52 



SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19836 to 19841. Ipomoea batatas. 



Sweet potato. 



From Sibpur, India. Presented by Prof. A. T. Gage, superintendent, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Received February 20, 1907. 



19836. 



Japan Brown Selected. 

 19837. 



Dhamakia White. 

 19838. 



Thegania Red Selected. 



19839. 



Poona Local. 

 19840. 



Thegania White Selected. 

 19841. 



Cawnpore White Selected. 



19842 and 19843. 



From Parras, Coahuila, Mexico. Received tbrougb Mr. W. E. Safford, 

 February 20, 1907. 



19842. Amygdalls persica. 



Peach. 



"Fruit of fine quality, yellow, freestone; drougbt resisting; from 

 iltitude of 5,000 feet above sea level. Comes true to seed." (Safford.) 



Trees. 

 19843. Cydonia vulgaris. 



Quince. 



"Fruit of fine quality; drougbt resisting; from altitude of 5,000 feet 

 above sea level." (Safford.) 

 Trees. 



19853 to 19857. 



From Funcbal, Madeira. Received tbrougb Mr. David Faircbild, February 

 23, 1907. 

 A collection of cuttings, as follows: 



19853. Anona cherimolia. 



Cherimoyer. 



"(No. 01, Jan. 31, 1907.) Tbis fruit tree tbrives in all the quintas 

 of Funcbal, and tbere are probably different varieties of it, tbougb no 

 distinctive names are given to the various sorts. Two forms were pointed 

 out to me by tbe gardener of Mr. Reid's quinta, a long-fruited form and 

 a heart-shaped one. These scions are from the long-fruited form. The 

 fruits vary greatly in size, but the one I saw of this sort was 5 inches 

 long. Seeds vary in number. 



" There is a great variation in the character of the prominence of the 

 stigmatic protuberances, or ' spines.' This variety has few such and is 

 comparatively smooth. The natives say the ' spiny ' forms have many 

 seeds, the spineless have few. No seedless form has been encountered. 

 This sort is considered of good flavor, but not equal to the heart-shaped 

 form." (Fairchild.) 



19854. Anona cherimolia. 



Cherimoyer. 



"(No. 02.) Scions of the heart-shaped form of cherimoyer from Mr. 

 Reid's quinta. The fruit of this (i. e., the single good one I saw) is 

 about Ah inches wide and 44 inches from stem to tip. Mr. Reid's gardener 

 declares this has a superior flavor to the long form and has fewer seeds. 

 Mr. Blandy believes that abundant use of manure about the trees makes 

 them produce fruit with few seeds." (Fairchild.) 



19855. Anona cherimolia. 



Cherimoyer. 



"(No. 04, Feb. 2, 1907.) Scions from trees in the quinta of Mr. J. B. 

 Blandy. A variety which Mr. Blandy assures me is of unusually good 

 quality, with few seeds compared with the ordinary fruit of the island. 

 Mr. Blandy grows his trees on a high trellis, so that the fruits hang in 

 the shade. They are all grafted on seedlings about 3 feet above the 

 ground." (Fairchild.) 

 132 



