CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 



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purplish; flowers pale violet purple; moderately prolific; pods 

 well filled, field rather low, dark purple when immature, purple 

 when ripe, the first maturing in about 105 days; seeds subreni- 

 form, vinaceous pink, about 7 by 9 mm., rather strongly keeled. 

 This variety is 10 days later than 18519 and differs especially in the 

 purplish color of the whole plant. ( See PI. IX. ) 



18520. From T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Ya., May, 1906, as Red Ripper. 



No cultural notes. 



18521. Whippoorwill. From same source as 18520. See 17349. 



18522. New Era. From same source as 18520. See 21088. 



18617. From Shanhaikwan, Chihli, China, May, 1906. Low, half bushy, mod- 

 erately vigorous, the row mass 18 inches high, 2 feet broad; trail- 

 ing branches rather few, a foot or so long, green or purplish ; 

 leaflets medium sized, dark, not affected by rust, but considerably 

 by red leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; moderateiy prolific; 

 pods well filled, held medium high, straw colored, often purplish 

 tinged, 5 to 8 inches long, the first maturing in about 75 days ; 

 seeds oblong reniform, about 7 by 10 mm., white with a maroon 

 saddle which usually extends over the micropylar end and com- 

 monly has a few scattered spots on the back. Not a desirable 

 variety. No. 22903 is closely similar. 



19723. Whippoorwill. From Fort Valley, Ga., January, 1907. See 17349. 



19777. Iron. From Monetta, S. C, January, 1907. See 8418. 



20005. Asparagus bean. From Antung, Manchuria, February, 1907. Plants 



procumbent, very viny, the mass 10 inches high, 18 inches broad; 

 stems rather slender ; branches few, 2 to 3 feet long ; leaflets large, 

 dark, somewhat affected by both rust and leaf-spot; flowers purple; 

 fairly prolific; pods purple, 8 to 12 inches long, much inflated; 

 seeds reddish buff, reniform, 4 to 5 by 8 mm., a few longitudinally 

 striate impressions on the sides; first pods maturing in about 80 

 days. 



20006. Asparagus bean. From Antung, Manchuria, February, 1907. Identical 



with the preceding in every respect except character of seeds. 

 Seeds black, 5 by 9 mm. 



20980. From Nairobi, British East Africa, May, 1907. Rather tall, half bushy, 

 vigorous, the row mass 22 inches high, 30 inches broad; trailing 

 branches many, 4 to 5 feet long, purplish ; leaflets medium sized, 

 dark, purplish, not affected by rust or leaf-spot; flowers almost 

 white ; no pods maturing at Arlington in 1907, 1908, or 1909 ; 

 original seeds short, subreniform or rhomboid, about 6 by 7 mm., 

 white with a black eye. A very late and vigorous variety of excel- 

 lent habit. One of the best of the very late varieties tested. 



20980A. Half bushy, viny, very vigorous, the row mass 24 to 28 Inches high, 

 2| to 3 feet broad ; trailing branches many, 3 to 4 feet long ; leaflets 

 free from rust and but little affected by leaf-spot, held late; flowers 

 violet purple; not prolific; pods 5 to 7 inches long, straw colored 

 or somewhat purplish, the first maturing in about 100 days; seeds 

 rhomboid, black, about 6 by 6 mm. This has the general habit of 

 Black 29292, but it is more vigorous, later, and not so prolific. 



20980B. Very viny, very vigorous, the row mass 2 feet high, 4 feet broad; 



trailing branches moderate in number, averaging 4 feet in length, 

 coarse; leaflets medium in size and color, held very late, immune 



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