occur in 

 bulletins (ser. 2) of the Louisiana Experiment Station, 28 and 29 (1894), 72 

 (1902), and 40 (1896). In Bulletin 40 (p. 1458) it is described as follows : 



Purple Hull, so called on account of color of hull ; a large white pea ; 

 yield small, with fair amount of vines; medium early. 



This variety has also been advertised by the Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birming- 

 ham, Ala., who write concerning it as follows : 



Very popular in our immediate section ; grown principally for eating pur- 

 poses, being of extra good quality; exceedingly prolific, very hardy, vigorous 

 grower; produces great area of foliage and seems to be less bothered by 

 weevil than many others; very large long pod, of a rich purple color, about 

 the time the peas are mature. 



Purple Hull Crowder. — Described in Bulletin 20, Georgia Experiment Sta- 

 tion, LS94 (p. 182), as follows: 



Sem i recumbent ; vines trail at end, but growth even and pretty; leaf 

 and stalk small and dark green; bloom, purple; form, crowder; pod small, 

 purplish black; pea, medium, dull red; very late; yield of vines, light; of 

 peas, heavy. 



Descriptive and agronomic notes also occur in Bulletin 40, Mississippi Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1896, and in Bulletin 46, Delaware College Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, 1900. 



Quadroon. — Published as a synonym of Unknown in Bulletin 26, Georgia 

 Experiment Station, 1894 (p. 183). The name is also published in Bulletin 

 40, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896. 



Queen of Carolina. — Agronomic but no descriptive notes occur under this 

 name in Bulletin 146, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1897. 



Quick. — A variety advertised under this name by H. G. Hastings & Co., of 

 Atlanta, Ga., No. 27930, not yet tested. 



Ram's-Horn. — A variety with black-eyed white seeds, which has been adver- 

 tised by Peter Henderson & Co., New York City, 1903, and by T. W. Wood & 

 Sons, Richmond, Va., 1909 and 1910. The name first appears in Vilmorin's The 

 Vegetable Garden, 1885 (p. 74), with the following description: 



Dolichos unguiculatus L. ; Black-eyed Dolichos. Years ago Mr. Durieu de 

 Maisonneuve, director of the botanic garden at Bordeaux, introduced a 

 very siugular variety of this plant, the pods of which instead of being 

 straight are curved round and round, from which peculiarity it received 

 the name of Ram's-Horn bean. Culture and uses are the same as those 

 of the ordinary variety. 



The name has also been applied by some seedsmen to a black-seeded variety. 

 Ram's-Horn Blackeye. — See 27548. 



Rowan. — A name with various modifications, such as Eaw T ang and Itawani, 

 which is applied to the catjangs in various parts of India. See 21293 and 21297. 



Red. — A name that has been quite generally applied to any red, i. e.,. maroon, 

 colored cowpeas. A very early reference occurs in Lunan (quoted under " Cala- 

 vance"). In Transactions of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, 1853 

 (vol. 1, p. 173), it is described as follows: 



The Red, Tory, or Bass pea. — Its distinguishing characteristic is its ability 

 to withstand wet and bad weather; a very valuable crop for late winter 

 feeding of hogs and stock. Will last through the winter. A hard coarse 

 pea, and stock will not eat it as long as the softer kinds last. A good 

 bearer; yields a very heavy crop of vines. Does not mature early. Is a 

 dark chocolate red, and its color is not affected by the weather; said to 

 volunteer. 



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