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6131. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Marseille, France. Received through Hon. Robert P. Skinner, United 

 States Consul-General, March 21, 1901. 



Cavaillon. "These seeds should be planted under glass early in the spring and 

 subjected to the least possible change of temperature until the weather is settled and 

 the plants have become sufficiently advanced to warrant transplanting. This melon 

 is one of the most valued horticultural products of southern France. It might be 

 successfully cultivated in the latitude of Washington, and certainly in our Southern 

 States. The fruit, when ripe, is very much the color of our green"watermelons; the 

 flesh is light green in color, highly perfumed and extremely palatable." {Skinner.) 



6132. Canavalia ensiformis. Halberd bean. 



From Morioka, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesay Miller, March 9, 

 1901. 



Nata-Mame. ' ' This, as a string bean eaten when young, is one of the finest I have 

 ever tasted. It grows much like pole limas, 10 feet high, and the pods are of immense 

 size, often over a foot long and an inch and a half broad and half an inch thick. 

 The Japanese use them generally for pickling when young, and they are very fine 

 for this purpose, but as a string bean they are well worth introducing into the United 

 States. They are cultivated about like pole limas, but need a warm climate for ripen- 

 ing. Should do well south of the latitude of Pennsylvania." {Miller.) 



6133. Cucurbita sp. Crepe squash. 



From Morioka, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesay Miller, March 9, 

 1901. 



Chirimen Kabucha. " This squash is rather large, of a dark-green color, changing to 

 yellow, sometimes even to a light greenish-blue color. The appearance is like a 

 rough muskmelon, flattened considerably. I think it comes from Shinshu, one of 

 the central provinces of Japan, but grows well here. It is about the best of the Jap- 

 anese squashes, and is quite different from the varieties commonly grown in the 

 United States, and may be worth cultivation." {Miller.) 



6134. Brassica rapa. Turnip. 



From Morioka, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesav Miller, March 9, 

 1901. 



"A large white turnip, possibly worth cultivating for stock feeding." {Miller.) 



6135. Raphanus sativus. Radish. 



From near Tokvo, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesay Miller, March 

 9, 1901. 



Daikon. " This is the immense radish used by the Japanese for pickling and eaten 

 by them three times a day. The seeds I send are of an especially large and fine 

 variety which grows near Tokyo." {Miller. ) 



6136. Raphanus sativus. Radish. 



From Sakura Island, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesav Miller, March 

 9, 1901. 



Sakura-gima Daikon. "This is another variety of the 'Daikon' radish, grown 

 on Sakura Island, in the Bay of Kagoshima. It is not long, like No. 6135, but turnip 

 shaped, and grows to such an immense size that the natives say two of them make a 

 horse load . " ( Miller. ) 



6137. Raphanus sativus. Radish. 



From Sakura Island, Japan. Received through Rev. E. Rothesay Miller, March 

 9, 1901. 



Sakura-gima Daikon. "The same as No. 6136, but can be planted about two weeks 

 later." [Miller.) 



