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and 24185, and unnamed sorts 21814, 25369, 25512D, and 25786A; 

 with only the eye marbled, Guernsey 17408 and 29304; with all the 

 seed but the chalazal end marbled 17849A and 23307C, the last with 

 the ground color red. 



Nearly all of the Whippoorwill on the market is true to type, but 

 the seed can scarcely be distinguished from the later Peerless or 

 from the very late 25369 and 25512D. 



Catjangs with marbled seeds are 11076, 21295B, 21295G, 21603B, 

 29273, and 29274. 



Asparagus beans wholly marbled include 21562, 21569, 22746, and 

 22747, and with the chalazal end white, 22747D. 



Speckled-seeded varieties. — The speckled type of coloration occurs 

 in cowpeas and catjangs, but is not known in asparagus beans. It is 

 most common in varieties from South Africa. Cowpeas with the 

 whole seed speckled include New Era 21088, Taylor 17342, Speckled 

 Crowder 22051, 21006A, 22931, 22933, 23720, 24341A, 25785, 25786, 

 25787, 25965A, and 29296 ; with only the eye speckled Ayrshire 17409, 

 17354A, and 22727 ; with the speckled color in blotches 17363, 22715. 

 and 29293. 



Catjangs with speckled seeds are 11076A and 21297D. 



Marbled and speckled seeded varieties. — This type of coloration 

 occurs fixed in two cowpeas, Groit 17334, a cross between Whippoor- 

 will and New Era, and 29295, a cross between Whippoorwill and 

 Taylor Crowder; also in catjang 11076B. 



It has also been found heterozygote in three other catjangs, m each 

 case the progeny including plants with marbled and with speckled 

 seeds. 



CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 



The following is a complete list of the varieties of cowpeas, cat- 

 jangs, and asparagus beans secured through the Office of Seed and 

 Plant Introduction, arranged chronologically according to their 

 S. P. I. numbers. For a good many of the early numbers no critical 

 varietal notes are available, so their identity is not certain. In many 

 cases other varieties were found mixed in the original seed or in 

 the field plats. Such are indicated by the S. P. I. number with a 

 letter added, thus, 17396A. Many additional lots were given tem- 

 porary numbers. All such begin with 0, thus 0424. The catjang 

 and asparagus beans are named in each case. All others are cowpeas. 



The descriptions are based mainly on the cultures at Arlington 

 Experimental Farm, in 1909 and 1910, though most of the varieties 

 have been grown from three to five years. In the former year they 

 were planted June 17 and 18, in the latter June 20 and 21. 



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