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21062 to 21086— Continued. 



21082. Phaseolus angularis. Adzuki bean. 



From Tieling, Manchuria. "(No. GOOa, Jan. 17, 1907.) A small red 

 bean : Chinese name Hong sha toa. It is used as food, being eaten boiled 

 with rice or different millets, and also ground up with sugar as a confec- 

 tion in small millet cakes." (Meyer.) 



21083. Phaseolus angularis. Adzuki bean. 



From Tieling, Manchuria. "(No. 691a, Jan. 18, 1907.) A small red 

 bean; Chinese name Hong sha toa. A larger variety than the preceding 

 number (No. 690a, S. 1'. 1. No. 21082) ; otherwise the same remarks 

 apply to it." i Meyer, i 



21084. PHASEOLUS angularis. Adzuki bean. 



From Tieling, Manchuria. "(No. 692a, Jan. is, 1907.) A brown, 

 white-spotted bean; Chinese name Qwa sin, toa; used as food, being 

 boiled wiib ric • millets." i Meyer.) 



21085. \ i < n \ i nli k ri. ata. Cowpea. 



From Tchang-yang, Manchuria. "(No. b'.ir.a. Jan. «.), 1907.) A small 

 speckled bean and a very rare variety. It is used as food in soup, and 

 also boiled wiib rice ami different millets." (Meyer.) 



21086. Phaseolus radxatus. Mung bean. 



From Mukden, Manchuria. "(No. 719a, Jan. i'.*!. 1907.) Chinese name 

 l.u /"</. This bean is used to make bean vermicelli and as a vegetable 

 after having sprouted. As such ii deserves greatly to be tried. As a 

 cold salad wiib vinegar, salt, etc., or served bol with small pieces of 

 fried pork or mixed with vermicelli, ii is exceedingly palatable and 

 relished by foreigners ami Chinese alike." (Meyer.) 



21092. Phoenix dacttutera. Date. 



From Marseille. France. Purchased from Champagne Brothers through 

 Mi-. \v. T. Swingle. Received June si. 1907. 

 ■■I), fill I Voor. To be planted in the southern part of California for experi- 

 mental purposes." (Swingle.) 



21094. Mi ciN a sp. 



From India. Presented by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, 111., June 25, 

 L907. 



"This spotted bean is very productive. It grows wild and the seed is eaten. 

 It is a pole bean and needs a long season, being planted in June and gathered 

 in December. It is not of good flavor. The natives cook it with the flower of 

 the mohul (Bassia latifolia ), which is quite sweet; yields perhaps a quart and 

 a gill to the vine: may be of value as food for stock." (From letter of one of 

 Vaughan's correspondents, i 



21095. Beta trigyxa. 



From Strassburg, Germany. Presented by the director of the Botanic 

 Gardens June 24«, 1907. 



Introduced for the beet-breeding work of this Department under Mr. Rittue's 

 direct charge. 



21096 to 21125. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From El Oued, Algeria, North Africa. Received from Captain Bussy, 

 chief of the Bureau Arabe, through Mr. T. H. Kearney, June 27, 1907. 



" Tafaziceen. One offshoot of each of the above numbers was received. Each 

 shoot was given a separate number, as it was thought possible that different 

 varieties might be obtained and that it would be advisable to trace their develop- 

 ment separately." (Swingle.) 

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