36 SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



44145 to 44151— Continued. 



44151. Fykus usstjeiensis Maxim. Malacese. Pear, 



"(No. 23o5a. Malanyu, Chihli Province, China, December 7, 1916.) 

 Suan 11, meaning ' sour pear.' A medium-sized Chinese pear of globose 

 fonn and of green color. Calyx persistent, length of peduncle varies 

 considerably in different specimens. Flesh somewhat gritty and quite 

 sour. This pear can not be eaten raw except when it has been once 

 frozen, after which it becomes melting. By cooking them, however, a 

 sour sauce can be obtained, which missionaries find acceptable as a 

 substitute for sour apple sauce. Possibly this pear also may be found 

 to be resistant to pear-blight." (Meyer.) 



44152 to 44156. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies. Seeds presented by Mr. 

 .John Pt. Bovell, Superintendent of Agriculture. Received February 17, 

 1917. 



44152. " B. H. 10 (12). One of the best, if not the best, of all the sugar- 

 cane seedlings I have as yet grown. The average sucrose content of 

 this cane for three years was 2.33 pounds per gallon." (Bovell.) 



44153. "Ba. 6032." 44155. "B-7169." 



44154. "Ba. 7924." 44156. "B-6308." 



44157 to 44162. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies. Cuttings presented by 

 Mr. John R. Bovell, Superintendent of Agriculture. Received February 

 17, 1917. 



44157. "B-64.50." 



44158. "B-7169." 



44159. " B. H. 10 (12)." See S. P. I. No. 44152. 



44160. " Ba. 2471." 



44161. " Ba. 6032." See S. P. I. No. 44153. 



44162. " Ba. 7924." See S. P. I. No. 44154. 



44163 to 44174. 



From China. Cuttings collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received February 9, 1917. 



44163. Pykus ussuKrENSis Maxim. Malacese. Pear. 

 "(No. 1265. Maoshan, near Malanyu, Chihli Province, December 8, 



1916.)" 



See S. P. I. No. 44151 for description. 



44164 to 44168. Pykus lindleyi Rehder. Malacese. Pear. 



(P. sinensis Lindl.) 

 44164. "(No. 1266. Maoshan, near Malanyu, Chihli Province, Decem- 

 ber 8, 1916.)" 



See S. P. I. No. 44146 for description. Seeds were received under 

 No. 127b [S. P. I. No. 44146]. 



