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55520 to 55547— Continued. 



55528. LoLiUM jriiTinourM Lain, roaco.-r. Italian rye-grass. 



"Italian rye-grass is used to a limited extent for meadow, pasture 

 and lawn and in the South is of some importance for winter forajre " 

 (.4. jS. Hitchcock.) 



55529 to 55546. Thiticum dt'rtm l>osf. I'oaco.T. Durum wheat. 



55529. Adjmi. 55538. ^fohutoudi AC :\. 



55530. Afiili. 55539. Mafioitdi AP Ty 



55531. Ai/ilihl(iiic ( Xo, 1). 55540. Medea. 



55532. AgUihUinc (No. 2). 55541. MelldX. 



55533. Aonedj. 55542. .\fekhi2. 



55534. Derhessi. 55543. SouriACGO. 



55535. Biskri. 55544. Souri AJ'^^. 

 ^5536. Eamira. 55545. .S7<rt 1. 



55537. Jcnah Rhetifah. 55546. Hbei2. 



55547. ViciA MiCHAuxiT Spreng. Faliace:T>. Vetch. 



Introduced for trial as green manure and as a forage plant. 



A creeping or climbing annual vetch, native to S.vria. with very nar- 

 row leaflets, light-.vellow flowers, and hairy pods about an incii" long. 

 (Adapted from Post, Flora of Si/ria, Palestine, and Sinai, p. „^s'.s'. i 



55548. Ornitiiopus sativus Brot. Fabacese. Serradella. 



From Hamburg. Germany. Seeds purchased from Ernst & Von Spreckel- 

 sen. Received June 20, 1922. 



Introduced for testing as a winter forage crop in the South. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39345. 



55549. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceaj. Peach. 

 {Prunus persica Stokes.) 



From Eastwood, New South Wales. Plants purchased from C. E. Vessey, 

 Mount Tomah Nurseries, through H. R. Wright, Avondale. Auckland, 

 New Zealand. Received June 20, 1922. 



" Goodman's Choice. We have sent out a number of letters to friends who 

 are in a position to know the behavior of tlii.s peach and its coinparison with 

 Phillips Clivf/. So far we have only two replies, one from .Mr. (loodman, 

 who states that this is easily the best-quality canning peach tlie caniiers have 

 ever seen, and that growers in this State (Victoria) are putting in more acres 

 of it than all other yellow clings put together. 



" His catalogue description, quoted below, shows that it ripens about six 

 weeks later than Tuscan Cling: 



" ' Undoubtedly the greatest yellow-fleshed clingstone peacli introduced for 

 many yeai'S. The tree is a heavy bearer each season of medium-sized fruit rliat 

 is admirable for canning. The skin has a red blush on the sunny side: tlie 

 flesh is beautifull.v rich and translucent ; the variety is remarkable for even 

 crops and gradual ripening, which means so nuich when the pick n;: camiiaigu Is 

 in progress. The fruit ripens toward tlie end of February and. as the nnme 

 indicates, represents my choice for canning.' 



"We know the behavior of the clings generally in this State, and we find 

 that they have a great tendency to be uneven in sliajie. Our own nursevnian 

 states tliat Goodman's Choice is one of the liest late peaches that lie has come 

 across, but as we have no growers for canneries around there we can not give 

 an authoritative report from tlmt point of view ourselves." (Herbert J. Rum- 

 sey, Dundas, New South Wales.) 



