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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPBA, ETC. 



in habit and general appearance. Seven of these lots agreed per- 

 fectly with 17350 both as to seed and to field behavior. Ten lots 

 were about five days later, of which two had set-ds like 17350; 

 four others were alike but with seeds somewhat different from 

 17350; while the remaining four were all distinct in their seed 

 and pod characters. Thirteen lots matured two weeks later than 

 17350. Seven of these lots are alike (see 01281), one is identical 

 with 24919, while the remaining five represent in pods and sots I 

 characters four varieties. This group of cowpeas is thus s^on 

 to be very complex from the standpoint of varietal distinctions. 

 Practically this is of little importance as all of these have much 

 the same habit, differing mainly in earliness and seed characters. 

 None of them is especially valuable, 29280 being perhaps the best. 

 The name Red Ripper has been applied to several closely similar 

 varieties of cowpeas and is perhaps best considered as a group 

 name. There seems to be no possibility of determining positively 

 to which one of the groups the name was first given. The first 

 publication of the name found is in the American Agriculturist, in 

 1S76 (vol. 35, p. 139). where only the seeds are described. There 

 is nothing to prove that the Red Ripper described by Starnes 1 

 is the same as the one here described, though it seems probable 

 that such is the case as some of the Alabama Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station varieties were obtained from him. 



17351. A selection from 13458, but not distinct. See 17340. 



17352. Warren's Extra Early. The progeny of 13470 from Arkansas Agricul- 



tural Experiment Station, March, 1902; originally from W. H. 

 Maule, Philadelphia, Pa. This was grown three seasons and could 

 not be distinguished from Warren's New Hybrid, 17345, from the 

 Louisiana Experiment Station, or another lot under the same name 

 from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station grown under No. 

 0877. In 1910 two lots, 01359 and 01360, supposed to represent War- 

 ren's New Hybrid and Warren's Extra Early, were received from the 

 Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Two lots were also re- 

 ceived in 1910 from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 01371 as Warren's New Hybrid and 01372 as Warren's Extra Early. 

 These four lots all looked alike, but the two Kansas lots were a 

 few days earlier than the Indiana samples, and these in turn 10 

 days earlier than 17345. The seeds of all are qui e alike. There- 

 fore, there is either confusion in regard to the name, or No. 17345 

 has become later. Apparently, however, the two names refer to the 

 same variety. 



17353. Unknown. A selection of 13468. but not different. See 17344. 



17354. Old Han. Obtained from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 



through Prof. C. L. Newman, March. 1902. Procumbent, rather 

 weak, the row mass 10 to 12 inches high, 18 inches broad ; trailing 

 branches few, 1 to 1£ feet long, not twining ; leaflets medium sized, 

 dark, immune to rust, much affected by both red and white leaf-spot ; 

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

 colored. 5 to 6 inches long, the first maturing in about 75 days ; seeds 

 globose, about 5 mm. in diameter, yellowish, often with irregular 



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