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subject to rust and to leaf-spot, shed rather early; flowers pale 

 violet purple; pods few, held medium high, drab, 8 to 9 inches 

 long, the first maturing in 90 days ; seeds subreniform, 6 by 8 mm., 

 vinaceous, with a dark iris. This variety has the habit of Red 

 Ripper, but is too much subject to rust to be of value. Grown 

 only one season. 



25147. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, March, 1909. Low, half bushy, vigorous, 



the row mass 22 inches high, 3 feet broad ; trailing branches many, 

 6 feet long, coarse; leaflets large, dark, little affected by rust and 

 by red leaf-spot ; flowers almost white ; pods rather few, on pedun- 

 cles 18 inches long, the first maturing in 125 days; seeds white, 

 smooth or transversely wrinkled, with medium-sized buff or buff- 

 brown eye, subreniform, about 6 by 8 mm. A distinct, but not 

 very valuable variety. 



25148. Asparagus bean. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, March, 1909. Pro- 



cumbent, very viny, moderately vigorous, the row mass 18 inches 

 high, 3 feet broad; trailing branches slender; leaflets free from 

 rust but much affected by red and white leaf-spot and therefore 

 shed early; flowers pale violet purple; prolific; pods well filled, 

 moderately inflated, straw colored, 10 to 16 inches long, the first 

 maturing in about 75 days ; seeds reniform, 5 by 10 mm., vinaceous- 

 rufous, longitudinally striate; iris nearly black. Nearly identical 

 with 23214. (See PL V.) 



25149. Asparagus bean. From Soochow, Kiangsu, China, March, 1909. Very 



similar to the preceding, but not so vigorous; leaflets large, dark, 

 affected both by rust and leaf-spot; flowers pale violet purple; 

 moderately prolific ; pods pale, much inflated, 12 to 18 inches long, 

 the first maturing in about 90 days; seeds 5 by 11 mm., more or 

 less grooved, white with a reddish-purple saddle often extending 

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

 on the back and sides ; iris dark. Indistinguishable from this 

 both in seeds and habit is 26662, from Medan, Sumatra. (See 

 PI. V.) 



25310. Iron X Black. (Orton No. 14a4-l-3-l.) 



25311. Iron X Black. (Orton No. 14a4-l-3^L) 



25312. Iron X Black. (Orton No. 14a8-5-3-l.) 



Three hybrids from Monetta, S. C, selected by Mr. W. A. Orton 

 in the spring of 1909 for productiveness and resistance to wilt 

 and nematodes. See 27859. 



25313. Iron X Whippoorwill. From same source as above (Orton No. 18b5-l). 



See 27867. 



25314. Peerless, or Running Speckled. From the N. L. Willet Seed Co., Augusta, 



Ga., April, 1909. Tall, half bushy and very viny, vigorous, the 

 row mass 30 to 36 inches high, 4 feet broad, dense; trailing 

 branches many, 3 to 6 feet long, not coarse ; leaflets medium in size 

 and color, held late, immune to rust and with little or no leaf-spot ; 

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

 usually purple tinged, 6 to 8 inches long, the first maturing in 

 105 days; seeds oblong, 7 by 9 mm., buff marbled with brown; 

 grown three seasons. Very similar in habit and general appear- 

 ance to Brabham, but a little later. On account of its large size 

 and suberect growth it should prove one of the best varieties for 



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