252 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



9135 to 9146 — Continued. 



9142. 



Blancamansa. "Sold in the market of San Luis Potosi in piles of 7 for 1 

 cent. The fruit is greenish-white outside and a lighter white (with an icy 

 look) inside. An agreeable juicy flavor renders it fine for early meals. It has 

 rather a thin skin, and is one of the choicest tunas. Out of season at end of 

 October. ' ' ( Palmer. ) ( No. 8. ) 



9143. 



Toconodle. "Fruit resembling a peach, with seed compacted in the center 

 to represent the stone. The outside is a soft green when the fruit is young 

 and of a salmon color when it is older. The flesh is solid and has an acid 

 taste. Marmalade is made of it by removing the rind and seed core, boiling 

 in water to remove the sourness, and cooking in sugar in the usual manner for 

 marmalade. The fruit is also eaten chopped up and fried. Good pickles are 

 said to be made of it. It is also cut into pieces and put into soups or boiled 

 with vegetables and meats, and can be preserved in the ordinary way. It is 

 also candied to represent white Smyrna figs, being first boiled in water (after 

 the seeds have been removed from the apex) and then in sugar the usual 

 way for candied fruit." (Palmer.) (No. 9.) 



9144. 



Chavana. "Sold 10 for 1 cent in the market of San Luis Potosi. The fruit 

 is a dark -mauve color outside and lighter colored inside. The rind is rather 

 thick. The fleshy parts represent lines of white circles, which contain the 

 seeds, and between which are lines of light mauve pulp. The core is decid- 

 edly white. The flesh has a rich, sweet, juicy taste like no other tuna; may 

 be nearest to a rich, juicy apple. This is a wild variety. Can be used for 

 preserves and marmalade. It seems to be next to Cardona in the amount of 

 sugar it contains. " (Palmer.) (No. 10. ) 



9145. 



Costilla Colorado. "In the market of San Luis Potosi 10 of these large, mag- 

 nificent fruits can be bought for 1 cent. Purple-mauve on the outside, rich 

 crimson.inside, but the two ends of the fruit are inclined to be carmine at first ; 

 but in the fully mature fruit of a rich claret hue. The juice might pass for 

 claret wine. One of the largest, showiest, and richest flavored, and perhaps 

 equal in flavor to the richest pear. It is one of the rarest tunas, and is soon 

 out of the market," (Palmer.) (No. 11.) 



9146. 



Blanca Castalina. "Four sold in the market of San Luis Potosi for 1 cent. 

 Yellow-white on the outside, but of an icy whiteness inside. Flesh solid, not 

 as moist as some of the Mamas, and with a very agreeable watermelon taste. 

 It is large, and has a rather thin skin. There seems to be considerable sugar 

 in the fruit. Abundant in the market until the end of October, when it begins 

 to disappear. " (Palmer.) (No. 12. ) 



9147 to 9160. Phaseolus sp. Bean. 



From San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Received through Dr. Edward Palmer, Decem- 

 ber 19, 1902. 



A collection of selected "frijoles" as follows: 



9147. 



Amarillo. "A third-class bean, said to be of good flavor. For trial in New 

 Mexico, Arizona, and southern California." (Palmer.) 



9148. 



BaUo. " A lirst-class bean, the leader in quality, and greatly admired, par- 

 ticularly by the rich. It is a good producer, fair sized, and light in color, 

 which. latter quality should warrant its trial in the United States. It should 

 be tried in New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California." (Palmer.) 



