CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 



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days. Original seed pinkish-buff, oblong or rhomboid, about 8 by 

 10 mm., very conspicuously keeled on the back. Grown only in 1909. 

 24186A. Procumbent, viny, moderately vigorous, the row mass 16 inches high, 

 3 feet broad, thick: trailing branches slender, 3 to 5 feet long, 

 green; leaflets medium sized, free from rust, much affected with 

 red leaf-spot; moderately prolific; pods well filled, somewhat in- 

 flated, 6 to 8 inches long, the first maturing in about 85 days ; seeds 

 thick, irregular in form, strongly keeled, about 9 mm. long, pink 

 with the chalazal end white; iris brown. A distinct but poor va- 

 riety. It is probably a cross between a cowpea and an asparagus 

 bean. 



24186B. From a single plant found in 24186 at Arlington Farm, 1900. Suberect, 

 half bushy, moderately vigorous, the row mass 15 inches high, 18 

 inches broad ; leaflets dark, free from rust, considerably affected 

 by white lea f -spot ; flowers pale violet purple; prolific; pods well 

 filled, held medium high, straw colored. 7 to 9 inches long, the 

 first maturing in about 75 days; seeds rhomboid, a little longer 

 than broad, G to 7 mm. long, sharply keeled, not thick, buff, the iris 

 brown An early variety very different from any other with buff 

 seeds. 



241 87. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China. November, 1908. Vigorous, very viny, 



the row mass 20 inches high, 3 feet broad; trailing branches 

 many, 4 to 7 feet long, course, green ; leaflets large, dark, held low, 

 not affected by rust but considerably by white leaf-spot ; flowers 

 violet purple; pods few, fairly well filled, held rather low, straw 

 colored or slightly purplish, 7 to 9 inches long, the first maturing 

 in 100 days; seeds buff pink, subreniform, about 6 by 8 mm. At 

 Monetta, S. C, this variety ripened its first pods in 1909 in about 

 60 days and all the pods were ripe in 90 days. It has no particular 

 merit. Grown only one season. It is closely similar to 18519. 



24188. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, November. 1908. Procumbent, viny, 



vigorous, the row mass 8 to 12 inches high. 3 to 4 feet broad; 

 trailing branches medium coarse, green. 3 to 5 feet long; leaflets 

 large, medium in color, free from rust, somewhat affected by leaf- 

 spot, held late ; flowers almost white ; pods few, held medium low, 

 straw colored, 6 to 7 inches long, the first barely matured when 

 killed by frost in 133 days ; seeds subreniform, 6 by 8 mm., white 

 with a large black eye and occasionally one or two isolated black 

 spots. At Monetta, S. C, the plants were a little larger but similar, 

 though forming no blossoms or pods at all. A very late, distinct 

 variety, but too low and sprawling. 



24189. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, November, 1908. See 16796. 



24190. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China. November, 1908. Vigorous, very viny, 



the row mass 24 to 30 inches high, 2^ feet broad ; trailing branches 

 many, about 3 feet long; leaflets medium in size and color, free 

 from rust and but little subject to leaf-spot ; flowers almost white : 

 pods few, the first nearly matured when killed by frost in 133 days, 

 straw colored, 6 to 8 inches long ; seeds oblong, about 4 by 7 mm., 

 white with a small black eye. At Monetta, S. C, this variety be- 

 haved nearly the same as at Arlington ; all the plants were dead 

 from wilt October 1, 1909, and no pods ripe. 



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