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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



17365. Red Yellowhull. From Louisiana Experiment Station, 1902. This was 



not distinguishable from 17350, but was different from 20286. 



17366. White Giant. From Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, 1902. 



The original seeds of this number are identical with 29299, but 

 the brief descriptive notes are insufficient to make the identifica- 

 tion certain. * 



17367. Iron. Progeny of 13460. See 8418. 



17368. Taylor. A selection of 13476. but quite the same. See 17342. 



17369. From the Mark W. Johnson Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga., March, 1903. See 



17350. 



17370. Brown Croicder. From Mr. L. Cameron. Jacksonville, Fla.. March, 



1903. Vigorous, half bushy, viny, the row mass 20 inches high, 

 16 inches broad ; trailing branches medium coarse, few. about 2 

 feet long, green or purplish: leaflets dark, small, immune to rust, 

 much affected by red leaf-spot : flowers pale violet purple: pro- 

 lific ; pods moderately well filled, held medium high, straw colored, 

 about 6 inches long, the first maturing in about 80 days : seeds 

 vinaceous buff, subglobose, smooth, about 7 by 7 mm. ; iris brown. 

 The Brown Crowder is taller than most crowder varieties, but 

 has no great merit. It has been grown at Arlington Farm for six 

 years, and also at Chillicothe and Amarillo, Tex., and Stillwater, 

 Okla. 



17371. Whip poor will Crowder. From Mr. L. Cameron, Jacksonville. Fla., March. 



1903. Medium low, half bushy, moderately vigorous, the row mass 

 12 to 14 inches high, 2+ feet broad ; trailing branches green, coarse, 

 few, 2 to 4 feet long; leaves medium in size and color, immune 

 to rust, little subject to leaf-spot : flowers pale violet purple ; fairly 

 prolific ; pods held rather low. straw colored, 5 to 6 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 75 days. 90 per cent being ripe 30 days 

 later; seeds subglobose, about 6 mm. in diameter, buff marbled 

 brown. Decidedly inferior to ordinary Whippoorwill in the six 

 seasons it has been grown. 



17372. Wight Black Crowder. From Cairo. Ga., April, 1903. Procumbent, the 



coarse stems mostly lying on the ground, 1 to 3 feet long; the row 

 forming a thin mass 6 to 10 inches high, 2 to 3 feet broad ; leaflets 

 large, immune to rust, much affected by leaf-spot, shed early ; 

 flowers violet purple : prolific : peduncles stout, erect ; pods 6 to 7 

 inches long, as broad as thick, straw colored or purplish, slightly 

 torulose. the first mature in about 85 days; valves thick: seeds 

 subglobose or somewhat compressed, about 8 mm. in diameter. It 

 is hardly distinguishable from a variety from Mr. George M. 

 Simms. Canyon. Tex., grown four years under Xo. 0802. Compare 

 22052. 



17373. Delicious or Small Lady. From Texas Seed and Floral Co., Dallas, Tex., 



March, 1903. See 17359. 



17374. Red Whippoorwill. From Mr. C. E. Brush. Atlanta, Ga., May, 1903. 



Tall, vigorous, viny. the row mass 30 to 36 inches high. 4 feet 

 broad; trailing branches many. 3 to 6 feet long; leaflets dark 

 green, medium large, free from rust and leaf-spot, held late : flowers 

 violet purple; moderately prolific; pods well filled, held high, straw 

 colored, 6 to 7 inches long; seeds subreniform. maroon marbled 

 with dark brown or black, 6 by 8 mm. At Arlington Farm the 

 first pods matured as follows : 1905. in 120 days ; 1906, pods did 



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