. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 264 COWPEA COWPEA growing for seed much beyond the limit of the Gulf and South Atlantic states, nor for any pur- pose in the far North, being a very late variety. Whippoorwill, a bushy or erect,rather early variety, is a general favorite for seed production, and is suitable for cultivation for forage or soil-improve- ment as far north as New York. The very early varieties, for example New Era, Warren Hybrid, Warren Extra-Early, and Extra-Early Black Eye, ma
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 264 COWPEA COWPEA growing for seed much beyond the limit of the Gulf and South Atlantic states, nor for any pur- pose in the far North, being a very late variety. Whippoorwill, a bushy or erect,rather early variety, is a general favorite for seed production, and is suitable for cultivation for forage or soil-improve- ment as far north as New York. The very early varieties, for example New Era, Warren Hybrid, Warren Extra-Early, and Extra-Early Black Eye, mature seed considerably north of the line where the Whippoorwill completely matures. But both in the North and South, earliness is at the sacrifice of yield of forage. On the other hand, the New Era. Fig. 371. A cowpea {Yigna unguiculata). and some other early varieties are prolific bearers of seed, and on rich land make very satisfactory hay. The Iron cowpea is unique in being practically exempt from cowpea wilt, and from attacks of nematode worms, which commends it for use on the sandy soils of the southern parts of the Gulf and South Atlantic states. The seed resembles that of the Clay pea, and the plant in habit may be classed as a moderate runner. The yield of hay is good and of seed medium. The leaves are retained well, even after the plant has matured a fair crop of seed, so that hay may be made from this variety, while blooms, ripe pods and leaves are all abundant on the same plant. In mild winters in the Gulf states, the seeds lie in the ground uninjured, germinating late in the following spring. For forage or soil-improvement in southern Ohio, Alva Agee recommends the Black, a variety somewhat later than the Whippoorwill, and dis- tinguished both North and South for its large yield of forage. At the Georgia Experiment Sta- tion, the varieties leading in yield of forage were Black, Mathews, Gourd, White, Taylor Prolific, Blue Hull, Speckled Crowder, White Crowder, Mush
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