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Show THE IRON COWPEA. aetata Wilt, eat Deaaakt aal eteeaalaa tleaxa tt I re I. Tha Iron eowpaa, which haa aolrad tba problem o( tha cowpea wilt dla aaaa In lha aouth, la compact, rlgor-aoa rlgor-aoa plant of medium alae aomawhat trailing la habit, but leaa to thai tha Unknown. Tba foliage la dark green, with a peculiar blulth luater that dla-tlngulahea dla-tlngulahea thla variety from at bar. It la of tha Clay type. Tba aeedj are amatl and bard. Tha color la buff and omewbat variable, aeeda of different ahadaa being found In tba aame pod. Tba plant beglna to bloom la about two month from planting and eontla-nea eontla-nea up to froat. Tba crop la there ore riaara or Tata laon oowpu. ripened through rather long aeaaon, which la aomathlng of a dlaadvantaga, though II I partially compenaated by tba fact that tba pode do not abell out In tba OeW aa freely aa other aorta, and picking can therefor b deferred tilt late. It hohla Ita leavee under aiV Tare ctaidltlona of drought and die-aae die-aae better tlian aay other kind tented and la erlally noteworthy for tha way It remalne grewa np to froat, very much later than other varlellea. When cut for hay, It eprout freely from tha atubhle and fukea more aecond growth than la uaual. Tba Iran cow pea, berauee of Ha ra-alatanr ra-alatanr te wilt and root knot and hardlneea In other reapecla, la certainly on of the moat valuable rarletle of cow pea a known for cultivation on all Bulla that are Infeeted with one or th olber of tbea dlaraae. It. a. Ortoo. |