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27830 to 27838. Mangifera indica L. Mango. 



Grown at the Department Greenhouse, Washington, D. C. Numbered May 3, 

 1910. 

 Plants of the following seedling Philippine mangos, selected for propagation by 

 grafting, for distribution and testing, to determine how nearly these varieties come 

 true from seed : 



27830 and 27831. Carabao. Grown from S. P. I. No. 25938. 

 27832 to 27834. Pico. Grown from S. P. I. No. 25939. 



27835 to 27838. Lyon. Grown from S. P. I. No. 25940, which was intro- 

 duced under the class name of Pahutan. 



27839 to 27842. 



From Callao, Peru, South America. Presented by Rev. V. M. McCombs. Re- 

 ceived May 5, 1910. 



27839. Solanum sp. Potato. 



Yellow. (Tubers.) 



27840 and 27841. Anona cherimola Miller. Cherimoya. 



27840. (Seeds.) 27841. (Cuttings.) 



27842. Lucuma sp. (Seeds.) 



27843 to 27845. 



From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 May 3, 1910. 



27843. Iris sp. 



From near Helenendorf, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 769, Apr. 8, 1910.) An 

 iris, perhaps I. paradoxa, found on a dry, stony mountain slope, and growing but 

 a few inches high. May be of value as a low-growing edging plant in semiarid 

 regions." (Meyer.) (Rhizomes.) 



27844. Gladiolus segetum Gawl. 



From near Geok-Tepe, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 770, Apr. 12, 1910.) A wild 

 gladiolus occurring on dry mountain slopes. To be tested in breeding experi- 

 ments." (Meyer.) (Bulbs.) 



Distribution. — From the Madeira and Canary Islands eastward through 

 northern Africa and southern Europe to Persia and Turkestan. 



27845. Tulipa eichleri Regel. 



From near Geok-Tepe, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 771, Apr. 12, 1910.) An 

 ornamental species of tulip having large, bright-red flowers that stand on long 

 stems. Found growing on dry places in the mountains at several hundred feet 

 elevation." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — In the vicinity of Baku in the Transcaucasian region and in 

 the Kohrud Mountains of northern Persia. 



27846 and 27847. Malus sylvestris Miller. Apple. 



From Santa Ines, Chile. Presented by Mr. Salvador Izquierdo. Received May 

 2, 1910. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



27846. Admirable de Otono de Santa Ines. "This tree produces a large fruit, 

 somewhat flattened; color green, inclined to yellow, with vertical, reddish 

 stripes; fruit sweet, acidulous, juicy, and very aromatic; an excellent variety; 

 ripens here at the end of April. The tree is very vigorous and absolutely 

 unattackable by the woolly aphis. I consider it an excellent market 

 fruit.."- (Izquierdo.) 



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