SKI'TKMHKR. 1'.»00, TO DKrEMHKR, KM).!. ID? 



8419 to 8421--('o!itiiiuod. 



represent an especially fine strain uf the Alphonse mango, which was called to 

 our attention l»y Mr. Douglas Bennett, sui)erintenilent of markets in Bombay, 

 who desires that it Ite j,'iven ins name. Ih' says tiiat all he knows of its oriirin is 

 that over one hundicij and thirty years ago it was discovereil by a I'arsee mer- 

 chant, and that grafts were put down at (iwaliaTank K(ia<l, helow C"ond)ali 

 Ilili, in Bombay, but that now very few of tiiese are to be seen. The supply 

 of this mango is so limited tiiat fancy prices are paid for it, and few Knropeans 

 even have ever tasted the fruit. In size it is .'l l)y 4 l)y 2 inches and in color a 

 golden yellow when rijie. The tlcsh is (pnte without stringiness, stone small, 

 and flavor, according to Mr. Bennett, the best in the world. It is a large- 

 leaved varietv and forms a good-sized tree, but is of scragglv growth." {Fnir- 

 child.) (No." 810. ) (See N... S7L'7.) 



8420. 



Hulllf. "A good market sort, of Bombay. (Jreen in color, ripening to red- 

 dish yellow. Flesh is yellowish in color and is not stringy. The fruit is long 

 and slender, hence the name 'I'xittle.' The stone is small. The fruit ript-ns, as 

 do most of the Bombay mangoes, from Ajiril to .May." ( FiilnliiUl. ) ( No. SI I. ) 



8421. 



J'iiit'. ''A green, pointed-shaped variety from the Cooper estate at Goregon. 

 Said by the owner, an inspector in the Bond)ay markets, to be, next to the 

 Alphonse, the best of the l>ondjay mangoi's. The seed is larger than that of the 

 Alphonse iind the flavor is excellent, lias the undesiral)le (juality of being a 

 poor keeper, losing its flavor (piickly after fully ripe." ( Fuirchild. ) ( No. 812. ) 



8422 to 8424. Glycine hisi'Ida. Soy bean. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Keceiveil through Dr. S. .V. Knapp, February 24, 

 1902. 



8422. 8424. 



Ila Name. Early. Ita Name. Late. 



8423. 



Ita Name. Medium. 



8425. JuGLANs coHDiFOFtMis. 'Walnut. 



From Yokohama, .Japan. Received tiiiough I)i-. S. A. Knapp, F'ebruarv 24, 

 1902. 



8426. JuGLANs siEBOLDiANA. Walnut. 



From Yokohama, .Japan. Receive(l through Dr. 8. A. Knapi>, February 24, 

 1902. 



8427. Phyllostachys mitis. Bamboo. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received tlirough Dr. 8. A. Knap}), February 24, 

 1902. 



^fn.^(l chihi. 



8428. Phyllostachys qlilioi. Bamboo. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Received through Dr. 8. A. Knapp, February 24, 

 1902. 



Miulake. 



8429. JuNCUS EFFUSus. Rush. 



From Yokohama, .Japan. Received through Dr. 8. A. Knapi), February 24, 

 1902. 



