OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 19 



41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.) 



of the plant in Peru indicate that it will grow in a colder climate than 

 the tomato. The natives plant their seed beds (huambales) in July or 

 August and transplant in December, the plants making a very rapid growth 

 during the wet summer months from December to March and ripening 

 their crop in the fall. In the United States the growing period could 

 probably be much shortened, on account of our warmer weather in the 

 spring. The Indians wet the earth with boiling water before planting the 

 seed, to kill or drive away insects that might otherwise attack the young 

 seedlings. They also enrich the soil with sheep or guinea-pig manure. 

 In Urubamba Valley this plant has no other name than tomate, which it 

 shares with the true tomato, but this causes no confusion, for the 

 Cyphomandra is confined to the higher elevations and Lycopersicon to 

 the lower valleys." 



41342 to 41356. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat. 



From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, Imperial Economic 

 Botanist, Pusa, India, through the superintendent, Agricultural College 

 Farm, Poona, India. Seed received October 4, 1915. 

 41342 to 41344. Triticum durum Desf. 



41342. Hansia Broach. 41344. Shet Punier. 



41343. Potia Nadiad. 



41345 to 41350. Triticum aestivum L. 

 {Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



41345. Mundi of Ludhiana. 41348. Popatia Nadiad* 



41346. Paman of Sirsa. 41349. Siok. 



41347. Daudkhani, or Daudakhani. 41350. Deshi Athani. 



41351 and 41352. Triticum dukum Desf. 



41351. Kopergaon Baxi, or Koper- 41352. Black-aumed Athni. 



gum Baxi. 



41353. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



Lai of Batala or Lai of Batalu. 



41354. Triticum durum Desf. 



Bansi of Baleghat, or Bansi of Buleghat. 



41355 and 41356. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (Triticum vulgare Vill.) 

 41355. Australian. 41356. Pivla pntc. 



41357 to 41360. Castanea pumila X crenata. Fagaceae. 



Hybrid chestnut. 



Produced by Dr. Walter Van Fleet at Little Silver, X. J. Quoted notes bj 



Dr. Van Fled. 



Plants growing at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal, 



"A hybrid between the American chinkapin and the Japanese chestnut. 



Bears at one to three years from seed. A good producer and quite resistant to 



the chestnut-bark fungus. Nuts large, of fair quality, with rather hard shells." 



41357. "The nuts are somewhat larger than ordinary American chest- 

 nuts and somewhat sweeter." 



