DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1005. 



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12453 to 12547. Okvza sativa. 



Rice. 



"Samples t)t' rice received in answer to reci nests made of the various persons fur- 

 nishing same, for testing in connection with the efforts now being made for the pur- 

 j>ose of finding a variety resistant to the disease known as rotten-neck, threatening 

 the rice-growing industry in the Carolinas." (Fairchikl ) 



12453 to 12463. Rice. 



From Paris, France. Presented l)y Vilmorin-Andrieux it Co. Received 

 .Tuly 29, 1904. 

 Samples of nnhuUed rice as follows: 



12453. Plemontese rice, Novarese. One of the most valued for its yield 

 and its (luality. It is, however, grown in Lombardy on 

 soil only which has carried a rice crop the previous season, 

 as on fresh land it easily takes the disease called "brusone." 



12454. 

 12455. 

 12456. 



12457. 



12458. 



12459. 

 12460. 



f'ii'ttioiilt'Ke rice, Bertonc. Usually grown on fresh land, is 

 resistant to the "brusone," and the hulled rice is inferior 

 to the Novarese. 



I'innontese rice, Javanese. Thrives on all kinds of land. It is 

 pretty resistant to "brusone," but is very late, lacks quality 

 and sheds its seeds too easily when being cut. 



Piemontese rice, nostrano. Takes too easily the disease "bru- 

 sone," and is consequently little grown in Lombardy. It 

 is somewhat used in the perpetual rice fields of the Po Val- 

 ley, where it seems to be more resistant. 



PknwhU'se rice, leoncino. Very productive Japanese rice, of 

 good quality, with a golden spike. Recommended for wet, 

 compact, ric-h land. 



Piemontese rice, 

 francone. 



Egiiptian rice, Jino. 



Egyptian rice, sul- 

 Uinie. 



12461. Egyptian rice, ya- 



iimni. 



1 2462. J)ry Mountain rice. 



12463. Dry rice from 



Manchuria. 



Rice. 



12464 to 12478. 



From Colombo, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. C. Drieberg, superintendent of 

 School Gardens. Received October 21 and 24, 1904. 



12464. yv((ms/t!n( paddy. White grain in bh^ck husk. From Kegalle 



district. 



12465. Mnttusamba paddy. Superior variety for table use. From 



Kegalle district. 



12466. Kaiurusamha paddy. From Kegalle district. 



12467. Amnamji paddy. From Bentota district. 



12468. .SWmw paddy. From Bentota district. 



12469. Yal-tatu-hel paddy. From high elevation, Uva Province. 



12470. ^fudu-hin-hel paddy. From high elevation, Uva Province. 



12471 . ( 'eylon Cawlina paddy. From Hauwella, 30 miles inland from 



Colombo. 



Ceylon Carolina paddy. From Mount Lavinia, 7 miles south 

 of Colombo. 



12472 

 12473 

 12474 

 12475. Attnt-t'J paddy. From Madampe, Northwestern Province. 



Kiusui (Japanese) paddy. Grown in the Government Stock 



Garden. 

 Ingrese we. From Elakake, 4 miles inland from Bentatte, 



about halfway from Colombo to Galle. 



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