INVENTOin 



54969. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Myrtaccjp. 



Jaboticaba. 



From Minas Geraes, Brazil. Seeds turned over to tills office by the Federal 

 Horticultural Board. Received May 11, 1922. 



"The jaboticaba is one of the best indigenous fruits of southern Brazil, but 

 like many of the others it has received little attention outside of its native 

 home. Its habit of producing the fruit dire<;tly upon tlie trunk ami larger 

 limbs, together with the unusual beauty of its symmi'trical and uiubrageous 

 head of pale-green foliage, make this a peculiarly striking troo. The tree 

 reaches a height of 35 or 40 feet on rich soil, the leaves are narrowly oval, and 

 the small white flowers are produced singly or in clusters on the liark of the 

 trunk and limbs. The fruit is round, one-half to H inches in (llameter. nianton- 

 purple in color, and with a rather thick, tough skin. The traiisluceiit juicy 

 pulp, white or rose tinged, is of agreeable vinous flavor. These fruits are 

 eaten fresh or as jelly. The tree would probably prove most suitalile for our 

 tropical dependencies, although perhaps it could be grown in favorable spots in 

 southern California and southern Florida." (Wilson Popenoe.) 



54970. Phleum pratense L. Poaccse. Timothy. 



From Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Seeds presented by G. M. Stewart, dis- 

 trict inspector, seed branch, Department of Agriculture. Received .May 

 31, 1922. 



" Produced by a grower in one of our irrigated districts. This grower has 

 been producing from one to two carloads of timothy seed yearly and has been 

 using the one strain of seed all the time.'" iStcirart.) 



Locally grown seed introduced for experiments in timothy breeding. 



54971. ViciAERviLiA (L.) Willd. Fabacefe. ^etch. 



From Ariana, near Tunis, Africa. Seeds presented by F. Boeuf, chief. 

 Botanical Service of Tunis. Ref:eived May 31, 1922. 



Introduced for experiments in the use of vetches as forage cropa 



54972. Brassica pekineksls (Lour.) Gagn. Brassicacesp. 



Pai ts'ai. 



From Min Hsien, Kansu, China. Seeds presented l)y Willis H. Ruhl. 

 Received June 2, 1922. 



A good variety of Pai fs'ai from Min Hsien. Kansu. ("Jiinn. 



^ It should be understood th.it the varietal names of fruits. vcBCtables. cereaU, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the mntcrlal was received 

 when introduced by the Office of Foreign Seed and I'lant Introduction and. fnrlher. tfiut 

 the printing of such names bore does not constitute their official publication and adoption 

 in this countrv. As the different varieties are studie<l. their identity fully esinbllshed, 

 their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal n.imes for them 

 in American literature becomes necessary, the foreiun varietal desi>:natlons appearing In 

 this Inventory will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names 

 into harmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 



