Agricultural varieties of the cowpea and immediately related species . mass 12 inches high, 16 to IS inches broad; trailing branchesfew, 3 feet long, green or reddish; leaflets dark, medium sized,shed rather early, somewhat affected by both rust and white leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple; pods rather few, well filled, heldmedium high, dark drab in color, 5 to 8 inches long, the firstmaturing in about 90 days; seeds buff pink to vinaceous with awhite spot at the chalazal end, subreniform, about 6 by 7 to 8mm. This variety was grown four seasons at Arlington and alsoat Stillwater, Okla., a
Agricultural varieties of the cowpea and immediately related species . mass 12 inches high, 16 to IS inches broad; trailing branchesfew, 3 feet long, green or reddish; leaflets dark, medium sized,shed rather early, somewhat affected by both rust and white leaf-spot ; flowers pale violet purple; pods rather few, well filled, heldmedium high, dark drab in color, 5 to 8 inches long, the firstmaturing in about 90 days; seeds buff pink to vinaceous with awhite spot at the chalazal end, subreniform, about 6 by 7 to 8mm. This variety was grown four seasons at Arlington and alsoat Stillwater, Okla., and Audubon Park, La. Not a desirable sort. 18519. From T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.,( May, 1906, as Clay. See17340. 18519A. Purple-Podded Clay. Low, half bushy, viny, the row mass 18 inches high, 3 to 3i feet broad; trailing branches many, 3 to 6 feet long and rather coarse, reddish purple; leaflets large, dark, immune to rust, but somewhat subject to white leaf-spot, inclined to be 229 Bui. 229, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur Plate Pods of Two Varieties of Cowpeas with Kidney-Shaped Seeds: No. 18519Aon the Left, No. 21299B on the Right. (Three-fourths natural size.) CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES. 101 purplish; flowers pale violet purple; moderately prolific; podswell filled, held rather low, dark purple when immature, purplewhen ripe, the first maturing in about 105 days; seeds subreni-form, vinaceous pink, about 7 by 9 mm., rather strongly variety is 10 days later than 18519 and differs especially in thepurplish color of the whole plant. (See PI. IX.) 18520. From T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va., May. 1906, as Red Ripper. No cultural notes. 18521. Whippoorwill. From same source as 18520. See 17349. 18522. New Era. From same source as 18520. See 21088. 18617. From Shanhaikwan, Chihli, China, May, 1906. Low, half bushy, mod-erately vigorous, the row mass 18 inches high, 2 feet broad; trail-ing branches rather few, a foot or so
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