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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



of the most vigorous of all the catjangs and fairly erect. It has 

 been used in making numerous hybrids with the view of combining 

 its good characters with those of the best cowpeas. 



11074. Asparagus bean. From Abyssinia, 1904. See 17492. 



11075. Catjang. From Abyssinia, June, 1904. Procumbent, very viny. the row 



mass 12 to 18 inches high, 3 to 4 feet broad ; trailing branches few, 

 5 to 6 feet long; leaves not affected by rust or leaf-spot; very late, 

 no flowers forming in any of the three years in which it was 

 grown ; in greenhouse-grown specimens the flowers were pale 

 violet; seeds buff, oblong, with truncate ends, 4 to 5 mm. long. 

 This variety has very much the same habit as 11076, from the 

 same source. It is too late and prostrate to be of much value. 



11076. Catjang. From Abyssinia, June, 1904. Plants procumbent, vigorous, very 



viny, the row mass 18 to 24 inches high, 4 feet broad, rather dense ; 

 trailing branches many, 3 to 6 feet long, very viny, green ; leaflets 

 medium sized, pale, free from rust and leaf-spot ; not even bloom- 

 ing at Arlington Farm in 1909 in 132 days, nor did it bloom in 

 1905, 1907, or 1908. In greenhouse-grown specimens the flowers 

 proved to be violet purple in color ; pods small, erect, 3 to A.\ inches 

 long; seeds buff, more or less heavily marbled with brown, the 

 brown sometimes predominating, oblong, mostly 3 by 4 mm. An 

 interesting variety of catjang, but apparently of no value under 

 American conditions. (See PI. II.) 



11076A. Catjang. Identical in every way with 11076 excepting as to seeds, 

 which are buff, thickly speckled with blue, as in New Era, but of 

 the same size and shape as those of 11076. In some cases the 

 seeds had irregular splotches of black, and in rare cases one entire 

 side of the seed was black. Such proved to be heterozygote. 



11076B. Catjang. Exactly like 11076 in all respects excepting as to seed, these 

 being a combination of the markings of 11076 and 11076A, between 

 which two it is without doubt a hybrid. The marking is a com- 

 bination of the marbling of 11076 and the speckling of 11076A, 

 and sometimes with the irregular black splotches which also occur 

 in 11076A. Such seeds proved to be heterozygote. When growing 

 in the field at Arlington Farm these three varieties can not be 

 distinguished. (See PI. II.) 



11090. From Abyssinia, June, 1904. No seeds or data concerning this number 



are preserved. 



11091. Asparagus bean. From Abyssinia. June, 1904. Plant procumbent, very 



viny, the row mass 12 inches high and 24 to 30 inches broad; 

 trailing branches 2 to 6 feet long; leaves considerably affected by 

 rust ; flowers violet-purple ; prolific ; pods pale, 8 to 12 inches long, 

 moderately inflated, the first maturing in about 85 days; seeds 

 reddish buff, 5 by 9 mm. An undesirable variety owing to rust 

 susceptibility. No. 17493 is the progeny of this number. 



11236. Warren. From the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1904. 



There are no critical varietal notes on this number, but it is prob- 

 ably the same as 17352. Agronomic notes from various cooperators 

 indicate that it is an early productive sort, semierect with trailing 

 branches 3 to 4 feet long. 



11344. Michigan Favorite. From Mr. E. E. Evans, West Branch, Mich., July. 

 1904. See 13472. 



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