FIVE ORIENTAL SPECIES OF BEANS. pagan 
8. P. I. No. 
6430. 
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6062. 
8486. 
8540. 
8585. 
8814. 
9786. 
9889. 
9890. 
10284 
10329. 
10407. 
10527. 
10610. 
11098. 
12775. 
13394. 
13395. 
_— 18396. 
13397. 
13398. 
From Athens, Greece, 1901, under the name ‘‘ Phaseolus viridissimus.’’ ‘‘Their 
culture in Greece is a restricted one, and the beans are considered a great 
delicacy.’’? Grown at Arlington farm and elsewhere for five seasons. Plants 
erect, bushy, 18 to 24 inches high and 15 inches broad, the pods mostly ripe 
in 100 days. Seeds olive green. Indistinguishable from this are Nos. 5071, 
6562, 8540, 8814, 9786, 13397, and 14960. 
From China, 1900. - As grown for several seasons at Arlington farm this can not 
be distinguished from No. 6430. 
Progeny of No. 63821. 
From Poona, India, 1902, where it is called ‘‘mung (mug).’”’ This lot is quite 
identical in growth and maturity to No. 6430. 
From Chinkiang, China, 1902. Seeds green. No records of any tests. 
From Basra, Arabia, 1902, where called ‘‘mash (maash).’? ‘It is employed 
with rice or boiled and. eaten alone.’’ (Fairchild.) As grown for several 
seasons at Arlington farm this was quite identical with No. 6430. 
From Khojend, Russian Turkestan, 1903. Grown at Arlington farm and found 
not distinguishable from No. 6430. 
Progeny of No. 6430. 
Progeny of No. 6430. 
. Progeny of No. 6430. 
Progeny of No. 6430. 
Progeny of No. 6430. 
From Patras, Greece, 1904. In cultural behavior this is exactly like No. 1385. 
It is not the same variety as No. 6430, also from Greece. Other numbers 
that are apparently identical with 10527 in all respects are 24813 and 28992. 
From Askabad, Turkestan, 1904, where called ‘‘mash (masch).’’ Arlington 
farm cultures prove this to be the same as No. 6430. ; 
From Abyssinia, 1904. Seeds olive. No cultural notes recorded. 
From Prof. C. C. Newman, Calhoun, 8. C., 1905. This variety was found by 
Prof. Newman growing spontaneously near the South Carolina Agricultural 
Experiment Station and by him brought into cultivation, whence it has 
been called the Newman bean. As indicated on a previous page, there are 
-excellent reasons to consider this identical with the Chickasaw or Oregon 
pea first introduced into the United States about 1835. Dr. Haven Metcalf 
states that he has seen the plant growing spontaneously at four different 
places in South Carolina. The Newman bean has been grown for seven 
seasons at Arlington farm and at various other places, besides being abun- 
dantly tested by practical farmers. It is a large, late variety, growing per- 
fectly erect to a height of 3 to 34 feet. At Arlington farm it matures only 
part of its pods in 130 to 140 days when planted about June 1. The stems 
are rather too coarse for good hay. Seeds olive green. This is the tallest 
of all the varieties tested, but becomes fully mature at Arlington only in 
occasional seasons. No. 30732, from Jolo, P. I., is not distinguishable. 
Progeny of No. 6562. 
Newman bean. Same source as No. 12775. 
From United Provinces, India, 1903. Grown at Arlington farm for three 
seasons. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall, bushy, late, the bulk of the pods maturing 
in about 125 days. Seeds olive. Very similar to No. 10527 and probably 
the same variety. 
From Nagpur, India, 1903, under the name ‘‘mung (mug).’’ Grown several 
seasons at Arlington farm and not to be distinguished from No. 6562. 
Found mixed in cowpea seed from Bombay, India, in 1903. The cultures of 
this show it to be the same as No. 6562. 
