DEC'EMliKH, IIHKJ, TO DECEMliEU, i'JO-J. (>.H 



11603 to 11623 -Continued. 



11618 and 11619. Tki rici m dikim. Macaroni wheat. 



11618. Kiilxwhi. Grown Iroin S. 1'. I. Nn. 9478. 



11619. Velvet Dun. Grown from S. 1'. I. NO. V»47!t. 



11620 to 11623. HoKDKiM spp. Barley. 



11620. HouDiciM viiAiAKK. Barley. 

 Black, (hdwn from S. P. I. No. 7!i7(). 



11621. IIoKDEiTM viiLCiAKK. Barley. 

 White. Grown from S. P. I. No. 71U«». 



11622. tIoHi)i:r.M disticuim nit.\ns. Two-row barley. 

 /laiiiKi. (irown from S. P. I. No. !»i:W. 



11623. HoKOKi'M TKTKASTicm-M. Four-row barley. 

 Teteherit. Grown from S. I'. I. No. 771M). 



11624. ('EKCiniriiYLLiiM .iapunulm. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Received thru Thoma-s Meehan <k Sons, 1908. 

 Plants pnrchased to test as stocks for the mango. The scions failed to iiiiite. 



11625. Mancufeka inihca. Mango. 



From Tahiti. Received thru Captain Rennie, of the steamship Muripum, 

 August 11, 1904. 



11626 and 11627. (Undetermined.) 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, August 18, 

 1904. 



11628. HicoRiA hyl). Pecan. 

 From Washington, D. C. Received thru Mr. P. li. Dorsett, February, 1904. 



From pecans purchased in the open market. Has the appearance of a hybrid 

 between Hicoria peran and Iliroria aquatica. Planted in the Plant Introduction 

 Garden at Chico, Cal., May 31, 1904. 



11629. AcTiNiDiA sp. "Yang-taw." 



From the borders of Yunnan. Received thru Consul-General Wilcox, of Han- 

 kow, China, and Mr. Wilson, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., 

 July 8, 1904. 

 Fruit said to be very fine, has flavor of gooseberry, fig, and citron. Sometimes 

 called " Yang-tao." 



11630. AcTiNiDiA sp. "Yang-taw." 



From the borders of Yunnan. Received thru Consul-General Wilcox, of Han- 

 kow, China, and Mr. Wilson, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., 

 July 8, 1904. 

 Possibly distinct from No. 11629, tho as yet undetermined. 



11631. Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. 



From Orange, Cal. Collected by Mr. M. Payan, of Olive, Cal., from the orchard 

 of Mr. C. P. Taft, Orange, Cal. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Chico, Cal., July 18, 1904. 



11632. Achras SAPOTA (?). Sapodilla. 

 From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Frank N. Meyer at the 



Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Cal., June, 1904. 



"A nice tasting fruit, in size and shape not unlike the eastern persimmon. The 

 pulp is brownish and of a sweet, pleasant taste." ( Meyer. ) 



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