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SEEDS AXD PLANTS i:kIPORTED. 



55212 to 55245— 



55233 to 55245, 



55233. (No. 



55234. (No. 



55235. (No. 



55236. (No. 



55237. (No. 



55238. (No. 



55239. (No. 



55240. (No. 



55241. (No. 



55242. (No. 



55243. (No. 



55244. (No. 



55245. (No. 



Continued. 



, Pybus communis L. Malacese. Pear. 



2.) Amanlisova m4s1ovka {Beurr4 d'Amnalis). 

 4.) Avranska (Bonne Louise d'Avranches). 

 6.) Anansica ceskd (Bohemian ananas pear). 



9.) Dielovfi (Beurre Diel). 



11.) Kozacka Stutgartskd {Rousselet de Stuttgart). 



12.) Kfivice (Beurre Clairgeau). 



13 ) Pastornice {Poire de Cure). 



15.) President Mas. 



16.) Pstruzka (Forellc). 



17.) Solanka. 



18.) Wienskd {Triomphe de Vienne). 



19.) Hardenpontova {Bcurr^ Hardenpont). 



20.) Ratajskd. 



55246 to 55252. Musa paradisiaca sapie>'tu5i (L.) Kimtze. Mu- 



sacese. Banana. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Shoots presented by Willis T. Pope, horticul- 

 turist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 10, 

 1922. 



55246. (No. 4490.) Chamaluco. The plant is from 10 to 15 feet in 

 height with medium-sized leaves ; when grown in fertile soil the 

 bunches of fruit are rather large. There are two types — one with 

 green and the other with gray fruits. The greater part of these fruits 

 are eaten cooked at the time when other varieties are ripe. (Adapted 

 from Bulletin 25, Departamento de Agricultura y Trabajo, Porto Rico, 

 p. 19.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 19303. 



55247. "(No. 4489.) Ice Cream. This banana is said to have been 

 introduced into the Hawaiian Islands from the Malay region of Asia. 

 It was first grown at the Hawaii Station, Honolulu, in 1900. offshoots 

 having been obtained from William Chamberlain, of Honolulu. 



" Description of the plant : A 1-year old clump grown from a single 

 offshoot usually consists of 8 or 10 plants, varying from a size suit- 

 able for transplanting up to full-grown plants maturing fruit. The 

 average height of the full-grown plant is about 20 feet. Each mature 

 plant usually has 10 or 12 light-green leaves at one time. The trunk 

 is light green with parts of the outer leaf s^heaths varying from 

 light green to dark brown. The light brown often has a slight tinge 

 of pink. The leaf blades are shiny light green above with a frosty 

 lighter green below, due to a powdery bloom which does not rub off 

 easily. The young leaves often have the under side of the midrib 

 tinged with pink. Small offshoots have leaves with both margin and 

 midrib of a delicate pink. The bases of the petioles of the larger 

 leaves have abrasionlike marks of brown to dark brown such as are 

 not uncommon on older plants of several other varieties. 



" Fruit : The bunch of the Ice Cream variety is medium in size, 

 varying in weight from 30 to 60 pounds. In color it is strikingly 

 different from most other yellow bananas. It has a whitish or bluish 

 green color before maturity, which is due to the powdery bloom cov- 

 ering the entire fruit. This powdery bloom remains quite evident 

 after the yellowing and full ripening of the fruit. The bananas usually 

 ripen irregularly on the bunch. After ripening, the bananas very soon 



