CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES, 



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cultural Experiment Station, through Prof. C. L. Newman, 1904, 

 as Coffee, and 17413, from the same source, as Calico. 



17340. The progeny of 1345S, from the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment 



Station, March, 1902, as Clay. Other lots of the same progeny are 

 numbered 17351 and 17358. Vigorous, the row mass 24 inches high 

 and as broad: trailing branches green, many, 3 to 5 feet long; 

 leaflets medium in size and color, immune to rust but somewhat 

 subject to white leaf-spot, held late; flowers violet purple; fairly 

 prolific : pods held medium low, well filled, straw colored, 6 to 8 

 inches long, the first maturing in about 100 days in 1909 and in 75 

 days in 1910 : seeds vinaceous buff, subreniform, about 7 by 8 mm. 

 Varying very slightly from the foregoing are the following: 

 0S91, from Mr. J. E. Sloop, Statesville, N. C. as Clay Crowder: 

 0S92 and 18519, from T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. ; 0893, 

 from the Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birmingham, Ala. ; 0S94. from 

 J. H. McLean & Sons, Eatontown, N. J., as Mount Olive; 0816, 

 from the Hickory Seed Co.. Hickory, N. C. ; and 17519A, from T. W. 

 Wood & Sons, Richmond. Va. This variety has been grown as 

 Clay at Arlington Farm for the past eight years. It is closely 

 similar to several other American sorts with buff seeds described 

 under Melear, 17383: Unknown, 13468; Unknown, 27545; Warren's 

 New Hybrid, 17345 ; Powell's Early Prolific, 17392 ; and Sixty-Day. 

 173S6. All of these have practically the same habit of growth but 

 differ somewhat in time of maturity and size and form of seeds. 

 Out of 178 lots of buff-colored subreniform seeds from American 

 sources grown in 1910, 21 were not distinguishable from 17340. 



17341. From J. M. McCullouglr's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio. March, 1902, as 



Browneye. Low, half bushy, vigorous, the row mass 16 inches 

 high. 30 inches broad; trailing branches many, about 4 feet long; 

 leaflets medium in size, dark, a little affected by rust, much sub- 

 ject to red leaf-spot; flowers almost white; not very prolific; pods 

 well filled, held medium high, straw colored, 7 to 10 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 80 days ; seeds white with a small buff 

 eye, subreniform, about 7 by 9 mm. The earliness of this variety is 

 its only desirable quality. 



17342. Taylor. The progeny of 13476 from the Alabama Agricultural Experi- 



ment Station, March, 1902. Plants low, half bushy, vigorous, the 

 row mass 10 to 14 inches high, 3 feet broad ; trailing branches 

 medium in number, 3 to 6 feet long, coarse, leaflets large, medium 

 green, immune to rust, considerably affected by red leaf-spot ; 

 flowers violet purple ; prolific ; pods well filled, held low, straw 

 colored, usually purplish tinged, very large, 8 to 10 inches long, the 

 first maturing in about 90 days; seeds subreniform, very large, 

 about 7 by 10 mm., buff thickly speckled with blue, the blue specks 

 arranged in groups. Identical with 17342 are the following : 17364 

 and 17368, both from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion: 17399 from Mr. F. I. Meacham, Statesville, N. C. as Whittle: 

 17412 from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, through 

 Prof. C. L. Newman, as Speckled Java ; 0439 from Mr. H. P. Skipper, 

 Chest ertown, Md.. as Gray Crowder. Miscellaneous lots from six 

 sources grown in 1910 were all typical. The Taylor is the largest 

 seeded of all American cowpeas and is easily recognizable. It is 



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