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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



17420A. Plants half bushy, viny, vigorous, the row mass 16 to 18 inches high, 

 2 to 3 feet broad ; trailing branches few. 2 to 4 feet long, green ; 

 leaflets free from rust, somewhat affected by red leaf -snot : flow- 

 ers pale violet purple; prolific; pods well filled, held medium 

 high, straw colored, 6 to 8 inches long, slender, 8 mm. broad, the 

 first mature in 100 days, 90 per cent ripe in 130 days; seeds 

 maroon, subreniform, 6 by 8 mm. Closely resembles 29286 in habit. 

 The narrow pods and small seeds distinguish it, however, from this 

 as well as from Red Crowder 17361. 



17421. From Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, May, 1904. Seeds 



maroon, oblong reniform, 7 by 10 mm., quite indistinguishable 

 from 22722, with which it is probably identical. Grown only in 

 1905. 



17422. From the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. May. 1904. re- 



ceived through Prof. C. L. Newman, his No. 30. Said to be a 

 hybrid between Warren's Extra Early and Sugar Crowder. Low, 

 half bushy, the row mass 12 to 14 inches high, 3 feet broad ; trail- 

 ing branches few. 2 to 4 feet long: leaflets medium in size and 

 color, immune to rust, considerably affected by red leaf-spot : flow- 

 ers violet purple; quite prolific: pods well filled, held medium 

 high, straw colored, about 8 inches long, the first maturing in 100 

 days: seeds plump, oblong, about 7 by 9 mm., yellowish, with a 

 rather indefinite eye of buff or purplish gray, the edge of the eye 

 usually marked by an indistinct rusty line; iris olive. This 

 variety has been grown for five seasons at Arlington Farm. The 

 same variety was received again from Prof. Newman in 190S, his 

 No. 57. and grown under 22729. 



17423. Iron Mountain. From Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. May, 



1904. Same as Iron, 8418. 



17424. From Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. 1904, a cross between 



Black and Extra Early Blackeye. See 17425. 



17425. TYatson or Watson's Hybrid. Obtained from the Arkansas Agricultural 



Experiment Station, through Prof. C. L. Newman. May. 1904. 

 Low, half bushy, moderately vigorous, the row mass 24 to 28 

 inches high. 3 feet broad; trailing branches few, rather coarse, 

 about 2 feet long ; leaflets medium in size and color, immune to 

 rust, much affected by red leaf-spot and somewhat by white leaf- 

 spot : flowers pale violet purple : moderately prolific ; pods curved, 

 fairly well filled, held moderately high, straw colored, 6 to 9 inches 

 long, the first maturing in about 100 days; seeds subreniform, 

 about 6 by 8 mm. ; color peculiar, in general effect being grayish 

 or bluish, varying from very pale to very dark even on the same 

 plant: it is apparently diffused black, under the lens having a 

 minutely granular appearance, somewhat resembling the speckling 

 of the Taylor cowpea, but certainly different; eye black, not 

 sharply delimited. This is a variety of only secondary merit. It 

 has been grown for six seasons at Arlington Farm, and at various 

 other places. Practically identical with the foregoing are the 

 following, all from Prof. C. L. Newman, which are said to be 

 hybrids of Blackeye and Black Bunch: 17424, 22716, 22718, and 

 22719. The plants under these numbers have identically the same 

 seed color as 17425 ,and otherwise have but very slight observable 

 differences. Seeds of the color of Watson may be found not 



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