64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



17967. Benincasa cerifera. "Wax-gourd. 



From Manila, P. I. Eeceived through Mr. W. S. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, March 5, 1906. 



"Native name Condol. Matures fruit in four months from seed. Grown in Philip- 

 pine Islands only upon trellises. When sliced and steeped over night in lime water 

 and then boiled in a sugar sirup until it candies, it makes a most delicious glace 

 Iruit." {Li/on.) (See No. 2936, Inventory No. 7, for description of this plant.) 



17968 to 17972. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Lyons, N. Y. Received through the Lyons Beet Sugar Company, March 

 1906. 



Sugar-beet seed, as follows: 



17968. Original Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Kleinwanzleben Sugar Company, Kleinwanzleben, Germany. 



17969. Srhreiber's Specialitaet. 



■ Grown by G. Schreiber & Sons, Nordhausen, Germany. 



17970. Elite Kleimvanzleben. 



Grown by Dippe Bros. , Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17971. Kleimvanzleben. 



Grown by F. Heine & Co., Hadmersleben, Germany. 



17972. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by C. Braune & Co., Bundorf, Germany. 



17973 and 17974. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Lehi, Utah. Received through the Utah Sugar Company, March, 1906. 



17973. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by the Utah Sugar Company, Lehi, Utah. 



1 7974. Kleimvanzleben. 



Grown by the Fremont County Sugar Company, Sugar City, Idaho. 



17975. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Caro, Mich. Received through the Peninsula Sugar Refining Company, 

 March 10, 1906. 



Kleimvanzleben. Grown by Otto Hoerning & Co., Eisleben, Germany. 



17976 to 17980. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Owosso, Mich. Received through the Owosso Sugar Company, March 12, 

 1906. 



Sugar beet seed, as follows: 



17976. Kleinwan zleben. 



Grown by Henry Mette & Co., Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17977. Kleimranzleben. 



Grown by Rabbethge & Giesecke, Kleinwanzleben, Germany. 



17978. Kleimvanzleben. 



Grown by Wohanka & Co., Prague, Bohemia. 



17979. Kleimvanzleben. 



Grown by K. W. Kuhn & Co., Maarden, Holland. 



17980. Elite Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Otto Bruenstedt, Schladen-im-Harz, Germany. 

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