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20521 to 20795— Continued. 



20588. HOBOEUM VULGARE. Barley. 



From Nerli, Batfjelddalen district, Norway. "(No. 68.) Spring bar- 

 ley grown at Nerli on very sandy soil; latitude 65° 32'. The harvest 

 often fails in this locality." {Hansen.) 



20589. A VENA SATIVA. Oat. 

 From Vefsen district, latitude 65 30', Norway. < \<>. 69.) Spring oats. 



20590. Festuca ll atior. Tall fescue. 



From Mjoes, Vardahl, Christiania province, Norway. "(No. 70.) Wild 

 seed selected by Director Nielsen, of the experimenl station at Bodoe; 

 latitude 67 ." I Hanst n. i 



20591. Pisi m IBVENSE. Field pea. 



From Bodoe, Norway. "(No. 71.) Sveding. A fleld pea originally in- 

 troduced from Denmark by Mr. Sebastian I. arson, of Aas, Norway; grown 

 for the past twelve years in Norway the last two at the Bodoe Experi- 

 menl Station. I s well on sandy soil at Bodoe ami ripens in 120 days." 



(Huns, ,i. ) 



20592. lloia.i i \i VULGABE. Barley. 

 From Bodoe, Norway. "(NO. 72.) Spring barley from the experiment 



station .it Bodoe; latitude 67 .'" ( Hansen. > 



20593. I'm i i \i PBATEN8E. Timothy. 



Fr Christiania, Norway. ••< No. 7:;. i Native timothy, No. 469, from 



a. Michelet Beedsman. The claim in Norway is that the native is hardier 

 than that Introduced." i linns, u. i 



20594. BbasBK \ BAPA. Turnip. 



From Mjelde, aear Tromsoe, Norway. "(No. 71.) Mjelde is near 70* 

 n. hit. Turnips are found very useful for stock feeding north of the 

 Arctic circle in Lapland." (Hansen.) 



20595. I.oiiim PEBENNE. Perennial rye-grass. 



From Aas. Norway. "(No. 7.". i Native name Yaedersk Raigrass. 

 Native grass from the upland district of southern Norway. This sample 

 is from 1I10 experiment station nt Aas." (Hansen.) 



20596. IIoKi'i .1 m vi 11, auk. Barley. 



From Bjaerkoe, an island on the coasl of northern Norway. "(No. 

 76.) An extremely early spring barley." (Hansen.) 



20597. LUPINUS an<;ustifolius (?). 

 From Aas. Norway. "(No. 77.) A perennial forage plant from the 



. experiment station at Aas." (Hansen.) 



20598. BBASSICA rapa. Turnip. 



From Aas. Norway. "(No. 78.) The yellow Finland turnip, from the 

 experiment station at Aas." (Hansen.) 



20599. Bbassica rapa. * Turnip. 



From Aas, Norway. "(No. 79.) Swedish turnip from the experiment 

 station at Aas; obtained in 1902 from Mustiala, Finland." (Hansen.) 



20600. Hordecm vulgare. Barlej 



From the island of Donnes, Nordland, Norway. "(No. SO.) Bonnes. 

 Spring barley from the large estate Donnes, the proprietor of which is 

 Mr. Isaac Coldevin, of Nordoevaagen. Donnes is an island in Nordland, 

 the Arctic Circle province of Norway. This variety is not so early, but 

 is more productive than the Bjoerkeby barley. Sample from the experi- 

 ment station at Aas." (Hansen.) 

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