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but has different pods and seeds. Pods purplish tinged, 6£ to 

 8 inches long; seeds rhomboid, buff, 6 by 7 mm., the iris yellow. 



22724. Clay Self-Seeding.— From Prof. C. L. Newman; his No. 28, April, 1908. 



Vigorous, very viny, the row mass 24 inches high, 3 feet broad; 

 trailing branches many, 4 to 5 feet long; leaflets medium in size, 

 pale, held low, immune to rust, little affected by leaf-spot ; flowers 

 pale violet purple ; pods rather few, well filled, held medium high, 

 straw colored, 6 to 8 inches long, the first maturing in about 100 

 days ; seeds pinkish buff, subreniform, rather strongly keeled, about 

 7 to 8 mm.; iris brown. This variety is similar to 22054, but 

 earlier and otherwise different. 



22725. Newman No. 43. See 17327 and Plate V. 



22726. Newman No. 50. See 22715. 



22727. From Prof. C. L. Newman, April, 1908; his No. 51, a cross between Taylor 



and Browneye. Suberect, half bushy, moderately vigorous, the 

 row mass 16 inches high. 18 inches broad; trailing branches few, 

 short ; leaflets medium sized, shed early, free from rust, but much 

 subject to red leaf-spot and somewhat to white leaf-spot; flowers 

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

 straw colored, 6 to 8 inches long, rather broad, the first maturing in 

 about 75 days ; seeds 7 by 10 mm., white with a very small eye 

 colored as in Taylor — that is, buff with small blue speckings; 

 iris black. This variety has quite the same habit as Taylor and is 

 about of equal value. 



22728. From Prof. C. L. Newman, April, 1908 ; his No. 53, said to be a hybrid 



between Warren's New Hybrid and Lady. Rather low, half 

 bushy, vigorous, the row mass 12 to 30 inches high, 3 to 3$ feet 

 wide; trailing branches many, twining, 2 to 5 feet long, fine; 

 leaflets medium in size and color, not affected by rust and but 

 little by leaf-spot; flowers almost white; pods few, held low, 

 straw colored, 6 to 7 inches long, the first maturing in about 120 

 days; seeds white or yellowish white with a large saddle of buff, 

 the saddle sometimes extending over the micropylar end, and often 

 a few isolated spots of buff on the back; iris, olive, or yellow. 

 Grown two seasons; not a desirable variety. 



22729. Newman No. 57. See 17422. 



22730. Newman No. 64. See 17408. 



22746. From Buitenzorg, Java, April. 1908. Plant procumbent, very viny, the 

 row forming a mass 12 to 18 inches high, 2 to 3 feet broad; 

 branches 2 to 4 feet long; leaflets dark, apparently immune to 

 rust and leaf-spot; flowers violet purple, moderately prolific; pods 

 7 to 10 inches long, narrow, not becoming pale or inflated, strongly 

 falcate, rather thin, the first ripening in about 75 days; seeds 

 reniform, 6 by 9 mm., dark vinaceous marbled with brown. This 

 resembles the asparagus bean in the shape of the seeds and the 

 length and slenderness of the pods. The pods, however, have the 

 firm character of the cowpea pod and not the spongy texture of 

 the asparagus bean pod. The plants are taller and decidedly less 

 procumbent than the asparagus bean. It is quite likely that this 

 variety is of hybrid origin, one parent being an asparagus bean 

 and the other a cowpea. Following are a number of other varieties 

 from Buitenzorg which have quite the same habit and pods as 



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