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19554 to 19557— Continued. 



19554. Brassica rapa. Turnip. 



Petrow ski Russian. " Is proving resistant in Alaska to the turnip root 

 maggot." (Fairchild.) 



19555. Brassica rapa. Turnip. 

 Gratscheffs Russian. 



19556. Secale cereale. Rye. 

 From northern Sweden. 



19557. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 

 From northern Sweden. 



19561 and 19562. Crambe maritima. Sea kale. 



From Reading, England. Received through Sutton & Sons, December 20, 

 1906. 



19561. 



Ivory White. Plants. 

 19562. 



Plants of ordinary sea kale. 

 For general distribution in an endeavor to popularize this delicious vegetable. 



19563 to 19565. Rheum spp. 





From Cornhill, Liverpool, England. Received through The Cooperative 

 Bees, Ltd., December 20, 1906. 



19563. Rheum coixinianum. 



19564. Rheum emodi. 



19565. Rheum undulatum. 



Imported for cooperative hybridizing experiments. 



19567. Rheum hyb. Rhubarb. 



From Paris, France. Received through Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Decem- 

 ber 22, 1906. 

 Hybride Florentin. (See note to preceding number.) 



19568 to 19571. Zea mays. Corn. 



From Budapest, Hungary. Received through Mr. Edmund Mauthner, May 

 1, 1906. 



Four varieties of Indian corn, as follows : 



19568. Pignoletto. (No. 176.) 



19569. Cinquantino. (No. 177.) 



"Promising for southern California and Arizona." (Fairchild.) 



19570. Sze'kely. (No. 178.) 



19571. Alcsuth. (No. 179.) 



19576 to 19579. Musa sapientum. Banana. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Received from the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, through Mr. O. W. Barrett, December 26, 1906. 



19576. 19578. 



Platano Macho. Guatro-racimos. 



19577. 19579. 

 Hamakua. Congo Punzera. 



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