INYENTOKY. 



550T. to 5512. 



iroiii Washington, D. C. Seeds from a number of cral)-apple trees growing on 

 the grounds of the Department of Agriculture. These trees were nnported 

 from Russia, l)y Prof. N. K. Hansen, in 18i>8. The numbers in parentheses 

 are tliose un<ler which the trees were received from Professor Hansen. They 

 are as follows: 



5501. Pyris prunifolia Kori.is. (No. 4.) 



5502. PyRI'S I'RUNIFOLIA PURPUREA. (No. 5.) 



5503. Pyrus pruxifoma. (No. 6.) 

 Transparent. 



5504. Pyrus prunifolia. (No. 7.) 

 Transparent. 



5505. Pyrus prunifolia .mo.s(owiensis. (No. 8.) 



5506. Pyrus prunifolia PURPUREA. (No. 9.) 



5507. Pyrus prunifolia M.\cROCARPA. (Nos. 10 and 11.) 



5508. Pyrus prunifolia baccata. (No. 12.) 



5509. Pyrus prunifolia baccata. (No. 15.) 



5510. Pyrus prunifolia BACCATA. (No. 16. ) 



5511. Pyrus prunifolia. (No. 17. ) 



5512. Pyrus prunifolia. (No. 18.) 



5513. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. 



From Tornea, Finland. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 435), September 27, 1900. 

 Ynrth Fhwhh Black: "This seed is from the north province of Fiidand, and being 

 grown at this high latitude should be early ripening. It is not, however, of first 

 quality because the recent crops have been very poor." ( Fairchild. ) 



5514. AvENA SATIVA. O^*' 



From Tornea, Finland. Presented by F. O. U. Nordberg, through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 435a, Aug. 6, 1900). Received September 27, 1900. 



North Flniihh Black. "One liter of black oats of the 1897 crop, which was so 

 highly prized here that I could only get this small quantity. It should ripen earlier 

 thanNo.5513." ( Fairchild. ) 



5515. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Michaux, Va. Received September 27, 1900. 

 Banat. Grown in Virginia from seed imported by this Department in 1899. 



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