SYNOPSIS OF VARIETIES BY SEED COLORS. 



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Self-Seeding 22724, Wild Louisiana 17405, 21296A, 21509A, 21538, 

 22054, 22723, 22960, 23524, 23721, 24186, 24341D, 24566B, 25965, 

 25965B, 26302, 27199, 27503, 27586, 29282, 29287, 29301, and 29306. 

 The varieties with buff-eyed seeds are also numerous, and include 

 Browneye Crowder 17348 and many varieties that go as " Browneye," 

 among them 16167, 17341, 17390, 17855, 21539C, 22408, 22760, 24192, 

 23307D, 24566, 25016A, 25147, Townsend 26844, and 25857. Several 

 varieties have buff- and- white blotched seeds, including Southdown 

 17339, 21296B, 22728, and 29281. One variety, 21816, has seeds all 

 buff but the chalazal end. 



Buff catjangs are quite as numerous in varieties as buff cowpeas 

 and include 8687, 11075, 17377, 21292, 21293, 21294, 21535A, 21602, 

 21934, 25714, 26580, 29271, and 29279. Buff-eyed catjangs are repre- 

 sented by 17376, 21295, 21296, 21535, 21565A, 22758, 26362, and 29272. 

 Two varieties, 21535B and 21295D, have buff-blotched seeds. 



In asparagus beans buff-colored seeds occur in 21559, 21559C, 

 21559D, 21569B, 22747B, and 27887. 



Pink-seeded varieties. — Included under this group is a range of 

 colors from vinaceous to brick-red. When the peas are aged these 

 colors darken so that they are very difficult to distinguish from ma- 

 roon. This is a common color in catjangs and asparagus beans as 

 well as cowpeas. Cowpeas with the seeds wholly pink are 17328, 

 17405D, 17405G, 20980B, 21509, 21561, 22635, 25146, 29278, 29290, 

 and 29283, and pink with the chalazal end white 17856, 23307A, 

 24186A, and 29303. 



Pink asparagus beans include 11091, 20005, 21558, 22648A, 22902. 

 22935, 23214, and 25148. No. 25149 has the seeds white blotched 

 with pink and 23328 has only the chalazal end white. 



Catjang 21293B has its seeds pink-and- white blotched, and the 

 following have the seeds wholly pink : 17380, 21293A, 21296A, 21563, 

 21564, 21565, 21603, 21792, 22888, 25144, and 29275. 



Maroon-seeded varieties. — Maroon color occurs in cowpeas, not oc- 

 curring, however, in catjangs or asparagus beans, though in both 

 these there are colors closely approximating maroon. American 

 cowpeas with kidney-shaped maroon seeds are commonly called Red 

 Ripper, but there are at least eight varieties with these character- 

 istics. Seeds with this color include Red Ripper 17350, Red 

 Crowder 17361, 17405E, 17420A, 21539A, 22722, 22959, 24341B, 24919, 

 Early Red 25088, 25145, 25512C, 26403, Red Yellowhull 29286, 29289, 

 and 29307. Among maroon-eyed varieties are 21793 and 29293, and 

 among maroon-blotched 18617, 21539, 21539B, 22887, 22903, 23307B, 

 29297, and 29298. 



Violet-seeded varieties. — Violet as here used is undoubtedly only 

 diluted black, or more accurately the black of cowpeas is really 



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