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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



Mr. Melear writes that it is the progeny cf a single plant that he 

 found in a field of Black cowpeas. He further writes that this 

 variety does not climb when planted in corn and that the seeds 

 will lie in the field all winter and be sound in spring. 



17384. Black X Iron. A hybrid from Mr. W. A. Orton, his No. 14a2-2-l. See 



27859. 



17385. Black X Iron. A hybrid from Mr. W. A. Orton, his No. 14a2-2-l. See 



27859. 



17386. Sixty-Day. From Mr. I. F. Cherry, Rocky Mount, N. C, in 1905. Low, 



half bushy, vigorous, the row mass 18 inches high, 2 feet broad; 

 trailing branches many, 4 feet long; leaflets medium in size and 

 color, immune to rust, moderately affected by leaf-spot; flowers 

 violet purple; not prolific; pods well filled, held medium high, 

 straw colored, 7 to 9 inches long, the first maturing in about 100 

 days; seeds cream buff to vinaceous buff, oblong to rhomboid, 

 about 6 by 8 mm., rather strongly keeled. Judging from its be- 

 havior at Arlington Farm, it is not a desirable variety ; grown for 

 six seasons. 



17387. Sixty-Day. From Mr. F. I. Meacham, Statesville, N. C, June, 1905. 



Identical with the preceding. 



17388. From the Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birmingham, Ala., April, 1905, as Lady 



Finger. This proved to be identical with 17359. 



17389. Black X Iron. A hybrid from Mr. W. A. Orton, his No. 14a-5-l-l. See 



27859. 



17390. From the Amzi Godden Seed Co., Birmingham, Ala., April, 1905, as 



Grayeye. Low, half bushy, vigorous, the row mass 22 inches high, 



4 feet broad ; trailing branches coarse, many, 6 to 8 feet long ; 

 leaflets large, medium dark, immune to rust, a little affected by 

 both red and white leaf-spot; flowers almost white; not prolific; 

 pods well filled, held rather high, straw colored or sometimes 

 tinged with purple, 4£ to 5£ inches long, the first maturing in about 

 90 days ; seeds subreniform, white with a medium reddish-buff eye, 



5 by 7 mm. Grown four seasons. 



17390A. Similar in habit and date of maturity; pods 6 to 7 inches long; seeds 

 oblong, 5 by 7 mm., white with a small buff eye; iris olive. 



17391. From Monetta, S. C. A selection by Mr. W. A. Orton in 1902 from a 



field of Clay cowpeas on account of its wilt resistance. It proved 

 to be identical with Iron. 



17392. Powell's Early Prolific. From Mr. F. I. Meacham, Statesville, N. C, 



May, 1905. Half bushy and very viny, vigorous, the row mass 24 

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

 about 3 feet long, green or purplish; leaflets dark, rather large, 

 held late, immune to rust and but little affected by leaf-spot; 

 flowers violet purple, very prolific; pods fairly well filled, held 

 medium high, straw colored, 7 to 8 inches long, the first matur- 

 ing in about 100 days; seeds vinaceous buff, rhomboid, about 7 to 

 8 by 10 mm. Grown five seasons; comparable in value to Clay, 

 17340. 



17393. Red Crowder. From Mr. F. I. Meacham, Statesville, N. C, May, 1905. 



See 17361. 



17394. Yellow Sugar Groivder. From Mr. F. I. Meacham, Statesville, N. C, 



May, 1905. Procumbent, the row mass 15 inches high, with trail- 

 ing branches 5 to 6 feet long; late, only a few pods being mature 



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