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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



leaf-spot, pods numerous, moderately well filled, held medium 

 high, straw colored, 5 to 1\ inches long, the first maturing in about 

 70 days; seeds subreniform, 5 by 7 mm., white with a buff eye; 

 iris brown. A very early prolific sort ; the best early sort with 

 brown-eyed seeds. 



25910. From Entebbe, Uganda, British East Africa. August, 1909. See 26302. 

 25918. From Hangchow, China, August, 1909. This in 1910 proved to be identi- 

 cal with 21511. 



25965. From Pretoria, Transvaal, September, 1909. Procumbent, very viny, 

 vigorous, the row mass 10 to 14 inches high, 5 feet broad, rather 

 thin; trailing branches medium coarse, green, 3 to 8 feet long; 

 leaflets dark green, held late, free from rust, a little affected by 

 white leaf-spot; flowers violet purple; pods well filled, held low, 

 straw colored, 7 to 8 inches long, the first maturing in about 90 

 days; seeds rhomboid, very angular, 6 by 7 mm., pale buff; iris 

 olive. An undesirable variety. 



25965A. Procumbent, very viny, vigorous, the row mass 14 inches high, 4 feet 

 broad; trailing branches green, 3 to 5 feet long; leaves large, free 

 from rust, but a little affected by red leaf-spot ; produced a few 

 blossoms but no pods at the end of 130 days. The original seeds 

 are rhomboid, variable in size. 5 to 8 mm. in diameter, buff thickly 

 speckled with blue. In habit this variety is much like 25787, but 

 is much later. 



25965B. Procumbent, vigorous, very viny, the row mass 10 to 15 inches high. 4 

 feet broad; trailing branches green, coarse, 3 to 6 feet long; leaflets 

 large, medium green, held Sate, free from rust, considerably affected 

 by white leaf-spot; pods few, well filled, held low. straw colored, 

 the first maturing in about 90 days ; seeds rhomboid, thick, 6 to 7 

 mm. in diameter, buff; iris brown. This is the largest buff-seeded 

 crowder that we have grown, and is much later than 22053. It has 

 but little value. 



25965C. Procumbent, very viny, vigorous, the row mass 14 inches high, 3^ to 4 

 feet broad ; trailing branches coarse, green. 5 to 6 feet long ; leaflets 

 large, medium dark, free from rust and leaf-spot ; very late, neither 

 blossoms nor pods appearing at Arlington Farm in 1910 at the end 

 of 130 days. The original seeds are rhomboid, sharply keeled, very 

 large, 9 by 11 mm, marbled like Whippoorwill. 



25965D. In habit quite indistinguishable from 22929. Original seeds rhomboid. 



buff, more or less suffused with violet, subreniform, 6 by 8 mm. 



26302. From Entebbe, Uganda, British East Africa. December, 1909, under the 



name " Mpendi kantinti." Procumbent, viny. moderately vigor- 

 ous, the row mass 14 inches high, 5 feet broad, sparse; trailing 

 branches medium coarse, green, 3 to 5 feet long: leaflets dark 

 green, held late, free from rust, a little affected by white leaf-spot : 

 flowers violet purple; pods few. well filled, held low. pinkish to 

 straw colored, 5 to 7 inches long, the first maturing in about 70 

 days; seeds very rhomboid, 6 by 6 mm., brownish buff, the iris 

 brownish. A very poor variety. Practically identical with it in 

 habit are Nos. 25910. from the same source, and 26660, from 

 Medan, Sumatra. 



26303. From Entebbe, Uganda, British East Africa, December. 1909, under the 



name " Mpendi luzzige." Procumbent, viny, moderately vigorous, 



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