The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-02

and discovery of earlier maturing
varieties.
The old Florida velvet bean was a
very late variety and could not ma
ture outside of the subtropical
climate of Florida and Gulf Coast re-
gion Search was made in other coun-
tries for earlier varieties and at
tempts We're made by plant breeders
in Florida and elsewhere to originate
such early maturing beans.
What is known as the Georgia vel
vet bean or Early SpeckIed or 100
day bean was first discovered in
South Georgia in 1906 but it was not
until about ten years later that it OBJ
tanned the prominence which it de
served "A few years after finding Of
this early variety, a medium matur-
ing variety was found in Alabama
and the name Alabama has been APP
piled to this; both of these two
varieties are but earlier selections of
the Florida velvet bean and the seed
Of neither can be distinguished from
the seed of the Florida velvet bean.
THE Alabama bean is intermediate
between the Georgia and Florida not
only in maturity but also in the
Injuries of its growth and in pro-
ductiveness.
Another early variety is the Osceola.
which originated at the Florida EX-
pertinent Station, being cross of
the Lyon and the Florida beans from
neither of which it could have in
herited tendency to earliness as the
Lyon is also late maturing variety.
The Yokohama is one Of the very
earliest; it was introduced by the
|. S. department of Agriculture from
Japan, Other well known varieties.
though some are of later maturity,
arc the Chinese, Early White Sting
less, Lyon. Wakella. In addition to
these. there are number of less
well-knOwn varieties. number of
curse Of Gi.ferent species but close.
y ro'a'ed to our common velvet bean,
and number of crosses and hybrids
Getween these species or varieties;
some of these are known only by
lumber given them by the plant
breeder.
AT the Georgia Experiment Station
where we have tested ont nearly
hirty of these different velvet
leans We have. classified them ac-
cording to earliness as follows:
Very Early-Wakulla Yokohama.
Quincy, Tracy No 1 and Osceola No !
l1arly-Georgia or To-day. Osceola
20 ,. Early White Stingless. Wa
llula 1856, O1S15, and Manatee.
Medium-Tracy No. 5, O1S15M
Young, Alabama. Early Chinese.
Late-OlS15, O1Sl3. Lyon and
hinese
Very Late-Florida. 1876. N.Y.,
Tracy No. ?, Sti2olobium Capitatum
and S. Pachylobium.
The very early varieties make less
'rowth of vine, have smaller foliage
md produce less than those of longer
growing season; this rule holds gen
rally good that the longer the grow
1g season, other things being equal,
he better the yield 1t might happen
Nat an early variety with a good
growing season would yield better
han late one with an unfavorable
rowing season.
Velvet beans excel soy beans in
hat they do not readily shatter. The
'okohama variety and the Tracy No
which is very similar to it. however,
are exceptions as when they mature.
hey are inclined to shatter and es-
ecially if the weather be dry.
In composition, varieties like the
hinese and Yokohama exceed those
t the Georgia type in percent of pro
2in but have less fat, as shown by
he State Chemist of Georgia.
The number of pods per pound
carries from 43 in the Early Chinese
. about 100 in the Florida variety.