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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



22740 but differ mainly in the color of the seeds : 22747A, pink-red ; 

 22747B, buff ; 22747C, marbled : 22747D, marbled with the chalazal 

 end white ; 22747E and 22747G, buff with the chalazal end white ; 

 21559C, buff; 21550D, buff; 21561, pink-red; 21569A, marbled; 

 21569B, buff. (See PI. X.) 

 22747. Asparagus bean. From Buitenzorg, Java, April, 1908. Plant procum- 

 bent, viny, the row forming a mass 10 to 12 inches high, 2 to 3 

 feet broad; branches 1 to 5 feet long; leaflets little affected by rust 

 and leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple ; prolific ; pods pale, much 

 inflated, 8 to 12 inches long, the first maturing in about 70 days; 

 seeds 5 by 9 mm., spotted and marbled with brown. Everything 

 considered, this is probably the best of all the true asparagus 

 beans. 



22747A. Habit and pod characters essentially the same as 22740. Seeds 5 to 6 

 by 8 to 9 mm., vinaceous to vinaceous buff. 



22747B. Procumbent, viny. weak, the row mass thin, 12 to 14 inches high, 3 

 feet broad; trailing branches green, slender, 3 feet long; leaflets 

 dark green, medium sized, shed early, free from rust, much 

 affected by white leaf-spot; flowers violet purple: moderately 

 prolific; pods medium well filled, held low, not inflated, straw 

 colored, 7 to 10 inches long, the first maturing in about 75 days; 

 seeds buff, subreniform, 5 by 8 mm. A poor variety. 



22747C. This differs from 22740 only in the seed character. Seeds by 9 

 mm., vinaceous cinnamon marbled with brown. 



22747D. Habits identical with 22740. Seeds 5 by 9 mm., vinaceous cinnamon 

 marbled with brown, the chalazal end white. 



22747E. Different from 22746 only in the seeds. Seeds by 8 mm., buff with a 

 white wedge-shaped area at the chalazal end. 



22747G. Asparagus bean. Found mixed in 22747 and of essentially the same 

 habit ; seeds by 9 mm., buff marked with darker longitudinal 

 stria?, the chalazal end white. 



2275S. Catjang. From Dharwar District, Bombay. India. April, 1908. Rather 

 tall, half bushy, vigorous, the row mass 24 to 30 inches high, 3 

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

 leaflets medium sized, pale, not affected by rust, little affected by 

 leaf-spot ; not blooming at Arlington Farm in 1909 in 133 days nor 

 at Monetta, S. C, in 114 days: seeds plump, oblong, white with a 

 large buff eye, about 4 by mm. This catjang has a good habit, 

 but is entirely too late to be of much value. 



22759. Catjang. From Surat. India, April, 1908. This variety is nearly iden- 



tical with 21602, but is apparently immune to rust; grown for 

 three seasons. 



22760. From Surat, India, April. 1908. Plant procumbent, viny, vigorous, the 



row mass 12 to 24 inches high, 3 to 5 feet broad, but erect; 

 branches few, 2 to 6 feet long, coarse: leaflets large, medium 

 green, free from rust but considerably affected by leaf-spot; 

 flowers nearly white: pods few, medium well filled, the first ma- 

 turing in about 120 days; seeds subreniform, some finely cross 

 wrinkled, 5 to 7 mm. long, white with a small to medium-sized 

 buff eye. In 1908 a large quantity of this seed was sown broad- 

 cast on June 22, and made a very tangled mass of vines about 18 

 inches deep. At Monetta, S. C, in 1909, it was almost completely 

 destroyed by wilt and did not form blossoms. 



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