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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



6223. From Negros, Philippine Islands, 1901. Vernacular name " Balatong." 



Seeds marbled like Whippoorwill ; rhomboid, 5 by 7 mm. No 

 varietal notes. 



6228. From Negros, Philippine Islands, 1901. Vernacular name " Lestones." 

 Seeds buff, subreniform, 5 by 8 mm. No varietal notes. 



6311. Asparagus bean. From Tokyo, Japan, April, 1901, under the name " Black 

 Juroku sasage." Plants suberect, half bushy, the row mass 12 to 

 18 inches high and as broad; stems rather stout, little inclined to 

 vine at the tips; trailing branches few or none; leaflets pale, 

 rather narrow, conspicuously angled at the base, much affected by 

 rust and by red leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple ; not prolific ; 

 pods pale or a little purplish, little inflated, 8 to 12 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 85 days; seeds reniform, dull black, 

 6 by 10 mm. This is the most upright growing of all the varieties 

 of asparagus bean tested. The rather small pods and upright 

 habit suggest that it may be of hybrid origin. According to Orton 1 

 it proved a prolific early variety at Monetta, S. C, 1901, but some- 

 what subject to wilt and injured by dry weather. 



6327. From Tokyo, Japan, 1901, under name of " Kurakake." Original seeds 



oblong, 5 by 6 to 7 mm.; white, with black eye. Orton 1 records 

 notes for Monetta, S. C, 1901, as follows: "Early and small, but 

 fruiting fairly well; pea white with a black eye; badly injured by 

 wilt and nematodes." W. R. Beattie (Arlington Farm, 1901) has 

 the following observation regarding it : "A very dwarf variety with 

 short pods, ripening early and very prolific." 



6328. From Tokyo, Japan, 1901, under name of " Kintohi." Original seeds 



subglobose, maroon with the iris nearly black, 5 by 6 mm. Orton 1 

 records Monetta, S. C, 1901, notes as follows: Early; a small, 

 prolific variety, with small red seeds ; injured by wilt and dry 

 weather. W. R. Beattie (Arlington Farm, 1901), records the fol- 

 lowing: More dwarf than 6327, but with longer pods. Early and 

 prolific. 



6413. From Pingyang, Chosen (Korea), 1901. Original seeds pink, 6 by 8 mm., 

 sharply keeled. Not matched by any later number. 



A very small-growing variety which sets an enormous crop of 

 pods, maturing early; pods 6 to 8 inches long. — W. R. Beattie, 

 Arlington Farm, 1901. 



6431. From Athens, Greece, 1901. See 17333. 



6557. From Hankow, Hupeh, China, 1901. See 17328. 



6563. From same source as preceding. See 17329. 



6566. From same source as preceding. See 17330. 



6567. Asparagus bean. From same source as preceding. Seeds of this variety 



are black, 6 by 10 mm., with longitudinally impressed striae. The 

 only field notes are from San Antonio, Tex., 1904, where it was 

 planted March 23 and began to mature pods June 28. " It is a 

 vigorous variety, but produced only a few pods." 



6568. Asparagus bean. From same source as preceding. Seeds maroon, some- 



what striate longitudinally, 5 to 6 by 10 mm. This seed failed to 

 germinate. 



8354. Asparagus bean. From Morioka, Japan, 1902. See 17332. 



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i Orton, W. A., loc. cit. 



