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sometimes 4 centimeters in length, in bunches of 18 to 20 

 averaging 115 grams in weight; surface bright red, velvety, 

 ferruginous pubescent; skin thin, brittle; flesh scant, 

 whitish, juicy, aromatic subacid without a trace of sugar; 

 quality rather poor; seeds many. Season, September." (West- 

 er, in Philippine Agricultural Review, Vol. 6, No. 7, p. 

 321, July 1913. ) 



Vitis spp. (Vitaceae.) 42477-42519. Hybrid grape cut- 

 tings from Palermo, Italy. Received through Mr. F. Paulsen, 

 Director, R. Vivalo di Viti Americane, at the request of 

 the Superior Minister of Agriculture. In 1904, Dr. Clemente 

 Grimaldi wrote concerning his work on the hybridization of 

 grapes: "Notwithstanding the labors given for almost 15 

 years hybridization, I have believed that I should maintain 

 the utmost reserve in publishing the hybrids and until now 

 I have made known only six, all stocks, which are the fol- 

 lowing: Nos. 50, 88, 125, 791, 110, and 323. Among the 

 hybrids obtained by me, the following at present give me 

 the hope that they will be of service as direct producers: 

 Nos. 88, 97, 317, 953, 1075, and 1132." These hybrids were 

 requested at the suggestion of Dr. Gustav Eisen, and re- 

 present some of the best results obtained from the hybrid- 

 ization of American species with Vitis vinifera strains of 

 Italian origin, for the purpose of securing varieties re- 

 sistant to Peronospora and other diseases. Of the Rugger! 

 and Paulsen hybrids descriptions have not been accessible, 

 but have probably appeared in later volumes of La Viticol- 

 tura Moderna. 



Zea mays L. (Poaceae.) 42642. Seeds of Papago sweet 

 corn from Tucson, Arizona. Presented by Mr. George F. Free- 

 man, Acting Director, University of Arizona. "We do not 

 really expect that this will be promising as a sweet corn 

 outside of the Southwest, but some results in eastern 

 Kansas and Nebraska last year indicate that it might prove 

 a valuable silage or forage corn in the humid sections." 

 (Freeman. ) 



A VOCADOS. 



During the past two years the winter-bearing Guate- 

 malan type of avocado has been attracting an increasing 

 amount of attention in Florida. Interest in this type was 

 first awakened by the fruiting of several seedlings at the 

 Miami Plant Introduction Garden, which served to demon- 

 strate that this remarkable type would mature its fruits 

 in Florida at the precise season of the year when avocados 

 are most desired. Heretofore the avocado crop has commenced 

 in July or August and lasted until December, with a few 



