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Rhodesia, South Africa, source of varieties of vignas 29,119,120,131,143 



Richardson, R. R., distributor of cowpea seeds 140 



Rolfs, P. H., on desirable characters of the cowpea 15 



Romans, Bernard, on varieties of cowpeas in Florida 52, 65, 70 



Root-knot, susceptibility of the cowpea 25, 28, 34, 79, 111, 127 



Ruffin, Edmund, on the cowpea 36, 45, 46, 48, 49, 54, 56, 61, 64, 65, 68, 89, 139 



Rust, susceptibility and resistance of the cowpea 25, 28, 29, 78-98, 100-143 



Sasage, Japanese name for the asparagus bean and the cowpea 10, 77 



Schmitz, Nickolas, on varieties of cowpeas in Maryland 41, 42 



Scott, J. M., on varieties of cowpeas in Florida 39, 42 



Seeds of cowpea, distinctive characters 8-9, 21-23, 28-29, 72-75 



pedigreed, notes concerning 44-71 



Senegambia, occurrence of Vigna nilotica 12 



Shomas, Mrs. H. W., distributor of cowpea seeds 128 



Simms, G. M., distributor of cowpea seeds 92, 114 



Skipper, H. E., distributor of cowpea seeds 87 



Sloop, J. E., distributor of cowpea seeds 87 



Smith, J. J., distributor of cowpea seeds 128 



Pinckney, originator of varieties of the cowpea 65-66 



Soil, influence on habits of growth of cowpeas 18 



Sources of species and varieties of cultivated vignas 7, 143 



See also names of domestic States and foreign countries. 



South Africa, source of varieties of vignas 13, 



28, 29, 35, 74, 75, 103, 119-120, 124, 130-131, 143 



See also countries in South Africa; as Rhodesia, Transvaal, etc. 

 South America, source of varieties of vignas 7 



See also countries in South America; as Brazil, Chile, etc. 



South Carolina, source of varieties of vignas 16-18, 



38, 39, 42, 46, 49, 53, 54, 62, 65, 67, 69, 76-79, 81, 83-84, 87, 89, 

 91, 94, 95,101, 111, 114, 116, 118, 122, 127, 128, 131, 134, 138, 142 



South Dakota, source of varieties of cowpeas 81, 82, 99 



Spain, source of variety of catjang 141 



Sphaerotheca sp., cause of mildew on the cowpea 25 



Spillman, W. J., experiments with natural crosses of cowpeas 33 



Sports, relation to origin of varieties 27 



Spragg, F. A., experiments with natural crosses of cowpeas 33 



Starnes, H. N., on description of cowpea varieties 86, 90 



Steckler, J., Seed Co., distributors of commercial varieties of the cowpea 43, 



53, 95, 96, 115, 128, 141 



Stems of the cowpea. See Habits of growth. 

 Stillwater, Okla. See Experiments. 



Sudan, source of variety of cowpea 126 



Sumatra, source of varieties of vignas 127, 130, 131, 132 



Sweden, cultivation of the cowpea 10, 143 



Syria, occurrence of Vigna nilotica 12 



Ten Eyck, A. M., on varieties of the cowpea in Kansas 40-41, 42, 88 



Tennessee, source of varieties of vignas 15, 39, 42, 46, 49, 52, 93, 114, 115 



Tests of varieties. See Experiments. 



Texas Seed and Floral Co., distributors of varieties of the cowpea 43, 81, 92, 100 



source of varieties of vignas 15, 16, 18, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45-47, 



51, 53, 54, 56-58, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68-70, 78, 81-84, 88, 92, 93, 96, 100, 113, 114 



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