C>4 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



17967. Bentncasa cerifera. "Wax-gourd. 



From Manila, P. I. Received through Mr. \V. s. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, March 5, 1906. 



" Native name Condol. Matures fruit in four months from seed. Grownin Philip- 

 pine Islands only upon trellises. When sliced and steeped over nighl in liine water 

 and then boiled in a sugar sirup until it candies, it makes a most » 1* > I i<-i< »hh glace - 

 trnit." {Lyon. See No. 2936, [nventory No. 7. for description of this plant.) 



17968 to 17972. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Lyons, N. Y. Received through the Lyons Beel Sugar Company, March 

 1906. ' 



Sugar-beel seed, as follows: 



17968. Original Kleinvmnzleben. 



Grown by Kleinwanzleben Sugar Company, Kleinwanzleben, Germany. 



17969. Schreiber's Specialitaet. 



;. bj G Schreiber & Sons, Nordhausen, Germany. 



17970. Eliit Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Dippe Bros., Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17971. Kleinvxmzkben. 



Grown by F. Heine & Co., Hadmersleben, Germany. 



17972. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by C. Braune&Co. Bundorf, Germany. 



17973 and 17974. Beta VULGARIS. Sugar beet. 



From Lehi, riah. Received through the Dtah Sugar Company, March, 1906. 



17973. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown bj the Utah Sugar Company, Lehi, Dtah. 



17974. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by the Fren t County Sugar Company, Sugar City, Idaho. 



17975 Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Caro, Mich. Received through the Peninsula Sugar Refining Company, 

 March 10, 1906. 



Kleinwanzleben. Grown l>> Otto Hoerning & Co., Eisleben, Germany. 



17976 to 17980. l'.i i \ vulg ^RIS. Sugar beet. 



From Owosso, Mich. Received through theOwosso Sugar < lompany, March 12, 

 1906. 



Sugar beet seed, as follows: 



17976. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Henry Mette <>c Co., Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17977. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Rabbethge & Giesecke, Kleinwanzleben; Germany. 



17978. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by AVohanka & Co., Prague, Bohemia. 



17979. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by K. \V. Kuhn & Co., Maarden, Holland. 



17980. Elite Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Otto Bruenstedt, Schladen-im-Harz, Germany. 

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