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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



also known in various parts of the country as Gray Goose, Whittle. 

 Java, Speckled Java, and Jervis, the last name probably a mere 

 corruption of Java. This variety is handled to a limited extent by 

 seedsmen. It is well thought of by Prof. A. M. Ten Eyck, of the 

 Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and by Prof. H. Garman. 

 of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. In our ex- 

 perience it is at best a second-rate variety, as the plant is so low 

 in habit and the pods held so near the ground that it is practically 

 impossible to harvest them with a mower. It has been grown at 

 Arlington Farm for seven seasons and has been tested at practically 

 all the experiment stations. ( See PI. V. ) 



17343. Early Black, A selection from 1733G. but not different. 



17344. See 13468. 



17345. Warren's New Hybrid. The progeny of 13471 from the Louisiana Ex- 



periment Station, March, 1902. Vigorous, viny. the row mass 

 24 inches high, 2\ feet broad; trailing branches few, 2 to 4 feet 

 long; leaflets dark, medium sized, held late, immune to rust and but 

 little affected by leaf-spot; flowers violet purple; fairly prolific; 

 pods well filled, held rather low, straw colored. 6 to 8 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 100 days ; seeds buff, keeled, subreniform. 

 about 5 by 8 mm. This has been grown for six seasons at Arling- 

 ton Farm, as well as at Chillicothe and Amarillo, Tex., Stillwater, 

 Okla., and elsewhere. It is a variety of but secondary value. 



17346. The progeny of 13455 from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Sta- 



tion, 1902, as Large Blackeye. Differs from 17335 only in being 

 about 10 days later and in the slightly larger size of the plants; 

 the seeds are indistinguishable. Nos. 17355 and 17362, also from 

 the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in 1902, are not 

 distinguishable. 



17347. Groit. A selection of 17334, which proved to be not different. 



17348. Browneye Crowder. From the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, 



March, 1902. Low, half bushy, quite vigorous, the row mass 16 

 inches high, 2 feet broad; trailing branches medium in number, 

 5 or 6 feet long, coarse; leaflets large, medium sized, a little af- 

 fected by leaf-spot but not by rust; flowers almost white; pods 

 few. moderately well filled, held medium high, straw colored or 

 somewhat purplish tinged, 4 to 5 inches long, the first maturing in 

 130 days in 1909 ; seeds almost globose, 5 or 6 mm. in diameter, 

 creamy white with a medium buff eye. Grown at Arlington Farm 

 for five seasons. This variety is called White Crowder in bulletins 

 of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. 



17349. Whippoorwill. The progeny of 13475 from T. W. Wood & Sons, Rich- 



mond. Va., March, 1902. Tall, suberect, half bushy, vigorous, 

 medium coarse, the row mass 30 to 32 inches high, 3 to 3^ feet 

 broad ; trailing branches many, 3 to 6 feet long ; leaflets medium 

 in size and color, held fairly late, immune to rust but a little af- 

 fected by both red and white leaf-spot; flowers violet purple; 

 prolific ; pods well filled, held high, straw colored, 6 to 8 inches 

 long, the first maturing in about 90 (82 to 100) days, all mature 

 20 days later; seeds subreniform. 6 by 8 mm., buff, doubly mar- 

 bled, a dark brown superimposed on a lighter; iris yellow or yel- 

 lowish. The Whippoorwill, also called Shinney and Speckled, is at 



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