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289827 to 289837— -Continued 



289831. Col. No. 795. Component D. 

 289832 and 289833. Village 5 miles below Teru. 



289832. Col. No. 807. Component A. 



289833. Col. No. 807. Component B. 



289834 and 289835. Chitral community. Elevation 1,250 meters. A 

 separate from Secale cereale. 



289834. Col. No. 889. Component A. 



289835. Col. No. 889. Component B. 



289836 and 289837. Dumont, about 18 km. west of Juglate. 



289836. Col. No. 995. Component A. 



289837. Col. No. 995. Component B. 

 289838 and 289839. 



From India. Seeds collected by J. R. Harlan, agricultural explorer, Crops 

 Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 

 May 5, 1963. 



289838. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1181. Palanbur bazaar. A separate from Triticum aestivum. 



289839. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 

 Col. No. 1181. Palanbur bazaar. A separate from Hordeum vulgare. 



289840 and 289841. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by J. R. Harlan, agricultural explorer, Crops 

 Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 

 May 5, 1963. 



289840. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Common oats. 

 Col. No. 1930. A separate from Hordeum vulgare. 



289841. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1930. A separate from Avena sativa. 

 289842 to 289867. 



From the United States. Vegetative material collected by J. P. Overcash, 

 Mississippi State University, State College; to be transferred to the S-9 

 Regional Collection at Louisiana State University, Idlewild Farm, Clin- 

 ton. Numbered May 5, 1963. 



289842. Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Fagaceae. 



American chestnut. 



Miss. Chestnut 1. From J. L. Brown, R. 1, Perkinston. Tree 30 feet 

 high, 35 feet wide; trunk circumference 83 inches 36 inches above soil; 

 fruit tan, nearly 1.5 inches in diameter. Tree probably planted 1890; self- 

 pollinating. 



289843 to 289854. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. 



289843. Miss. Apple 12. From M. F. Carter, Woodville. Tree 15 

 years old, healthy, 25 feet high, 20 feet wide; trunk 27 inches in cir- 

 cumference 18 inches above soil; fruit resembles 'Delicious', red 

 striped over green, 6 inches in circumference, ripens after July 1. 



289844. Miss. Apple 19. J. Bourne, R. 1, Foxworth. Tree disease 

 resistant, 25 feet high, 24 feet wide; trunk 24 inches circumference 

 18 inches above soil; fruit green, 6.5 inches circumference, ripens late 

 August. 



