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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



17405D. Medium tall, very viny, vigorous, the row mass 20 inches high, 3 feet 

 broad ; trailing branches many, 3 to 5 feet long, green to purplish ; 

 leaflets medium in size and color, held late, free from rust and but 

 little subject to leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; not prolific; 

 pods poorly filled, held high, drab in color, 4£ to 6 inches long, the 

 first maturing in about 100 days; seeds subreniform, vinaceous 

 rufous, about 5 by 7 mm. A variety of good habit, but too shy a 

 seed bearer. In 1908 the first pods matured in 120 days. Grown 

 four seasons. 



17405E. Half bushy, very viny, vigorous, the row mass 18 inches high. 30 

 inches broad; trailing branches many, 3 to 5 feet long; leaves 

 free from rust and little affected by leaf-spot; flowers pale violet 

 purple; not prolific; pods held high, well filled, drab in color. 4 to 

 6£ inches long, the first maturing in 105 days: seeds maroon, 

 subreniform, about 5 by 6 mm. Similar to 25512C, but different. 



17405F. Half mushy, rather weak, only 10 to 12 inches high ; trailing branches 

 few, 2 to 4 feet long, the row making a thin mass 3 feet wide ; 

 leaves rather small, angular, immune to rust; flowers violet purple; 

 moderately prolific ; pods well filled, straw colored, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, the first mature in about 70 days ; seeds black, small. 5 by 7 

 mm. Much inferior to 25512A, and with smaller pods and seeds. 



17405G. Suberect, half bushy, moderately vigorous, the row mass 18 inches 

 high. 2 feet broad; trailing branches rather slender, purplish; 

 leaflets medium sized, free from rust, somewhat affected by red 

 leaf-spot: flowers pale violet purple; pods well filled, held medium 

 high, 4 to 41 inches long, the first maturing in about 85 days : seeds 

 subglobose, vinaceous, 4 by 5 mm. ; the iris brown. This is a 

 prolific variety, with seeds almost as small at catjangs. 



17405H. Very similar to 17405G, but with the pods spreading at right angles 

 and earlier, the first pods ripening in about 70 days. 



17406. Michigan Favorite. See 17402 and Plate V. 



17407. From the J. Steckler Seed Co.. New Orleans, La., March. 1904. This 



selection with buff seeds proved identical with 17405. See discus- 

 sion under 25512. 



17408. Guernsey. From the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1904. 



A hybrid between Whippoorwill and Blackeye made by Prof. C. L. 

 Newman. Half bushy, vigorous, the row mass 18 inches high, 

 22 inches broad ; trailing branches rather few, coarse, 2 to 4 feet 

 long, and scarcely twining; leaflets large, dark, immune to rust, a 

 little affected by leaf-spot ; flowers pale lavender ; moderately pro- 

 lific ; pods well filled, held rather high, straw colored, 4 to 8 inches 

 long, the first maturing in about 90 days ; seeds white, variously 

 mottled with the Whippoorwill colors, the latter being arranged 

 around the eye in a saddle, sometimes with a large spot at the 

 micropylar end which may be united with the saddle, rarely with 

 a few small spots on the back ; iris yellow. This variety has very 

 much the habit of Holstein 17327. It is somewhat superior in 

 habit to Blackeye 17335, but not nearly so good as Whippoorwill. 

 Grown for six seasons at Arlington Farm, and at Chillicothe, Tex., 

 Audubon Park, New Orleans, La., and Stillwater, Okla. A second 

 lot of the same cowpea was obtained from Prof. C. L. Newman in 

 1908, and grown under 22730. 



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