INVENTORY.' 



44935. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Gagn. Brassicaceae. 



Pai ts'ai. 



From Los Angeles, Calif. Purchased from Aggeler & Musser Co. Received 

 July 6, 1917. 



"A cabbage with short cylindrical solid heads. It is not suitable for spring 

 planting, for when sown early it runs to seed without heading. It should be 

 sown in seed beds late in July and transplanted to rich, moist earth, spacing 15 

 inches, in rows 2 to 3 feet apart. It should be harvested after the first light 

 frost; the roots should be left on and the outer leaves removed. It may be 

 stored in layers under dry straw with a heavy covering of soil. By cutting 

 off all green leaf tips it can be cooked without the penetrating cabbage odor." 

 {Peter Bis set.) 



For previous introduction and further description, see S. P. I. No. 40604. 



44936 and 44937. Juglais^s regia L. Jiiglandacese. Walnut. 



From China. Nuts purchased from Mr. E. K. Lowry, manager, American 

 Machinery >S: Export Co., Tientshi. Received July 2, 1917. 



44936. " Sample No. 524. Soft shell, 1916 crop ; grown in the district of 

 Chaugli, northern China." {Lowry.) 



44937. " Sample No. 525. Hard shell ; grown in the Western Hills, west 

 of Peking." {Loiory.) 



44938. Canavali ensiforme (L.) DC. Fabacese. Jack bean. 



From Mombasa, British East Africa. Presented by Kerslake Thomas & 



Co., Gotani estate. Changamwe, at the request of Mr. Henry P. Starrett, 



American consul, Mombasa. Received July 2, 1917. Quoted notes by 



Kerslake Thomas & Co. 



" (jo-ta-ni bean. It is an exceedingly heavy cropper, yielding about 2,200 



pounds per acre under ordinary conditions. It is very hardy and a great 



drought riesister. In this country it is a perennial, 21 feet in height, and 



grows well on a clay loam and also on a light sandy soil. It would probably 



do well in the southern United States and California. Upon analysis it is 



found that the bean contains an exceptionally high percentage of albuminoids 



and oil, whUe the moisture is low. The high percentage of fiber is accounted 



^ All introductions consist of seeds unless otherwise noted. 



It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when intro- 

 duced by the OflBce of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing 

 of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption In this coun- 

 try. As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their entrance 

 into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names in American literature 

 becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing there will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 American codes of nomenclature. 



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