CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 



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22054. Volunteer. Grown by Mr. J. P. Hogan, Robinsonville, Miss., and pre- 



sented to the Department of Agriculture by Mr. Joseph Vaulx, 

 Nashville, Tenn., who writes as follows: 



This pea has been grown near the mouth of the Arkansas 

 River in Arkansas and across the Mississippi for at least forty 

 years, having volunteered from year to year in all that time. 

 It is apparently very prolific. 



Very viny, vigorous, the row mass 28 inches high and 3 feet 

 broad; trailing branches many, 4 to 6 feet long, fine; leaflets dark, 

 medium sized, held late, immune to rust and but little affected by 

 leaf-spot ; flowers violet purple ; not very prolific ; pods well filled, 

 held rather high, straw colored, 6 to 7 inches long, the first matur- 

 ing in about 110 days ; seeds pinkish buff, subrenif orin, about 5 by 

 7 mm. Indistinguishable from this is 25512, Wild Louisiana cow- 

 pea from the J. Steckler Seed Co., New Orleans, La. At Monetta, 

 S. C, this variety matured pods in 1909 in 90 days, but otherwise 

 closely resembled the plant as grown at Arlington Farm. This 

 variety is one of the most vigorous of cowpeas, and of good habit, 

 the principal objection to it being the small number of pods that it 

 bears. Id general habit, it is similar to Iron. It has been grown 

 three seasons. 



22055. Volunteering Iron. Seed from volunteer plants of Iron at Arlington 



Farm where this variety has volunteered abundantly since 1904. 

 Attempts to increase this tendency have not been successful. In 

 no case has a full stand resulted from fall sowing, either when the 

 seed was allowed to scatter naturally or when planted. It is the 

 onlv cowpea that volunteers abundantly at Arlingron Farm. 

 22382. From Canton, Kwangtung, China, March, 1908. Procumbent, very viny, 

 vigorous, the row mass 16 inches high. 30 inches broad: trailing 

 branches green, many, 3 to 6 feet long; leaflets large, pale, not 

 affected by rust, but a little subject to leaf-spot; flower color not 

 noted ; pods very few, being barely matured when killed by frost in 

 133 days, straw colored, 6 to 8 inches long ; seeds subreniform, about 

 by 8 mm., white with medium black eye, somewhat wrinkled. A 

 very distinct late variety. The internodes are long so that the 

 leaves seem sparse. 



22391. From Manila, P. I., March, 190S, the original seed said to be from 

 Venezuela. This proved identical with Iron. See 8418. 



22408. From Hongkong, Kwangtung, China. March, 1908. Plants, vigorous, 

 medium, half bushy, the row mass 22 inches high, 3 feet broad; 

 trailing branches many, 5 to 6 feet long; leaflets dark, medium 

 sized, considerably subject to rust and a little to red leaf-spot ; 

 flowers almost white ; prolific ; pods well filled, held high, straw 

 colored or somewhat purplish tinged, 6 to 7 inches long, the first 

 maturing in about 100 days ; seeds white with a buff eye, sub- 

 reniform, about 5 by 7 mm. A very prolific, but rather late, va- 

 riety of excellent habit, but subject to rust. 



22539. From Chefoo, Shantung, China, April, 1908. See 23307. 



22635. Ch inese Red. From Sheklung, Kwangtung, China, April, 1908. Low, half 

 bushy, very viny. the row mass 18 inches high, 30 inches broad; 

 trailing branches 3 to 4 feet long; leaflets dark, small, shed early, 

 extremely subject to rust, free from leaf-spot; flowers violet 

 purple ; not very prolific ; pods well filled, held medium high, straw 



