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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39799 to 39802. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese. 



Sweet potato. 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas. Received January IS, 1915. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds each) 

 per caballeria (33 J acres). 



39799. "(No. 29.) Camagucy ; yellow inside. From Puerto Principe. 

 Yielding 41,982 arrobas per caballeria." 



39800. "(No. 118.) Yema de huevo; yellow. From Colon, Matanzas. 

 Yielding 6.260 arrobas per caballeria." 



39801. "(No. 30.) Colorado brujo; yellow flesh. From Puerto Principe. 

 Yielding 10,436 arrobas per caballeria." 



39802. "(No. 72.) Chino bianco; white. From Taco Taco, Pinar del 

 Rio. Yielding 18,15G arrobas per caballeria." 



39803 to 39807. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn. 



From Oroya, Peru. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National 

 Museum. 



"Corn obtained from Chola women, at an altitude of 12,200 feet, in July, 

 1914." (Rose.) 



39803. Light yellow. 39806. Brownish. 



39804. Mixed blue and white. 39807. White. 



39805. Red. 



