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AGRICULTURAL VARIETIES OF THE COWPEA, ETC. 



colored, 3^ to 4 inches long, the first maturing in about 80 days, 

 bursting easily and the valves coiling tightly; seeds cream buff, 

 oblong, about 1\ by 4 mm. Too small to be of much value; grown 

 two seasons under No. 0409. 

 2930G. In habit and period of maturity like Unknown 27545 : pods straw colored, 

 well filled, 7 inches long, the first maturing in 110 days ; seeds very 

 fkit, smooth, rhomboid, 6 by 8 mm., pale buff with a dark olive- 

 brown iris. Different from any other buff cowpea in its peculiar 

 seeds. Grown only in 1910. 



29307. From Mr. C. E. Fant, Chester, S. C. 1909. A vigorous, viny variety, the 



row mass 20 inches high, 3 to 3? r feet broad : trailing branches green, 

 medium coarse, 3 to 5 feet long; leaflets large, held late, free from 

 rust, a little affected by red leaf-spot; moderately prolific; pods 

 straw-colored, 6 to 7 inches long, well filled, the first maturing in 

 about 120 days; seeds maroon, subreniform. smooth. 6 by 8 nun., 

 twice as broad as thick; iris dark. In habit this is identical with 

 17405E, but the seeds are different. Six other lots obtained from 

 various sources in 1909 could not be distinguished from this. It 

 bears the same relation to Red Ripper 17350, that Unknown does 

 to Clay. 



29308. From Mr. G. W. Duren, Booneville, Ark.. 1910. Habit very similar in 



all respects to Lady 17359, but not ;is prolific; flowers white; pods 

 7 to 9 inches long ; seeds white, very reniform, thick, 5 by 10 mm. ; 

 iris greenish yellow. The same variety under the same name 

 has been received from Oklahoma, No. 01024. It is very distinct 

 from any other white variety in the shape of the seeds. Grown 

 only in 1910. 



29309. Trinkle's Holstcin. From Mr. J. W. Trinkle, Madison, Ind., June. 1909. 



A renumbering of 0917 referred to under 17327. 



29310. From a single plant found at Arlington Farm, 1909. Suberect, half 



bushy, vigorous, the row mass 2 feet high and as broad; stems 

 green; leaflets medium sized, dark green, subject to rust, but little 

 affected by red leaf-spot; flowers violet purple; prolific; pods pale, 

 held high, poorly filled, the first maturing in about 95 days ; seeds 

 not distinguishable from New Era 21088. The seeds of this variety 

 are very similar to New Era, but the plant is very different. The 

 tendency of the branch tips to be viny and bear small leaflets is con- 

 spicuous. The pods were mostly destroyed by a disease, possibly 

 bacterial. Were it not for this last defect, the variety would have 

 much promise. Grown only in 1910. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



The number of varieties of the cowpea and the related catjang and 

 asparagus bean is much larger than agronomic writers have realized. 

 The present publication describes about 220 cowpeas, 50 catjangs, 

 and 35 asparagus beans. The cowpea and the catjang are much more 

 desirable plants for forage, as the asparagus beaa is too viny and 

 procumbent. 



More or less data concerning named cowpeas have been published 

 in experiment station bulletins and elsewhere. It is rarely possible 



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