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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



to rust and but little affected by leaf-spot ; flowers violet purple; not 

 prolific ; pods well filled, held medium high, purplish, 5 to 6 inches 

 long, the first maturing in 1909 in about 130 days; seeds pinkish 

 buff, rhomboid, about 6 by 6 mm.; iris brownish yellow. This is 

 the most vigorous cowpea with buff-colored seeds that we have 

 grown, and one of the most vigorous of all varieties. Its poor 

 seeding habit and lateness, however, rendered it of little practical 

 value. 



20980C. Practically the same as 20980 except as to seeds, these being white 

 with a medium-sized violet eye, the iris darker. 



20980D. Very different from 20980. Plants very stout and vigorous, the row 

 forming a mass 18 inches high, about 4 feet broad; trailing 

 branches many; leaflets large, dark, purple: producing neither 

 flowers nor pods at Arlington in 1908. Grown in the greenhouse, 

 this breeds perfectly true. The seeds are subreniform, about 5 to 

 7 mm. long, with a large, irregular, violet eye. often extending 

 over the micropylar end, and sometimes isolated spots of the same 

 color ; iris yellowish. This is the most vigorous of all the very late 

 cowpeas that have been tested, exceeding in vigor even 21299. 



20984. From Amani, German East Africa, May, 1907. This variety is distinguish- 

 able from New Era only in having much darker foliage and in being 

 a little less tall. It might easily be mistaken for true New Era, but 

 the characters mentioned have held true through three seasons. 



21006. From Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May, 1907, under the name " Feijao 

 macassar." According to Mr. W. Fischer, all varieties of cowpeas 

 are called " macassar " in Brazil. Plants procumbent, very vigor- 

 ous, very viny, the row mass 12 inches high, 4 to 5 feet broad; 

 trailing branches many, 3 to 8 feet long; leaflets large, dark, not 

 affected by rust or leaf-spot; flowers violet purple: not prolific; 

 pods few, held low, none matured at Arlington in 1909 in 133 days, 

 nor in 1908 in 140 days; pods grown in greenhouse from purplish 

 to dark purple, 7 to 8 inches long; seeds varying from buff to 

 violet, usually buff variously clouded with violet, subreniform, 

 about 6 by 8 mm. This is one of the most vigorous of all varieties 

 of cowpeas. Prof. S. M. Tracy states that in 1909 it was grown 

 near Biloxi, Miss., by one of his neighbors and on account of the 

 tremendous growth of the vines it was mowed off in July, after 

 which it produced an unusually heavy crop of pods. This suggests 

 the possibility of utilizing it as a soiling crop. In 1908 it matured 

 pods at Auburn, Ala., but was not at all prolific. At Biloxi, Miss., 

 in 1907, the vines were from 12 to 15 feet long; some of them ran 

 on the ground for 10 feet and then climbed up bushes to a height 

 of 12 to 15 feet or more. A second lot of the same variety is 

 represented by No. 21299. 



21006A. Seeds of this were mixed in 21006. They differed only in being thickly 

 speckled with blue, the ground color varying from dark violet to 

 nearly buff. The plants grown from these seeds were in no way 

 distinguishable from those of 21006. The same variety occurred in 

 21299 and was separated as 21299A. 



21049. Whippoorwill. From Fayetteville. Ark., June, 1907. See 17349. 



21061. From Mr. James Moody, Village, Ark., June, 1907. Seeds maroon, rhom- 

 boid, 7 by 8 mm. No cultural notes. 



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